KEVIN SALATINO NAMED DIRECTOR OF BOWDOIN COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART

Kevin Salatino has been named director of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Salatino has served as head of the department of prints and drawings at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art since 2000, following nine years as curator of graphic arts at the Getty Research Institute. At Bowdoin, Salatino will oversee the more than fourteen thousand items in the museum’s collections and manage its staff, programs, and budget.

“An accomplished scholar and curator, Kevin brings a breadth of experience, energy and excitement at this pivotal moment in the museum’s history,” says dean for academic affairs Cristle Collins Judd. Salatino, who succeeds Katy Kline as museum director, begins at Bowdoin in August 2009.