Christian Cutler hired as director of Hendrix Windgate Museum of Art
by July 15, 2022 6:02 am 494 views
Christian H. Cutler will be the new Director of the Windgate Museum of Art at Hendrix College, beginning Monday, July 18, the school announced Thursday (July 14).
The Windgate Museum of Art is housed in the Miller Creative Quad, which opened in the fall of 2019. The museum serves as a pedagogical resource for Hendrix College and is free and open to the public.
Cutler, a Sewanee graduate, brings more than 23 years of combined private art gallery, museum, and university gallery experience from behind-the-scenes preparations for show openings, juried exhibitions, visiting artists, and fundraising, to managing overall operations of gallery exhibition programming, education, and design.
“We are thrilled to have Christian Cutler join the Hendrix community and lead the Windgate Museum of Art,” said Hendrix College Provost Dr. Terri Bonebright. “He has built a reputation for creating thought-provoking, thematic exhibitions that bring diverse and culturally relevant contemporary art, historical artwork, and design to audiences. We look forward to his leadership and engagement with the Hendrix community.”
Cutler most recently served as gallery director for the University of Central Missouri, and previously for Stephen F. Austin State University, where he managed multiple exhibition spaces, producing more than 20 annual exhibitions, and overseeing dozens of events, including the highly popular “First Friday Films” series for Nacogdoches, Texas, and the “Gallery Kids” tours and workshops for Warrensburg, Missouri.
He has also worked as the assistant to the director of the Sir Elton John Collection and as the registrar’s assistant at the Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
“Hendrix College is an institution I have long admired, and I am honored to be the next director of the Windgate Museum,” said Cutler. “After more than 13 years of working in higher education, my commitment to student development and community outreach is unwavering. Curating dynamic exhibitions, mentoring students from diverse backgrounds, and fostering collaborative relationships both on and off campus are immensely rewarding experiences that I look forward to bringing to Hendrix College.”
He will be responsible for leadership and strategic planning for museum work in collaboration with constituents on and off campus; management and preservation related to the facility and collection; working with artists, collectors, galleries, museums, and foundations to secure loans of artwork for exhibitions; and overseeing the College’s permanent collection, including new acquisitions, collection records, loans and returns across campus, and storage.