Heidi Zuckerman, CEO and director of the Orange County Museum of Artwork, will step down on the finish of her contract in December 2025, the establishment mentioned Thursday. Zuckerman, who joined OCMA in early 2021, will help within the seek for her successor and plans to concentrate on her media firm, HZ Inc.
Zuckerman’s tenure marked a interval of progress for the museum. In 2022, the establishment opened a brand new $93 million, 53,000-square-foot campus in Costa Mesa. Since then, the museum has reported that it’s annual customer site visitors has reached 500,000 guests, up twelvefold from the degrees at its former Newport Seashore location.
Zuckerman raised greater than $85 million in fundings in direction of exhibitions and operations, serving to to barter a present from Lugano Diamonds that enabled a decade of free basic admission. Greater than 100 works have been acquired for the everlasting assortment below Zuckerman’s course, together with items by Andrea Bowers, Joan Brown, and Derek Fordjour. Notable exhibitions below her watch included Yves Saint Laurent: Line and Expression and Fred Eversley: Reflecting Again (the World).
Zuckerman has been within the museum sphere for a few years in two of nations wealthiest enclaves. Previous to becoming a member of OCMA, she spent 14 years as CEO and director of the Aspen Artwork Museum. She has additionally held curatorial positions on the Berkeley Artwork Museum and Pacific Movie Archive and on the Jewish Museum in New York.
In an announcement, Zuckerman mentioned she is leaving the museum position to concentrate on increasing HZ Inc., which incorporates her art-focused podcast. The media platform has obtained backing from Newport Seashore funding administration firm Pardon, a four-year-old agency that funds manufacturers throughout publishing and way of life and wellness areas.
