A new curatorial team has taken over the reins at the Cafesjian Art Trust in Shoreview.Jill Ahlberg Yohe, a former longtime curator at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, is the CAT’s curator of modern and contemporary art, and Linnea Seidling, an art and glass historian who has overseen communications and events for the museum since it opened in 2022, is now the assistant curator of glass.Kathie Cafesjian Baradaran, the museum’s founding trustee and daughter of the late philanthropist and art collector Gerard Cafesjian, has taken on the role of museum CEO.
Previously, the role of curator and executive director were both held by Andy Schlauch, who quietly departed the museum in August 2024.At left, Cafesjian Art Trust curator of modern and contemporary art Jill Ahlberg Yohe. At right, assistant curator of glass Linnea Seidling.
Since opening in 2022, the Shoreview museum has showcased aspects of philanthropist Gerard Cafesjian’s personal collection. (Courtesy of Cafesjian Art Trust)In its first two and a half years, the museum has gained a reputation for a series of popular and highly focused exhibitions showcasing aspects of Cafesjian’s personal collection, and as one of few museums in the country with a dedicated studio glass focus.But now at the helm, Ahlberg Yohe and Seidling are aiming to broaden the museum’s presence to a variety of modern and contemporary art styles, they said during a joint conversation.
“There are a lot of private collections that are wonder.