Kathleen Motes Bennewitz Named Executive Director
 
Bennewitz has extensive experience with Connecticut museums and nonprofits, winning several awards including the Connecticut League of History Organizations Award of Merit in 2019 and 2020, and the Leadership in History Award, the most prestigious national award given by the American Association of State and Local History (AASLH), in 2017.
 
Bennewitz earned art history degrees from Princeton University and the University of Delaware. After curatorial positions at the Amon Carter Museum and Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota, and in education at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, she served as Director of Exhibitions and Programs at the Greenwich Historical Society (the historic site of the Cos Cob art colony) and Fairfield Museum and History Center. She has curated exhibits on American art and artists over her career and, in Connecticut at the Lockwood-Matthews Mansion Museum, Norwalk Historical Society, Westport Historical Society, Westport Library, and as Town of Westport Curator with the Westport Public Art Collections. She and her husband Scott have twin adult daughters.

STAFF

For general inquiries, please email us at info@hopperhouse.org
Kathleen M. Bennewitz
Executive Director
Email Kathie

Eileen White
Visitor Services

Caterina D'Alessio
Visitor Services Associate
​Laurie DeRuntz
Social Media Manager

Krista Carpino
Arts Education/Nighthawks Program Manager

​Charis Carmichael Braun
Visual Communications ​Manager

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

​President
​Cynthia Branca
Certified Financial Planner™
​Investment Adviser Representative

Vice President
Michael Hays
Owner, MRH Global; President, Rockland Bicycling Club; Board member, Marydell Faith & Life Center and Rockland Historical Society 

Treasurer
Maryann Schugmann
CPA, Partner Grassi & Co

Secretary
Karon Shovers Goldsmith
Instructor, Yoga on the Hudson and NY Presbyterian Hospital
Ellie Becker
President, E. R. Becker Marketing & Consulting, LLC

Jane Cowles
Attorney, Jane Cowles Attorney

​Marjorie R. Guenther, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
Human Resources Director, Arc Rockland, Congers, NY

Fred Hodder
Retired business professional, acclaimed photographer​​

Angela Langston
Visual Art Educator, Sleepy Hollow High School

​Mark Lerner
Administrative Director of Radiology Temple University Health System
​Nancy Low-Hogan, Ph.D. 
Executive Director, Rockland County Bar Association; Former Rockland County Legislator District 17

Mary Mathwich
President Emerita
Attorney: private practice
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Chris Patsos
Attorney, Law Offices of Christopher James Patsos LLC

Diane Saylor
Human Resources professional working for multinational corporations

EMPLOYMENT AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Docents

Docents provide, or assist with, guided tours and visitor experiences in the Edward Hopper House and its exhibitions and programs. Docents must be enthusiastic, cheerful, and willing to learn. They should have an interest in working with people, especially students and be willing to become actively involved in the programs of the Museum.

Hours: 12-5 on Saturdays and Sundays; 1-5 on Thursdays and Fridays, and other days for pre-scheduled private tour groups, walking tours, or “Hop into Art” art workshops, as needed. Training will be provided. 

Docent qualifications include:
  • Must be age 18 or older
  • Enjoy meeting and interacting with other people
  • Reliable, responsible
  • Capable of learning new material rapidly and willing to invest time and expend the effort necessary to study material on Edward Hopper
  • Able to work independently
  • Attend a training program
  • Able to accept supervision
  • Able to speak comfortably before groups of people
  • Physically able to lead tours around the museum

Extensive prior knowledge of Edward Hopper is not required, but a prospective docent should have a desire to learn. Experience or education in history, political science, art, or teaching can be helpful, although also not required.


​Responsibilities include:
  • Conducting museum tours of approximately 40-50 minutes in length. 
  • Be comfortable speaking to small and large groups of people of all ages.
  • Greeting and welcoming tour groups upon their arrival at the Museum.
  • Dealing skillfully with a variety of visitors under a variety of circumstances.
  • Continually keeping informed about changes in museum exhibits.
  • Assisting, on occasion, with evening special event programs.
  • Take responsibility to find a replacement docent if you cannot give a tour that has been assigned to you. 

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Learn more and apply! 

VISITOR SERVICES

Weekend and Weekday shift openings for Museum Hours (12-5 on Saturdays and Sundays, and 1-5 on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays); and other days for pre-scheduled private tour groups, as needed. Training on Point of Sale, House Security, and Museum interpretation will be provided.

Preferred applicants may have experience in museum visitor service or retail; must be responsible for handling cash, Point of Sale terminals, security systems, and customer services. 

Responsibilities include, and are not limited, to: 
  • Staffing Visitor Service Desk and Museum Shop 
  • Open and close the Edward Hopper House Museum site, following all security protocols;
  • Manage Point of Sale: handle cash and point of sale apps to ring up Museum Shop sales of admission tickets, merchandise, memberships, and donations; each work day required to reconcile (set and close) till;
  • Answer telephone, respond to callers; take phone messages and pass on appropriately;
  • Provide Customer Service and serve as an ambassador of the Museum: welcoming visitors, providing house and community information; following and asking visitors to follow any EHH health protocols;
  • Giving guided tours, as possible and when needed; 
  • Arrange Museum Store displays and restock inventory, as needed;
  • Accept and sort USPS mail and other deliveries;
  • Conduct light housekeeping: restocking restroom supplies; handling trash and recycling, as needed;
  • Additional duties may include: assisting with special events on-site in Museum or the Garden (set up, clean up, check-in desk at opening receptions, programs, fundraisers, and other gatherings. Help could include off-site EHH events and programs.

GENERAL ASSISTANCE VOLUNTEER

Provide assistance to Museum staff and openings and events, including the Spring and Fall Benefits, Summer Jazz in the Garden concert series (Thursday evenings, July 7-August 25, 2022), and art, education, and public program programs during the year.

​Interns

College and graduate level students are invited to apply for unpaid internships at the Edward Hopper House.  Interns should be studying art history, fine arts, history, arts administration, museum studies, or marketing. College credit agreements can be arranged. We accept applications on an rolling basis.

Click here to apply.
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Music In The Garden Summer Jazz Intern
This volunteer internship will help facilitate the Edward Hopper House's "Jazz in the Garden" series: 8 events of outdoor jazz concerts held in the garden at the Edward Hopper House June - August. The intern will help set up the concerts on the performance evening, help to recruit and schedule performers, and ensure accurate description details for publicity are secured. ​

Click here to apply.
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