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Anne Collins Goodyear, Ph.D. is Co-Director, with Frank Goodyear, of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. She is a former Curator of Prints and Drawings at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, where she became the first curator to collect digital and time-based art. Goodyear has curated numerous exhibitions and published and lectured widely about modern and contemporary American art and portraiture.

Frank H. Goodyear, Ph.D., is Co-Director of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. He was previously Curator of Photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. He is the author of ten peer-reviewed scholarly essays and five books: Red Cloud: Photographs of a Lakota Chief (University of Nebraska Press, 2003); Zaida Ben- Yusuf: New York Portrait Photographer (Merrell, 2008); Faces of the Frontier: Photographic Portraits from the American West, 1845-1924 (University of Oklahoma Press, 2009); A President in Yellowstone: The F. Jay Haynes Photographic Album of Chester Arthur’s 1883 Expedition (University of Oklahoma Press, 2013); and, with Joel Dinerstein, American Cool (Prestel, 2014). He is currently working on two new research projects: a book on Theodore Roosevelt’s 1909-10 scientific expedition to British East Africa (Smithsonian Books, 2017) and a study of Winslow Homer’s interest in photography.

Amanda Skinner is a museum professional and currently serves as the Assistant to the Co-Directors/Membership & Events Coordinator at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. She holds a double Master’s Degree in Art History and Museum Studies from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Art History from the University of Maine in Orono, Maine, with minors in Business Administration, Anthropology, and Studio Art.

Amanda has also taught art history as adjunct faculty at the University of New England and Maine College of Art & Design. Amanda is interested in the evolution of art history as a discipline and approaches the subject through an interdisciplinary perspective with an emphasis on issues pertaining to accessibility and inclusivity.

Amanda enjoys painting and drawing, being outside in nature, working in her garden, and spending time with her cat and rabbit.

Sabrina joined the Bowdoin College Museum of Art staff in July 2021, upon graduating from Bowdoin with a double major in Art History and Italian Studies and a minor in Visual Arts. Previously, Sabrina worked at the BCMA as a Student Curatorial and Education Assistant during the summer of 2019, in addition to internships at institutions in New England and in China. As the BCMA’s inaugural post-baccalaureate fellow, Sabrina is tasked with overseeing the Museum’s student engagement initiatives as well as supporting the curatorial team on research, teaching, and exhibition development. While she was at school, Sabrina was an active participant in the arts and cultural life on campus, serving as the Managing Editor of The Bowdoin Orient and the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Bowdoin Journal of Art. She is passionate about connecting young students and creative minds with the arts, and her research and professional interests aim at diversifying the museum field and uplifting emerging professionals from all backgrounds. Most recently, she curated the exhibition “Turn of Phrase: Language and Translation in Global Contemporary Art,” which was on view at the BCMA from December 15, 2022 to June 4, 2023.

Sean Kramer joined the Bowdoin College Museum of Art as the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow in August 2022. Before that, he completed his PhD in History of Art at the University of Michigan. He has a BA and MA from The University of Kansas. Sean has worked in museums since his undergraduate years and has held curatorial, public programming, and education positions at the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA), the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), and the Spencer Museum of Art (SMA). At UMMA, he curated the exhibition Oh, honey… A queer reading of UMMA’s collection and helped create the video series The Sex Ed Class You Never Had. While at the BCMA, he is developing two exhibitions: “The Book of Two Hemispheres:” Uncle Tom’s Cabin in the United States and Europe(opening January 2024) and Irreplaceable You: Personhood and Dignity in Contemporary Art (opening January 2025).

Cassandra (Casey) Braun began her role as the Bowdoin College Museum of Art’s curator in August 2022. Prior to that, she served as Associate Curator of Global Indigenous Art at the Spencer Museum of Art where she oversaw a collection of nearly 10,000 works of art from the Americas, Africa, and Oceania. In that role, she curated more than a dozen exhibitions, managed several artist residencies, and served as an affiliate faculty member in the Museum Studies Program. She also has experience at the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Casey has particular interests in contemporary Indigenous art, the intersections of art, science, and medicine, and exploring the role of social justice work in museum settings. At Bowdoin, she enjoys developing new projects that draw from the BCMA’s rich collections and working with faculty and students to integrate the BCMA into the curricular and co-curricular experiences. Casey has a BA from New York University and completed her PhD in anthropology at Brown University in 2012.

José Ribas is the Head Preparatory and Museum Technician for the Bowdoin College Museum of Art for 42 years now. A Bowdoin alum, class of 1976, his position involves using his knowledge and experience in handling all works of art in the collection to make the exhibitions a reality. José is responsible for the proper display, construction, installation, lighting, and maintenance of exhibitions. He also assists the Mellon fellow to retrieve and display works of art needed for classroom purposes. José’s duties extend to the off-site storage of pedestals, vitrines, display mounts, boxes, and past and current publications.

Suzanne K. Bergeron is the Assistant Director for Communications at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Suzanne has enjoyed a long museum career with positions in administration, finance, facilities, fund-raising, security, planning, publications, design, and communication. She holds a BA from Mt. Holyoke College, is an alumna of the Museum Leadership Institute at the Getty Leadership Institute, and has served on national, regional, and College review boards and committees. Suzanne’s primary responsibilities include the Museum’s marketing, public relations, and communications programs; the Museum’s website and social media initiatives; the Museum’s publication program (print and electronic); and the design and production of graphics elements for exhibitions.

Amy Morin joined the BCMA staff as Associate Director of Finance and Operations in March of 2023.  She has held previous positions in arts administration for the Princess Grace Foundation (New York, NY), American Ballet Theatre (New York, NY), served as Executive Director for the Community Performance Series at SUNY Potsdam (Potsdam, NY) and the Clayton Opera House (Clayton, NY), and most recently as Managing Director of the Greater Boston Stage Company (Stoneham, MA).  Amy is a native Mainer who enjoys spending her free time outdoors. She lives in Lewiston with her beloved dog, Freddie.

Steve Perkins has a background in Fine Art as a professional artist, with a BFA from Alfred University and an MFA from SUNY Albany. He started at Bowdoin as a part-time casual museum security officer in 2009, working his way up to a full-time position and eventually becoming the Museum Security Supervisor. In 2018 Steve accepted a position as the Security and Facilities Manager at the Davis Museum at Wellesley College. In 2020, he moved on to the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, as the Security and Buildings Manager. In 2022, Steve came back to Bowdoin as the Assistant Director of Cultural Property Security. His responsibilities include managing security operations and staff at the Museum of Art, the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Special Collections and Archives and offsite cultural property storage. Steve works closely with the various staff of the college’s cultural institutions as well as the Department of Safety & Security in his capacity as an Assistant Director.