Reyahn King is a British curator and museum director. She is the chief executive officer of York Museums Trust.[1]
Reyahn King | |
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| Occupation(s) | Museum curator Director |
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| Alma mater | Boston University |
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Early life and education
editKing grew up in Surrey. From the age of 11, when her family went to Tanzania, she divided her time between there and boarding school in the UK. She studied for an undergraduate degree in modern history at Oxford University and, briefly worked at the National Portrait Gallery in London, before attending Boston University to study for a master's degree.[2]
Career
editKing worked as curator of prints and drawings at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery before moving to the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum in Coventry. She returned to Birmingham Museums as a manager before, in 2007, joining National Museums Liverpool as director of art galleries.[2] From 2012 to 2015 King worked for the Heritage Lottery Fund as the head of the West Midlands region.[1] She chaired the Jury for the John Moores Painting Prize in 2008 and 2010, and was a judge for Liverpool Art Prize in 2008.[3]
King was appointed as chief executive of York Museums Trust in November 2015. She was only the second CEO of the Trust, following Janet Barnes who had held the role from its inception in 2002.[4] As chief executive of York Museums Trust in 2017, King led the bid to secure £4.9 million funding of Arts Council England. The Trust will also receive £1.35 million over four years to continue as a Museum Development Sector Support Organisation, which offers expertise and advice to other museums in the region.[5] She was photographed in 2016 by Rankin along with the team from York Art Gallery as part of the gallery's shortlisting for the Art Fund Museum of the Year.[6] In February 2022 it was announced that King would stand down as Chief Executive of the Trust in summer 2022 to take up the post of Director of Heritage Properties for National Trust for Scotland.[7]
King is a member of the National Museums Director's Council;[8] in April 2021 she was elected to its executive committee.[9] She is also a member of the British Art Network Steering Group.[9]
Publications
edit- King, R. 1997. Ignatius Sancho: The Man and His Times. London: National Portrait Gallery
- King, R. 2004. "Shemza, Anwar Jalal (1928–1985), artist ", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- King, R. (ed) 2010. Aubrey Williams. Liverpool: October Gallery/National Museums Liverpool
References
edit- ^ a b Atkinson, R. (28 May 2015). "York Museums Trust appoints Reyahn King as chief executive". Museums Association. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ a b Lewis, S. (19 February 2016). "Gallery and museums boss: my mission to make our heritage available to all, despite those charges". York Press. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ "AAP: Aesthetic Ventures, Reyahn King". Aesthetica. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ "NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF YORK MUSEUMS TRUST ANNOUNCED". York Museums Trust. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ Wilcock, B. (29 June 2017). "YORK'S CULTURAL SECTOR CELEBRATES ARTS COUNCIL FUNDING". Business Quarter. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ "Visitor numbers to York Art Gallery fall 100K below expectations in first year of charging". YorkMix. 17 August 2016.
- ^ "York Museums Trust boss Reyahn King to step down". York Press. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Our members: Reyahn King". National Museum Director's Council. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ a b "New national role for York museums chief". York Press. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.