Harvard GSD has appointed Jamie Blosser as the subsequent curator of the Loeb Fellowship. Blosser is an alum of the fellowship from the 2014-2015 educational 12 months.
The earlier curator, John Peterson, stepped down from the function of curator after practically a decade within the place in 2024, AN beforehand reported.
Blosser will information the fellowship’s route because it enters its sixth decade. It will entail the recruitment of fellows and strengthening connections throughout Harvard.
The Loeb Fellowship recruits mid-career professionals whose work advances the pure and constructed surroundings spanning architects, civic leaders, and journalists.
Fellows embark on a ten-month residency at Harvard, the place they step away from their skilled lives to embed themselves within the GSD group with the purpose to mirror and find out about their affect.
“I’m thrilled to guide this outstanding program,” Blosser stated in a assertion, “The Loeb Fellowship aligns deeply with my values and lifelong work on the intersection of structure, group improvement, and the humanities, with a purpose towards extra inclusive and resilient communities.”
Blosser has been director and CEO of the Midtown Arts and Design Alliance (MADA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico, since 2019, beforehand having served because the Sante Fe Artwork Institute’s govt director between 2015-2024. (MADA is at present partnering with MASS on a campus masterplan.) She has additionally led inexpensive housing preservation efforts of American Indian communities in northern New Mexico.
“She’s a licensed architect and has mobilized coalitions that bridge design, the humanities, and the general public good. Her outstanding breadth is precisely what is required to guide the Loeb Fellowship into its subsequent chapter,” stated Sarah M. Whiting, dean and Josep Lluís Sert Professor of Structure on the GSD.
The 2027-2028 Loeb fellows might be introduced Could of this 12 months.
