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Q&A with UAB Fellow Kristen McArthur

Each year, the Birmingham Museum of Art selects a graduate student from the University of Alabama at Birmingham to complete a yearlong fellowship at the Museum. The UAB Fellow completes […]

BMA Director Receives NAACP Award

In July, Director Graham Boettcher was awarded the 2018 Metro Birmingham NAACP Community Empowerment Award. The award acknowledges the contribution of an individual who has strongly supported the well-being of […]

Former BMA Interns

At the beginning of my internship, I began to think about former BMA interns and how this experience affected their respective career trajectories upon completion. What advice would they have […]

Hallie Ringle Named Curator of Contemporary Art

The Birmingham Museum of Art is pleased to announce the appointment of Hallie Ringle as its new Hugh Kaul Curator for Contemporary Art. After an extensive national search, the BMA […]

Deputy Director Selected as NextGen2018 Fellow

In March, the Birmingham Museum of Art’s James Milton and Sallie R. Johnson Deputy Director, Meghan Ann Hellenga, completed the highly esteemed Getty Leadership Institute’s NextGen 2018, an executive education […]

Meet the BMA Interns

Hailing from different hometowns, schools, and backgrounds, seven interns were invited to the Birmingham Museum of Art this summer to gain hands-on experience in a museum setting. When I applied […]

Tribute to Don Wood

After more than 30 years as Curator of Asian Art at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Dr. Donald A. Wood retired on December 29, 2017.

Dr. Don Wood Receives Japan’s Highest Cultural Honor

The Birmingham Museum of Art is proud to announce that Dr. Donald Wood, the Virginia and William M. Spencer III Curator of Asian Art, was conferred one of Japan’s most prestigious awards, The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays.

BMA Names New Deputy Director

The Birmingham Museum of Art announces the appointment of Meghan Ann Hellenga as its new Deputy Director. Hellenga will immediately assume the role of James Milton and Sallie R. Johnson […]

The New Director

Dr. Graham C. Boettcher became the seventh R. Hugh Daniel Director of the Birmingham Museum of Art on September 20, 2017. Graham’s tenure at the Museum began in 2006 as […]