The San Diego Museum of Art Appoints Diana Chou As Associate Curator of East Asian Art SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Museum of Art has hired Diana Y. Chou, Ph.D., as the Museum’s Associate Curator of East Asian Art. Chou will begin her role on June 29, 2016. Working with the Museum’s world-renowned permanent collection of East Asian art, Chou will oversee approximately 7,000 works, a selection of which is currently on view in Brush and Ink: Chinese Paintings from The San Diego Museum of Art Selected by Pan Gongkai. She will also manage the development of installations and related exhibitions, and contribute to the Museum’s provenance research and art acquisition programs. Chou brings more than 15 years of museum curatorial and academic teaching experience, with expertise spanning Chinese…

Grant-funded Program from The San Diego Museum of Art Brings Public Art to Four San Diego Communities SAN DIEGO, CA – The San Diego Museum of Art is pleased to announce the completion of public art projects for Open Spaces, the public art program funded by a grant from the James Irvine Foundation’s Exploring Engagement Fund. Open Spaces worked with residents and artists in four San Diego communities and their surrounding areas – Lemon Grove, Lincoln Park, Logan Heights and National City – to conceptualize, plan and create works of art. The mission of Open Spaces, which began working in communities in June 2013, was to cultivate and strengthen relationships with diverse local neighborhoods through art, and to support The San Diego Museum of Art to share art beyond its…