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ursd ay, May 15, 2014
V ol . 23 #10
Making Art
Pets on Parade: The 2014 Do Dah Day festivities will kick off at 11:01 a.m. this Saturday
about town Page 3
Amped-up Road Trip: Vestavia family shares an international adventure
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life page 14
New Curators Want to Build on Museum’s Reputation
By Keysha Drexel
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Journal editor
he Birmingham Museum of Art
recently welcomed two new staff members who say they are excited about taking care of the more than 25,000 objects in the museum’s collection and about making those works of art relevant to residents of the Birmingham area and its visitors. In December, Robert Schindler came from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to become the new curator of European art at the Birmingham Museum of Art. On May 5, Wassan Al-Khudhairi returned to the U.S. from her job as the co-artistic director at the Gwanju Biennale Foundation in South Korea to take on the job of BAM’s new curator of modern and contemporary art. Born and raised in Berlin, Germany, Schindler
Wassan Al-Khudhairi and Robert Schindler at the Birmingham Museum of Art. Journal photo by Lee Walls Jr.
See Curators, page 8
Magical Night
Museum Ball Theme Has French Accent
Teen Trendsetters: Young designers shine in Rising Star Challenge
fashion page 30
T Photo special to the Journal
he Birmingham Museum of Art welcomed nearly 400 guests for its 58th annual Museum Ball May 3. This year’s ball cochairmen, Elizabeth Jernigan and Robin Kidd, drew inspiration from the museum’s current exhibition, Delacroix and the Matter of Finish, and channeled turn of the century Paris for the evening’s theme, La Village Magique. To kick off the evening, guests enjoyed French 75 signature cocktails in a transformed museum lobby, complete with a replica of L’Arc de Triomphe.
Tom and Elizabeth Jernigan, Brad and Robin Kidd, Bill and Patti Ireland.
See MAGICAL NIGHT, page 18
Twice the Run: Bucs and Patriots sweep to victories in state meet
sports page 34
pedal pushing for camp sam p. 4 • kosher ‘que p. 6 • meet sixth district candidates p. 12 • bus fees delayed p. 13 • summer fashions p. 31