MOCAD Names Cranbrook Photography Alumna Jova Lynne Inaugural Artistic Director
Jova Lynne. Photo: Clare Gatto
Jova Lynne (MFA Photography 2017) has been named the Inaugural Artistic Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD). Lynne has a long history with MOCAD, she joined the organization in 2017 as a Ford Foundation curatorial fellow, and in 2019, she became the Susanne Feld Hillberry senior curator.
Lynne assumed her new role on April 3, 2023. She will be co-leading the museum alongside COO, Marie Madison-Patton. Lynne will lead MOCAD’s curatorial team to develop the museum’s artistic vision, exhibition schedule, and development activities. During her time at MOCAD, she curated Nep Dishu: Paradox of Harmonics; 2+2=8:Thirty Years Heidelberg, and Dual Vision.
“Detroit is a city that is close to my heart and has played an integral role in my growth as a curator and artist,” says Lynne.
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