Ann Sumner | |
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Alma mater | |
Occupation | Museum / Gallery Director |
Known for | Art curation |
Ann Sumner is an art historian, exhibition curator, author and former museum director. She is currently Visiting Professor at Manchester Metropolitan University [1] and Chair of the Methodist Modern Art Collection.[2]
She was the Head of Public Engagement at the University of Leeds, where she led the Public Art Programme (2015–2017).[3][4]
She was Historic Collections Adviser at Harewood House Trust, where she led the Chippendale 300 celebrations (2015–2018).[5] In 2018 she was made a Fellow of Aberystwyth University in 2018 [6]
She was the executive director of the Brontë Society,[7][8] a director of the Barber Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Birmingham, England[9] (2007–2012),[10] and the first director of the Birmingham Museums Trust, comprising the merged Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and Thinktank, from 2012[10] until 2013.[7]