Stavitsky, Gail 1954-

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STAVITSKY, Gail 1954-

PERSONAL:

Born May 13, 1954, in Cleveland, OH; daughter of Abraham (a scientist and immunologist) and Ruth (a homemaker; maiden name, Okney) Stavitsky; married Richard Sheinaus (a graphic designer), April 4, 1993; children: Anna. Ethnicity: "Jewish." Education: University of Michigan, A.B. (with high honors), 1976; New York University, M.A., 1978, Ph. D., 1990.

ADDRESSES:

Home—23 Macopin Ave., Montclair, NJ 07043. Office—Montclair Art Museum, 3 South Mountain Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042; fax: 973-746-0920. E-mail—gail@montclair-art.org.

CAREER:

Carnegie Museum of Art, assistant curator of fine arts, 1981-83; Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, curator of collections and exhibitions, 1994-98, chief curator, 1998—. Museum of Modern Art, instructor, beginning 1986; guest speaker at schools and museums, including New York University and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

MEMBER:

American Association of Museums, College Art Association of America, Phi Beta Kappa.

WRITINGS:

(With others) Precisionism in America: Reordering Reality, 1915-1941, Harry N. Abrams (New York, NY), 1994.

(With others) Paris 1900: The "American School" at the Universal Exposition, Rutgers University Press (Piscataway, NJ), 1999.

(With others) Will Barnet: A Timeless World, Rutgers University Press (Piscataway, NJ), 2000.

(With others) Montclair Art Museum: Selected Works, Marquand Books (Seattle, WA), 2002.

Author of exhibition catalogs for Montclair Art Museum. Contributor to exhibition catalogs and books, including Conversion to Modernism: The Early Works of Man Ray, edited by Francis M. Naumann, Rutgers University Press (Piscataway, NJ), 2003.

WORK IN PROGRESS:

Creating exhibitions of modern American art.

SIDELIGHTS:

Gail Stavitsky told CA: "My primary motivation for writing is to complement and provide a fuller context for the subjects of the exhibitions that I curate. I am fascinated with relatively unknown, unappreciated, and under-recognized aspects of American art, and these inspire my writings and shows. My writing style and process are scholarly and academic, yet I always aim for clarity and accessibility."