Message From the President-elect
April 8, 2015
To the Spelman Community,
I am deeply honored to have been elected by the Board of Trustees to serve as the 10th President of Spelman College. In the days following the announcement, I have been the recipient of an outpouring of good wishes and congratulations and I take this opportunity now to thank you for welcoming me so warmly into the Spelman family. ... Read More
About Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell
Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell has been a leader in education, the arts and the public sector for nearly 40 years. Early in her career, she led the Studio Museum in Harlem at a time when the city of New York was on the verge of bankruptcy and Harlem was in physical decline. Under her leadership, the museum was transformed from a rented loft into the country’s first accredited Black fine arts museum with a permanent collection, major publications, exhibitions and artists-in-residence programs. She personally curated a number of groundbreaking exhibitions, wrote catalogue essays for world-renowned artists and organized group exhibitions, all of which became regarded as landmarks in the literature on Black art and American culture. When she departed in 1987, Dr. Campbell was widely recognized as a lynchpin in the economic revitalization of the 125th street corridor in Harlem and a major visual arts center. ...Read More