Following nearly 14 years at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House, director Kimberli Meyer announced she will leave to become director of the University Art Museum, California State University Long Beach.

“Kimberli’s tenure at the MAK Center has marked a period of exceptional growth and productivity, represented not only by the physical expansion of MAK Center properties, but also in exhibitions, publications and programming that have brought national and international notice to this unique public venture,” said Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, director MAK Vienna.

Meyer opened the Schindler House to experimental performance projects, including Fritz Haeg’s “Sundown Salon”; multidisciplinary fashion show “Showdown at the Schindler House”; interactive dinner salon “Artists + Institutions”; Escher GuneWardena’s site-specific opera “Pauline”; and Gerard and Kelly’s “Modern Living,” a dance project commissioned for both the Schindler House and Philip Johnson’s “Glass House” in Connecticut.

Meyer collaborated with numerous artists, architects, curators and scholars to develop and present projects at the MAK Center.

Meyer presided over the expansion of the MAK Center’s R.M. Schindler properties, negotiating the gift of the Fitzpatrick-Leland House and overseeing the addition of the Garage Top space at the Mackey Apartments. She is a founding board member of the international Iconic House Network and has lectured nationally and internationally on contemporary engagement with landmark modern architecture.

The MAK Center for Art and Architecture L.A. is seeking a new director. Potential candidates should have substantial experience in museum or nonprofit leadership, including fundraising achievements and significant curatorial and programming contributions to contemporary art and architecture. In addition, potential candidates should be sensitive to historic preservation issues.