Parrish Art Museum Expands Curatorial Team with Two New Appointments
Scout Hutchinson Joins as Associate Curator of Exhibitions; Kaitlin Halloran Promoted to Associate Curator and Publications Manager
Water Mill, New York, October 4, 2024 — The Parrish Art Museum is excited to announce two key changes in its curatorial team as the Museum gears up for a pivotal year ahead. Scout Hutchinson has joined as Associate Curator of Exhibitions, and Kaitlin Halloran has been promoted to Associate Curator and Publications Manager, strengthening the Museum’s ability to deliver dynamic exhibitions and publications.
“These appointments come at an important time for the Parrish as we prepare for several major exhibitions and begin to plan for the 250th birthday of America in 2026,” said Corinne Erni, Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Chief Curator of Art and Education. “Both Scout and Kaitlin bring incredible talent, curatorial acumen and experiences, which will be invaluable as we continue to evolve and expand our programming at the Museum.”
Kaitlin Halloran
Halloran, who began her tenure at the Parrish as an intern in 2019, has quickly become an integral part of the curatorial team. Joining the Museum as Curatorial Assistant and Publications Coordinator in 2022, Halloran worked closely with former Cullman Chief Curator, Alicia G. Longwell, Ph.D. on exhibitions An Art of Changes: Jasper Johns Prints, 1960–2018 and Joaquín Sorolla and Esteban Vicente: In the Light of the Garden. Earlier this year, as Assistant Curator, Halloran curated the permanent collection installation Across the Avenues: Fairfield Porter in New York, an exhibition that Lance Esplund of the Wall Street Journal called, “deftly mounted” and “. . .an exhilarating, perfectly positioned in-house show.” Halloran co-curated Parrish Road Show | Andrea Cote: To Belong to the World and is currently collaborating with Museum Executive Director Mónica Ramírez-Montagut on next year’s major exhibition Sean Scully: The Albee Barn, Montauk. Additionally, she led the publication of Artists Choose Parrish and is managing the Bank of America conservation grant for William Merritt Chase’s A Comfortable Corner.
Scout Hutchinson
Hutchinson brings ten years of curatorial experience working with arts institutions, most recently as a Curatorial Fellow at the Whitney Museum of American Art, where she oversaw the Sondra Gilman Study Center for works on paper and worked closely with the permanent collection. At the Whitney, she was a curatorial assistant for the traveling exhibition Ruth Asawa Through Line, co-organized Wanda Gág’s World, and curated the current collection exhibition What It Becomes. Prior to that, she held curatorial and research positions at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Hauser & Wirth Institute, and the Jewish Museum, and was an inaugural research fellow with the Holt/Smithson Foundation in 2021. As the Associate Curator of Exhibitions, Hutchinson will contribute her varied expertise to the Museum’s growing roster of exhibitions.
