Nicole Maria Evans | Chief Curator & Director of Curatorial Affairs

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About

Nicole Maria Evans is Chief Curator & Director of Curatorial Affairs at Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art (The Square) in Great Falls, Montana. Evans’ leadership is rooted in collaboration, understanding, and communication. She has a proven record of building strong museum relationships, fundraising, and engaging diverse communities through her work. Evans is an art historian, curator, writer, researcher, and educator. She oversees the programming initiatives for exhibitions and collections at the museum. Evans has led the curatorial direction including art collections acquisitions and care efforts for the museum since 2019. She secured the needed Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) national award for the museum in 2022, and the resulting reports continue to pave the way for the museum’s strategic planning and historical preservation projects. Additional professional accomplishments for Evans include establishing the museum’s outstanding exhibition publications and traveling exhibition portfolio which have received rave reviews.

With over 20 years in the museum field, Evans has served in curatorial, development, research, collections, and educational roles at institutions including the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Tufts University,  deCordova Museum & Sculpture Park, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, the Smithsonian Institution, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, and UCLA Hammer Museum.

Evans holds a joint MA in Art History and Museum Studies from Tufts University, with research in Havana, Cuba, and a BA in Art History from UCLA, including studies at Université de Bordeaux, France. She serves on the Board of Trustees of the Montana Art Gallery Directors Association (MAGDA), and the Board of Directors for the Museum Association of Montana (MAM).

In spring 2025, Evans received The Museums Association of Montana’s Jack Lepley Museum Person of the Year award.