Whose Art? Whose Story? Ethics in Museums and the Arts

Carey Gates joined the Kent Place faculty in 2013 and teaches art and art history in the Upper School. Mr. Gates received his BA in visual arts from the University of Pennsylvania, and earned his master’s, also in visual arts, from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. As Chair of the Visual Arts Department, he works to structure and align the visual arts curriculum across the divisions. He is an advisor to Cargoes, the Upper School yearbook, and is also the 10th grade’s Class Dean.

Dr. Karen Rezach joined the Kent Place community in 2000, and is the Founding Director of The Ethics Institute. She has a Master’s in Divinity from Yale University, an EdD from Seton Hall University and is an ordained Episcopal priest. Her doctoral research, Spiritual Leadership as a Model of Effective Leadership in Independent School, explores the ways in which educators can bring values and moral awareness in non-religious ways into a variety of school settings, and was the catalyst for the founding of the Ethics Institute. Dr. Rezach has over 25 years of experience as an independent school administrator, including Director of the Middle School at Kent Place and Assistant Head of School at St. Philip’s Academy in Newark, NJ. She has been teaching and facilitating workshops on ethics for more than a decade.