The Brooklyn Museum has announced two new leadership positions, with Adjoa Jones de Almeida and Carolyn Royston taking on the roles of deputy director for learning and social impact and deputy director for engagement, respectively.
The new positions were created as part of the Brooklyn Museum’s commitment to community impact and delivering engaging experiences. “I can’t think of a more exciting place to be,” said Royston.
“Adjoa and Carolyn are trailblazing arts leaders, and we are confident that they will make great contributions to advancing our commitments to audiences near and far and to deepening our social-change efforts,” said Anne Pasternak, Brooklyn Museum director.
Jones de Almeida will lead the museum’s education division, expanding its public programmes and community engagement teams. She will also develop a strategy to “engage audiences around issues that reflect urgent global themes”, according to a release. Jones de Almeida has worked in the Brooklyn Museum‘s education division since 2013 and has served as the division’s director since 2016.
New deputy director positions
“Building on the Brooklyn Museum’s tremendous legacy of activating the arts in service
of local communities, I am excited to help reimagine the role of museums in people’s
lives through innovative collaborations centering the needs and perspectives of POC
and working-class communities, while continuing our commitment to widespread access,
inclusion, and dialogue across difference,” said Jones de Almeida.
In her role as deputy director for engagement, Royston will oversee the Brooklyn Museum’s audience engagement strategy, focusing on digital initiatives. She will lead a team that includes digital communications, graphic design, marketing, merchandising, public relations and visitor experience.
“At this critical moment in time, as the country and the world emerge from a series of crises in a fractured state, the Brooklyn Museum – rooted in one of the most vibrant creative and cultural ecosystems in the world (Brooklyn!) – has an unparalleled opportunity to serve as a platform for inspiration, for scholarship, and for important discussions.”
Royston previously served as chief experience officer at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, where she integrated the digital and physical visitor experience. She also worked as head of digital at the Imperial War Museums.
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