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Niki Ciccotelli Stewart |
Niki Ciccotelli Stewart is an artist, educator, museum professional, and lifelong arts and learning advocate.
Niki currently serves as Vice President, Chief Learning and Engagement Officer, at the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. She is based at Taliesin West, Wright’s winter home and desert laboratory, where she is leading the reimagining of public engagement at this historic property.
As Chief Learning and Engagement Officer at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA), Niki strategically guided the learning team, exhibits team, visitor services, the Center for STEAM Equity, the museum shop, and the museum café. During her tenure, Niki led the work of creating and launching an Experiential Masterplan that reimagines the way a natural history museum engages with its visitors, the community, and the university.
As Program Administrator for Art Bridges, an arts foundation focused on funding the borrowing and lending of artworks and exhibitions across the country, Niki worked with the founder and inaugural team to design and initiate grantmaking, collection sharing, and exhibition programs that continue to serve people across America.
Over eleven years, Niki served in many roles at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Bentonville, AR). Starting in 2008 as the Head of School Programs, Niki was part of the inaugural team that conceptualized and launched the museum on November 11, 2011. As Chief Engagement Officer, Niki’s work included the conceptualization and launch of an endowed school visit program that serves 50,000 students annually, the successful launch of the landmark exhibition State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now, the expansion of the museum to include a second site (The Momentary), and the programmatic design and curation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Bachman-Wilson House.
Niki has also served in roles at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art (Sarasota, FL), as a K-12 Art Educator (Florida), and for the Walt Disney Company. Some favorites include launching The Disney Institute, and helping launch Disney Cruise Line’s second ship, Disney Wonder.
Niki has served as a member of the American Alliance of Museum’s Education Committee leadership team, is a founding faculty member of the National Art Education Association’s School for Art Leaders, and is a graduate of the Getty Museum Leadership Institute. She holds a BFA in Illustration from Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, FL.
Niki currently serves as Vice President, Chief Learning and Engagement Officer, at the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. She is based at Taliesin West, Wright’s winter home and desert laboratory, where she is leading the reimagining of public engagement at this historic property.
As Chief Learning and Engagement Officer at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA), Niki strategically guided the learning team, exhibits team, visitor services, the Center for STEAM Equity, the museum shop, and the museum café. During her tenure, Niki led the work of creating and launching an Experiential Masterplan that reimagines the way a natural history museum engages with its visitors, the community, and the university.
As Program Administrator for Art Bridges, an arts foundation focused on funding the borrowing and lending of artworks and exhibitions across the country, Niki worked with the founder and inaugural team to design and initiate grantmaking, collection sharing, and exhibition programs that continue to serve people across America.
Over eleven years, Niki served in many roles at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Bentonville, AR). Starting in 2008 as the Head of School Programs, Niki was part of the inaugural team that conceptualized and launched the museum on November 11, 2011. As Chief Engagement Officer, Niki’s work included the conceptualization and launch of an endowed school visit program that serves 50,000 students annually, the successful launch of the landmark exhibition State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now, the expansion of the museum to include a second site (The Momentary), and the programmatic design and curation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Bachman-Wilson House.
Niki has also served in roles at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art (Sarasota, FL), as a K-12 Art Educator (Florida), and for the Walt Disney Company. Some favorites include launching The Disney Institute, and helping launch Disney Cruise Line’s second ship, Disney Wonder.
Niki has served as a member of the American Alliance of Museum’s Education Committee leadership team, is a founding faculty member of the National Art Education Association’s School for Art Leaders, and is a graduate of the Getty Museum Leadership Institute. She holds a BFA in Illustration from Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, FL.
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Libya Doman |