The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) announces the appointment of Andria Derstine as Virginia N. and Randall J. Barbato Deputy Director and Chief Curator.

As chief curator, Derstine will oversee the work of approximately 20 curators and work closely with the director, curators, and museum leadership team to strengthen the CMA’s permanent collection and expand its program of exhibitions and related programs. In addition, she will supervise the Conservation Department, Department of Collections Management, and the Ingalls Library and Museum Archives, as well as the Department of Performing Arts, Music and Film.

Derstine has extensive museum experience, including more than eighteen years at the Allen Memorial Art Museum (AMAM) at Oberlin College, where she currently serves as the John G. W. Cowles Director, responsible for the care and growth of a collection of more than 16,000 works spanning six millennia. Prior to becoming director of the AMAM, she was the museum’s curator of European and American art. Earlier in her career she was assistant curator of European art at the Detroit Institute of Arts, and she held volunteer positions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and the Fogg Art Museum. In addition to her museum management history, Derstine has experience in management consulting and in the financial sector.

Andria Derstine has been a member of CODART since 2011 and was a Curator in the Spotlight in 2012. She will start her new role at the CMA on 2 December 2024.