Director, Frances M. Maguire Art Museum, and Professor, Art History
Mission Statement
The Frances M. Maguire Art Museum celebrates the power of art to inspire imagination and curiosity and to cultivate critical thinking and dialogue. Reflecting Saint Joseph’s University’s mission, the museum fosters diversity, inclusivity, and social justice. Through exhibitions, educational programming and direct engagement with the museum’s permanent collections, the museum builds community among university students, employees, alumni and the general public.
Circe Turns a Companion into a Swine, Romare Bearden, 1979
The Space
Frances M. Maguire Art Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art Cast Collection
20th Century European and American Art
Great Hall
From 1925 until 2011, the gallery building, designed by Paul Cret, served as the home of the Barnes Foundation. In 1996, Venturi, Scott, Brown and Associates completed upgrades and added the gate house. DIGSAU designed the latest renovations to this historic space, fully integrating the Maguire Museum with the University’s campus. The Maguire Museum now features refreshed and modernized interiors, including 15 galleries, teaching and performance space and enhanced accessibility. The latest renovations to this famous structure express a new vision for the space that emphasizes light and volume.
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Our Team
Education & Community Engagement Coordinator, Frances M. Maguire Art
Gallery Curator, Merion Hall and Boland Hall Galleries; Associate Director, Frances M. Maguire Art Museum
Assistant Curator, Frances M. Maguire Art Museum
Our Partners
Ordinarie Heroes
Televisa Univision
The Delphi Project Foundation
The Mexican Cultural Center of Philadelphia
The Wyeth Foundation
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Awards
2024
Lower Merion Township Historic Preservation Award
Mexican Cultural Center Culture and Arts Access Award
Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia - Grand Jury Award
https://preservationalliance.com/preservation-achievement-awards/
The Edna W. Andrade Fund, a Donor Advised Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation
https://www.philafound.org/press-releases/the-edna-w-andrade-fund-announces-grants/
2023
AIA Philadelphia Design Award
The Wyeth Foundation for American Art - grant to support the 2025 exhibition, “Rediscovering Margaret Gest (1900-1965): Philadelphia’s Modernist Pioneer”
Engineering News-Record’s Mid-Atlantic Best Project for Cultural/Worship https://www.enr.com/blogs/11-mid-atlantic-monitor/post/56907-judges-award-enr-midatlantic-2023-best-projects
Delphi Project Foundation / Reliance Matrix Foundation - grant to support the Affirming Arts Education Program
2024 Mexican Cultural Center Award
2024 Lower Merion Historic Preservation Award
2023 AIA awards Philadelphia.