Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Chief Curator
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts welcomes Rehema Barber as Chief Curator. Rehema arrives from the Tarble Arts Center at Eastern Illinois University, where she was Director and Chief Curator. Rehema’s experience has included University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s School of Art + Design, University of Memphis, Memphis College of Art, Power House Memphis, and The Amistad Center at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Her BA is from Roosevelt University, MA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and she is certified in Elementary and Secondary Art Education from the University of Missouri.
Rehema’s passion for accessible and innovative arts programming and scholarship and wide and deep reservoir of connections among significant and emerging artists distinguished her candidacy and prepared her for an active role in KIA’s present and future growth.
