Potomac, MD | Guided Tour of Glenstone and Networking Reception with Nora Cafritz & Annie Farrar

Nora Severson Cafritz is Senior Director of Collections at Glenstone Museum in Potomac, Maryland. Under the direction of the founders, she oversees Glenstone’s 2,000-piece contemporary art collection and art program. She serves on the museum’s Leadership Team, driving overall strategy, team management, and culture. Cafritz is responsible for organizing exhibitions, managing the loan program, editing publications, and supervising a team of around 15 curators, conservators, and collections specialists, as well as working closely with artists on acquisitions and site-specific commissions. At Glenstone, she has organized over a dozen major monographic exhibitions including recent presentations by Cady Noland, Ellsworth Kelly, Faith Ringgold, Arthur Jafa, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Lygia Pape, Martin Puryear, and Michael Heizer. Prior to joining Glenstone, she worked in external affairs at the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Annie Farrar is the Director of Registration at Glenstone where she leads Registration and Preparation and serves on the Core Management Team. Her areas of expertise include working with all media of contemporary art, monumental scale artworks, international shipping and logistics, courier travel, sustainability, and interest in fine art insurance. She has presented at professional organizations including the American Alliance of Museums, the Association of Registrars and Collections Specialists, and the Museum Computer Network. Prior to coming to Glenstone she held registration positions at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. She has a BFA in Painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art and an MA in Museum Studies & Collections Management from George Washington University.