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From 1976 to 1980, 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 to 1986. She served as the chief curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles from 1986 to 1989.
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Since 1990 Jacob has been a pioneer in the areas of public, site-specific, and socially engaged art. Jacob is the author and editor of many key texts including
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In 1991 and again in 2000–2008 Jacob was the curator of visual arts projects for
Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston South Carolina. This was the site of
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Michael Brenson. 1998. Conversations at the Castle: changing audiences and contemporary art. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.
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Michelle Grabner. 2010. The studio reader: on the space of artists. Chicago: University of Chicago Press
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honored Jacob as a 2010 recipient of the organization's
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