The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is pleased to announce that curator and architect Eduardo Andres Alfonso has been named Associate Curator and will be starting his new role at the Museum on February 13, 2023. Using research to situate exhibition histories within larger social, economic, and political contexts, Alfonso’s curatorial practice engages audiences through new commissions and innovative exhibition design.

Amy Smith-Stewart has been named Chief Curator after nine years at the Museum acting first as Curator, and most recently as Senior Curator. Smith-Stewart succeeds Richard Klein who retired from his position as The Aldrich’s Exhibitions Director on June 10 after over thirty years at the Museum.

Richard Klein will conclude his administrative duties as Exhibitions Director in June 2022 and organize his final exhibition at the Museum in February 2023. Klein has worked at the Museum for over three decades, holding the position of Exhibitions Director since 2004.