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••••NEIL WATSON

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Executive Director at the Katonah Museum of Art
Route 22 at Jay Street
Katonah, New York 10536
Tel: 914 232 9555
Fax: 914 232 3128
www.katonahmuseum.org

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“I'm especially impressed with the level of volunteerism, which is always an indication of how valued an institution is by the community. It is icing on the cake to be able to live in one of the most beautiful places in the country among people who recognize and support the arts.”

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Mr. Watson, the Katonah Museum of Art's newly appointed executive director, comes to the job with impressive qualifications acquired during more than 25 years of working in the art world. A 1976 graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Mr. Watson's experience includes being the chief curator of the Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art in Tacoma, WA; and Curator of Exhibitions and Contemporary Art at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, FL. He has curated exhibitions on a wide range of topics such as Burn: Artists Play With Fire and Animal as Muse and published numerous catalogue essays. Before coming to the Katonah Museum, Mr. Watson was the director of the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts.

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