elizabeth spungen

executive director

About

Executive Director at The Print Center

Country

united states

City

philadelphia

Industry

fine art

Skill

curating, art, art exhibitions, visual arts, art history, contemporary art, fine art, arts administration, museums, grant writing, fundraising, photography, printmaking, art consulting, non profit administration, nonprofits, publications, non profit leadership, cultural heritage, galleries, organizational leadership, public art, programming, art education, museum collections, exhibit design, auctions

Experience

principal and owner

liz f spungen fine art

2002-1 - 2007-1 · 5 yrs 1 mo

Specializing in works on paper from the greater Philadelphia region.

slide and photograph curator

bryn mawr college

1989-1 - 1992-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

assistant to the artistic director

the fabric workshop and museum

1987-1 - 1988-12 · 2 yrs

curatorial assistant

institute of contemporary art boston

1983-1 - 1984-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

executive director

print center

2006-6 - Present · 20 yrs 4 mos

As Executive Director at The Print Center, led programmatic and administrative accomplishments. Developed numerous major individual and institutional gifts,including awards from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, William Penn Foundation and Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Established fiscal and personnel stability for the organization, improved the facility and and reestablished The Print Center’s position as an artist’s advocate. Curatorial efforts include Black Pulse: Doug + Mike Starn (2007); Nakazora: space between sky and earth: Masao Yamamoto (2008); and Silver Mine: Robert Asman (2011), a retrospective exhibition; and an upcoming exhibition of Matthew Neff (2013). www.printcenter.org