ALYSON BAKER APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum has announced that Alyson Baker has been selected as its next director. Baker will assume the directorship of museum on July 5, 2011, following an eleven-year term as executive director of Socrates Sculpture Park in New York City. She succeeds Harry Philbrick, who served as director of the museum from 1997 to 2010. Baker said, “I am thrilled to join such an exceptional organization and look forward to working with the talented staff, the local community, and the many friends and supporters of this preeminent contemporary art museum.”

Baker was previously director of Pat Hearn Gallery (1987–92), an associate director of Gagosian Gallery (1992–97), and curatorial assistant in the Contemporary Art Department at the Carnegie Museum of Art (1998–2000). With over twenty-four years of experience in the arts, Baker has worked on more than 150 exhibitions with over 500 artists, including both emerging artists and world-renowned figures.