 – Named the Yale Center for British Art Paul Mellon Director this January 2025, Martina Droth succeeds Courtney J. Martin, who is now executive director of…){kind=link}
NEW HAVEN, CT (PNAN) – Named the Yale Center for British Art Paul Mellon Director this January 2025, Martina Droth succeeds Courtney J. Martin, who is now executive director of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.
Droth, an art historian and curator who has served in a series of prominent roles at the YCBA has been dedicated to innovative scholarship, teaching and community engagement. She has secured resources that support the museum’s scholarly initiatives, such as the multi-year Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grants with which she developed the research strategy at the YCBA. Her efforts advancing the YCBA’s mission have often involved collaborative efforts with renowned external institutions, such as Tate Britain, Fitzwilliam Museum at the University of Cambridge and the Getty Museum.
In addition to name a few of her many initiatives at the YCBA is “The View from Here: Accessing Art Through Photography,” a program for New Haven high school students, in collaboration with the Lens Media Lab at the Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage. She also introduced students from New Haven Promise into the Curatorial division of the YCBA and created internship opportunities for undergraduates through the Association of Research Institutes in Art History, among other programs.
“This wonderful institution has been my home base for sixteen years, and I am thrilled to lead it into its next chapter, one where we continue to push the possibilities of scholarship, exhibitions and public programming,” said Director Droth. “The YCBA’s success has always been built on collaboration amongst our talented staff, faculty, students and our wider community. I look forward to working with all of these groups to continue expanding the museum’s reach, deepen its impact and make it a vital and welcoming space of cultural exchange, inspiration, and discovery.”
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The Yale Center for British Art (YCBA) houses the largest collection of British art outside the United Kingdom, encompassing works from the fifteenth century to the present in a range of media. The museum offers a vibrant, year-round program of events and exhibitions in person and online. Presented to the university by collector and philanthropist Paul Mellon (Yale College, Class of 1929), the museum opened to the public in 1977. More at: www.britishart.yale.edu.