Johnnetta Betsch Cole – African American History Month 2016 #BlackHistoryMonth
Johnnetta Betsch Cole has taught at UCLA, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Hunter College and Emory University, has served as president of Spelman College and Bennett College and is currently the Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art. From the National Museum of African Art:
Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole was appointed the Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) in March, 2009. Founded as a small museum on Capitol Hill in 1964, NMAfA became a part of the Smithsonian Institution in 1979, and in 1987 it moved to its current location on the National Mall. The museum’s collection of over 12,000 objects represents nearly every area of the continent of Africa and contains a variety of media and art forms. The National Museum of African Art also has an extensive education program. Since the mid-1980’s, Dr. Cole has worked with a number of Smithsonian programs. She currently serves on the Scholarly Advisory Board for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, the construction of which will be completed on the National Mall by 2016.
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