sentences:  She succeeded former Director Anne Ayres, the respected Los Angeles art historian and curator who managed the Gallery from 1988 to 2003 after taking the reins from Otis’ former School Director, Al Nodel.Considered one of America's renowned nonprofit galleries, the Ben Maltz Gallery was the recipient of the "Best Exhibition in an Alternative Space Award" by the International Critics Association for Karen Carson’s 1996 "The Language of Space" exhibition.The Ben Maltz Gallery oversees the Otis College’s "Jennifer Howard Coleman Distinguished Lectureship and Residency."