I’m delighted to announce that Jamie Hanton has accepted the position of Art Collections Curator. He will start work on Thursday 23rd January 2014.

He’ll be visiting for a handover on Wednesday and Thursday next week before Lydia goes on parental leave.

Jamie is a curator and critic with a BA (Hons) in Art History and Theory from University of Canterbury. He has been working in the visual arts for the last seven years – the last two and half years as Director of Blue Oyster Art Gallery in Dunedin. He is a regular contributor to many publications including The Christchurch Press, The Listener, Art NZ and Landfall Online. In November – December of this year Jamie was engaged by Creative New Zealand as an exhibition attendant for the New Zealand Pavilion representing Bill Culbert at the prestigious Venice Biennale.

Alison McIntyre
Macmillan Brown library Manager (Acting)