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Philbrook Announces New Director

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The Philbrook Board of Trustees announced today that Scott Stulen will be the museum’s next Director. Currently the Curator of Audience Experiences and Performance at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Stulen will begin at Philbrook on August 22. This announcement concludes a seven-month international search following the departure of Rand Suffolk to the High Museum of Art last Fall.

“Stulen exemplifies everything we were looking for in our next director,” said Bill Thomas, Chair, Philbrook Board of Trustees. “Not only is he regarded as one of the nation’s rising stars in art museum management, but he shares the Philbrook philosophy of an art museum’s role in society, which is to be open, community-centric, and inspirational.”

While at the IMA, Stulen led the industry by creating and leading the first curatorial department of its kind in the United States dedicated to audience experiences. During this time his team launched over 125 new programs yielding a 320% increase in program attendance. This department and the initiatives they implemented were largely responsible for the major growth and community support experienced by the IMA.  Additionally, Stulen helped secure $1 million in funding over four years to support ARTx, a research and development initiative within the Audience Experiences and Performance Department, and saw IMA memberships grow from 5,320 to 14,850.