Contact

apalladinocraig@fsu.edu

As founding director of the Museum of Fine Arts—incorporated by that name in 1994—Palladino-Craig generated a range of curatorial projects and grant proposals. The Fine Arts Gallery from 1970 to 1986 evolved to the Fine Arts Gallery & Museum from 1986 to 1993; in 1994, the institution officially became the Museum of Fine Arts, subsequently accredited by the AAM in 2003 and again in 2012. The Museum of Fine Arts reflects museum best practices with a focus on its Collection (over 6000 objects) and on originating exhibitions with topical concepts and publications.

Education

Palladino-Craig began her career in literature, leading to a research position in the English Department in publications at the University of Virginia that followed a year of graduate work at the University of Toronto. Changing career focus at the University of Virginia, she later earned an MFA in Painting and Graphics that led to a curator’s position at the Four Arts Center, an experimental multidisciplinary art space administered by Florida State University. Her doctorate in Humanities combines the areas of art and literature.

Areas of Responsibility

Director of the Museum of Fine Arts
Editor–in-Chief of the Museum of Fine Arts Press

Teaching Areas

Palladino-Craig taught studio art or museum practicum courses until 1995 for the Art Department; from 1997 until the present, she has taught a variety of courses for the Museum Studies Interdisciplinary Program through a courtesy appointment in the Art History Department and also through International Programs. She created a Museums and Cultural Heritage Sites of London course that has successfully recruited students since 2011.

Research Areas

Curating or developing guest curatorial proposals for exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts; researching topics of most importance in the Museum field for teaching and for implementation at the Museum of Fine Arts.

Select Scholarly/Creative Works & Awards

Palladino-Craig has written and administered more than one hundred grants, has curated exhibitions and written catalogues for contemporary artists and thematic projects, and has copyrighted and published in excess of one hundred titles for the University.