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> For Immediate Release
> July 8, 1999
>
> Alice Yelen Sworn-In to Federal Advisory Board
>
> Washington, DC - The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is
> pleased to announce the appointment of Alice Rae Yelen, an accomplished
> museum professional, to its National Museum Services Board (NMSB).  Ms.
> Yelen was appointed by President Clinton and confirmed by the U.S. Senate
> to serve on this federal advisory board.  She was sworn in at a board
> meeting on May 14 in Kansas City, Missouri.  As a member of the board she
> will be providing policy advice to IMLS, an independent grantmaking
> agency.
>
> Ms. Yelen is the Assistant to the Director for Special Projects at the New
> Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) where she originates exhibitions, writes
> catalogues, and coordinates traveling exhibitions.  Prior to her
> appointment as Assistant to the Director for Special Projects in 1985, Ms.
> Yelen was the Chief Curator of Education for NOMA for 6 years.  As Chief
> Curator of Education she designed, oversaw, and implemented in-house and
> outreach programs for children and adults.
>
> Among the many exhibitions Ms. Yelen has conceived for NOMA is the highly
> successful Passionate Visions of the American South: Self Taught Artists
> from 1940 to Present which subsequently toured major museums throughout
> the nation from 1990-1996.  Ms. Yelen developed the proposal and secured
> funds from the Lila Wallace/Reader's Digest Fund and The Henry Luce
> Foundation to research the exhibition, author the catalogue and produce an
> award winning video.
>
> Ms. Yelen has written several exhibition catalogues, essays and articles
> including the catalogue, A Spiritual Journey:  The Art of Eddie Lee
> Kendrick (1999), for an exhibition of the American self-taught artist's
> works.  The exhibition is travelling throughout the country through the
> year 2000.  She co-authored the catalogue for Zenga:  Brushstrokes of
> Enlightenment (1990), an exhibition she originated at NOMA.  She
> contributed an essay to the catalogue, A Kaleidoscope of Art:  The Sunny
> and P.R. Norman Collection (1987), for an exhibition of the same title.
>
> Ms. Yelen serves on the boards of both national and local (New Orleans)
> cultural and educational organizations.  She is on the national advisory
> boards of the Museum of American Folk Art, the Folk Art Society of
> America, and the African-American Museum in Dallas.  She serves on the
> boards of the National Foundation for Jewish Culture and the Museum of
> Southern Jewish Experience.  In New Orleans, she is currently on the
> boards of The Jewish Federation of New Orleans, the advisory board of the
> Ogden Museum of Southern Art and has recently been a board member of
> Longue Vue House and Gardens and the New Orleans Jewish Day School.
>
> Ms. Yelen has a BA in Art History from Brandeis University, an MA in Art
> History from Columbia University, and an MAT in Museum Studies from George
> Washington University.  She also attended University of California's (at
> Berkeley) Museum Management Institute.
>
> The NMSB is an advisory body made up of the director of IMLS and fourteen
> Presidentially appointed and Senate confirmed members who advise the
> Institute on museum services.  Board members represent the museum
> community and the general public, and through their collective
> representation, contribute specific expertise and broad knowledge of the
> entire museum field.
>
> About the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) --  IMLS was
> created by the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996, P.L. 104-208.
> IMLS is an independent Federal grantmaking agency serving the public by
> strengthening museums and libraries.  IMLS consists of an Office of the
> Director, Office of Museum Services, Office of Library Services and Office
> of Research and Technology.  For more information, including grant
> guidelines contact:  Institute of Museum and Library Services, 1100
> Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20506, (202) 606-8536, or
> http://www.imls.gov.
>

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