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Portland Museum Appoints New Curator of Northwest Art

PORTLAND, OR.- Laing-Malcolmson will be responsible for the Museum’s distinguished collection of Northwest art from the late 19th century to today. Her duties will include the research, documentation, and building of the collection and presenting exhibitions based on the collection and the work of artists living and working in Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Washington, and Wyoming. Most recently, Laing-Malcolmson served as the president of Portland’s Oregon College of Art and Craft (OCAC). She has also served in a variety of leadership and curatorial positions at numerous regional arts organizations including the Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art in Great Fall, Montana, The Beall Park Art Center in Bozeman, Montana, and Portland’s Pacific Northwest College of Art. Laing-Malcolmson received a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from Montana State University, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from the Pacific North