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Norton Museum of Art names LACMA’s Tim B. Wride as new Curator of Photography

WEST PALM BEACH, FL.- The Norton Museum of Art today announced the appointment of Tim B. Wride as the William & Sarah Ross Soter Curator of Photography. The position was previously held by Charlie Stainback, who was promoted to Assistant Director of the Norton earlier this year. Before joining the Norton, Wride spent 14 years at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) as Curator of Photography. He also founded and served as Executive Director of the Los Angeles-based No Strings Foundation, a non-profit philanthropic organization that provides artist grants to American photographers. Before founding that organization, he established The Curatorial Eye, which offered lectures, seminars, workshops, and mentoring to photographers, collectors, and not-for-profit institutions. “The Norton Museum, like any museum, is only as great as the curators and the collection,” says Hope Alswang, Norton Director and CEO. “Wi