Anne-Imelda Radice | |
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| Born | Anne-Imelda Marino Radice (1948-02-29)February 29, 1948 (age 77) |
| Occupation(s) | Art historian Curator |
| Spouse | Stephanie Stebich (m. 2016) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Wheaton College Dominican University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill American University |
| Thesis | Il Cronaca: A Fifteenth-Century Florentine Architect (1976) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Art history |
| Sub-discipline | American art |
Anne-Imelda Marino Radice (born February 29, 1948, inBuffalo) is an Americanart historian andcurator. Radice currently serves as the Management Analyst for theNational Endowment for the Humanities.
Born inBuffalo to Lawrence and Anne, Radice earned threeart history degrees: aBachelor of Arts fromWheaton College in 1969, aMaster of Arts fromDominican University, and aDoctor of Philosophy from theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1976, studying abroad atVilla Schifanoia in 1971. Her thesis at Dominican was on thearchitectFilippo Raguzzini and his works onSant'Ignazio inRome.[1] Radice wrote a doctoral dissertation on the architectSimone del Pollaiolo.[2] She then also went on to receive aMaster of Business Administration fromAmerican University in 1985.
Radice began her curatorial career while a student at Chapel Hill. In 1971, she was hired as assistant curator at theNational Gallery of Art. From 1976 to 1981, Radice served as architectural historian in the office of theArchitect of the Capitol, and then was promoted to curator until 1985, underGeorge M. White. While there, she was also named the first director of theNational Museum of Women in the Arts in 1983, a position that she held until 1989.[3]
From 1989 to 1991, Radice was Chief of the Creative Arts Division of theUnited States Information Agency, where she supervised the Cultural Property Advisory Committee, appointed byUnited States PresidentsRonald Reagan andGeorge H. W. Bush. The committee, formed in response to the1970 UNESCO Convention, promoted long-term measures to safeguard cultural heritage. In the following year, President Bush appointed Radice to serve as the Acting Chairman of theNational Endowment for the Arts.
In 1993, Radice left to become a consultant for organizations such asPBS, until 1995. In 1998, Radice became executive director of the Friends of Dresden, Inc., an organization focused on the restoration and preservation of architecture inDresden. Three years later, she moved on to become executive director of theAppeal of Conscience Foundation.
In 2003, Radice returned to government work by being appointed Chief of Staff forUnited States Secretary of EducationRod Paige until 2005. That year, she also stepped in as Acting Assistant Chairman for Programs of theNational Endowment for the Humanities, and was ultimately appointed Director of theInstitute of Museum and Library Services by PresidentGeorge W. Bush, succeedingRobert S. Martin. During her tenure, Radice raised public awareness for conservation, and was recognized with awards from theAmerican Association of Museums, theAmerican Institute for Conservation, and thePresidential Citizens Medal in 2008. Her term ended in 2010.
In 2012, Radice became executive director of theAmerican Folk Art Museum. She would spend a decade there, while simultaneously returning to work for the National Endowment for the Humanities as Director of the Division of Public Programs in 2018. Three years later, she exclusively became the Management Analyst for the Office of the chair, underShelly Lowe.[4]
On August 14, 2016, Radice married fellow art historian and museum directorStephanie Stebich.[5]
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