Benton names new academic curator

Solomon Salim Moore is the new academic curator at Pomona College’s Benton Museum of Art. Photo/courtesy of Benton Museum of Art

Solomon Salim Moore has been named academic curator at Pomona College’s Benton Museum of Art. Moore will oversee academic programs and class visits to the museum and direct its intern program.

Moore had been the museum’s assistant curator of collections since 2020, managing access to Pomona College’s permanent collection and collaborating with the museum and college community on projects and exhibitions. He was also director of the Benton’s career development program and the salon series, and helped curate museum exhibits.

Prior to working at the Benton, Moore was a curatorial assistant in the Art Institute of Chicago’s Department of Prints and Drawings and taught free art courses for underserved middle and high school students at Marwen. Moore has also worked at the Pasadena Museum of History, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Side Street Projects.

“Salim Moore is that rare person who has the gift of making everyone feel included, engaged, and enlightened,” Benton Director Victoria Sancho Lobis wrote in a news release. “He’s an educator, an artist, a curator, a mentor, and an all-around wonderful person. These qualities and many more will equip him well to serve in the crucial role of liaison between our museum and its academic communities.”

Info is at pomona.edu/museum.

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