Katherine W. Hart started at the Hood Museum of Art in 1990 as the first curator of academic programming in the country. She retired in 2020 as the senior curator of collections and Barbara C. and Harvey P. Hood 1918 Curator of Academic Programming.
This year, the Hood Museum received financial support from Neil Smiley '82 and his wife, Judy, to acquire Alice Aycock's large-scale sculpture Alien Twister. Neil is a past member of the Hood Museum of Art Board of Advisors and the grandson of Harvey P. Hood '18, the original supporter of the museum that bears the family name.
