(PDF) (DOC) (JPG)May 10, 1999

(Mahwah) — President Robert A. Scott recently announced the appointment of Sydney O. Jenkins to the position of art gallery director at Ramapo College of New Jersey. The curator of more than 100 exhibitions, Jenkins brings 15 years professional curatorial experience to the new position. He has been directly involved with planning for three large contemporary art center expansion projects. He earned an M.A. in 1996 from the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, where he also held a staff position as curator.

His thesis at Bard dealt with the relationship of folk/outsider art to contemporary museology theory, a topic closely related to the focus of Ramapo College’s permanent collection, which is comprised of many works of popular art of the Caribbean. Jenkins also studied at the Institut de Medici in Florence Italy, the College of William and Mary, Virginia Commonwealth University and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Jenkins previously worked as a research assistant to Robert Storr, curator of painting and sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York; gallery director at the Nexus Contemporary Art Center in Atlanta; curator at the Contemporary Art Center of Virginia; and associate curator at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center in New port News, VA.

His exhibitions have been reviewed by the New York Times and the Art in America Guide to Galleries and Museums, among others.

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About Ramapo College

Ramapo College of New Jersey is the state’s premier public liberal arts college and is committed to academic excellence through interdisciplinary and experiential learning, and international and intercultural understanding. The comprehensive college is situated among the beautiful Ramapo Mountains, is within commuting distance to New York City, was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful College Campuses in America by CondeNast Traveler, and boasts the best on-campus housing in New Jersey per Niche.com. Established in 1969, Ramapo College offers bachelor’s degrees in the arts, business, data science, humanities, social sciences and the sciences, as well as in professional studies, which include business, education, nursing and social work. In addition, the College offers courses leading to teacher certification at the elementary and secondary levels, and offers graduate programs leading to master’s degrees in Accounting, Applied Mathematics, Business Administration, Contemporary Instructional Design, Computer Science, Creative Music Technology, Data Science, Educational Leadership, Nursing, Social Work and Special Education, as well as a Doctor of Nursing Practice.

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