ArtTalk: Anne Corso

Описание: Anne Corso, Executive Director/CEO of the Michener Art Museum, is an educator, art leader and member of the Association of Art Museum Directors. Since joining the Michener in 2024, she has engaged the museum in strategic planning that will direct and solidify the Michener’s role in the region. An innovative and visionary leader, Anne has helped museums develop into vibrant cultural spaces that resonate with and enrich their local communities.

During her five-year term as Executive Director of the Southern Vermont Arts Center, membership and annual fund donations doubled, education programs grew fivefold, and millions of dollars of capital improvements were realized, including launching a destination restaurant in its historic mansion, renovating its museum galleries, and implementing numerous critical infrastructure projects.

While Anne was serving as the Director of Education at the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, VA, the education department garnered national recognition for the museum’s programming and partnerships with underserved communities, led a reinterpretation effort in the museum’s major renovation and reinstallation, and created and secured funding for the Wonder Studio, the museum’s first interactive gallery for families.

Anne has also held leadership positions at the Reading Public Museum and the Delaware Art Museum. She earned a BA in Art History from Rosemont College in Pennsylvania and an MA in Museum Education from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.