1976-80, Jacob was the associate curator of modern art at the Detroit Art Institute. She served as the chief curator at the Museums of Contemporary Art in Chicago from 1980-86. She served as the chief curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles from 1986-89. References External links Official website Mary Jane Jacob, The Creative Time Summit "Culture in Action", Frieze Magazine. "The Energetic Persistence of Water: An Interview with Mary Jane Jacob", Art21 Magazine. Living people American art curators American women curators Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) School of the Art Institute of Chicago faculty American women academics