SAN DIEGO, CA.- Dr. Hugh M. Davies, The David C. Copley Director and CEO of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, announced that Jill Dawsey has been appointed the new Associate Curator. Dawsey has held curatorial posts at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and, most recently, at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. She began work at MCASD Dec. 5. “Jill Dawsey has the eye and intellect to identify today’s most compelling artists and contextualize them within the history of art and the particularities of place,” said MCASD’s Chief Curator Kathryn Kanjo. “She is warm, engaging, and curious–qualities that will be felt on staff and in the community. We are delighted to welcome home this talented San Diegan.” In Dawsey’s new position she will coordinate and originate exhibitions, as well as help to build and refine the Museum’s collection, currently comprised of more than 4,000 works. In her recent position at the Utah Museum of