New leadership at arts organizations
Three arts organizations in the state have new leaders.
Mystic Museum of Art has appointed V. Susan Fisher of Taos, N.M., as the new executive director, succeeding George King.
For six years, Fisher was executive director and curator of Taos Art Museum at Fechin House. Before that she was director of development at Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, N.M.; and director of foundation and government relations at Philadelphia Museum of Art.
She has an MFA in painting and worked for years as an artist. She studied art history at the Sorbonne and museum studies at the Ecole du Louvre, and was an art critic for New Art Examiner. She has been a visiting lecturer and adjunct faculty at Temple University in Philadelphia, Rowan University in New Jersey and the University of Delaware. mysticmuseumofart.org.
Silvermine Arts Center in New Canaan has created a new leadership committee, titled Office of the Chair, to support strategic initiatives and manage the operations of the arts center.
The office is led by Rose-Marie Fox, Silvermine's chairwoman of the board of trustees. Robin Jaffee Frank, former curator of American paintings and sculpture at Wadsworth Atheneum, is director of strategy and development. Barbara Linarducci is director of finance and operations. Frank and Linarducci are now jointly the vice chairwomen of the board of trustees. silvermineart.org.
Hygienic Art, a nonprofit arts-andentertainment hub in New London, has appointed Cherie Powell as managing director. hygienicart.org.