From The Director
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Karen Brosius
Columbia Museum of Art Executive Director
Karen Brosius became the Museum's executive director in February 2004. Ms. Brosius has worked in all facets of arts management and outreach and comes to the Museum from Altria Group, Inc., New York, New York, where her most recent position there was Director of Media Relations. She has served as a senior philanthropic, arts, and communications executive at the company. She has worked closely with leaders in government, nonprofit, business and the media, including the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, and local and state arts councils. She has also worked with leaders in national service organizations such as the American Association of Museums and the Council on Foundations. In addition, Ms. Brosius worked on major artist retrospectives, including Jacob Lawrence, John Biggers, Frida Kahlo and a number of living artists including Louise Bourgeois, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Thomas Struth and Michael Lucero. Her 21 years with Altria -- parent company of Kraft Foods and Philip Morris -- included tenures as Director of Corporate Affairs and Director of Corporate Contributions and Public Affairs. Prior to Altria, Ms. Brosius served as Public Affairs Officer for The Pierpont Morgan Library in New York and as Researcher for Research Foundation of the City of New York.
Ms. Brosius currently serves on the boards of The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the South Carolina Arts Alliance, and is a member of the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) and City Center Partnership. She has served on the board of directors for Arts & Business Council, ArtTable, Funders Concerned About AIDS, National AIDS Fund, Danspace and City Harvest as well as serving on the Council on Foundations Corporate Committee, Council on Foundations Media and Public Affairs Committee and Women in Communications.
Ms. Brosius received a master's degree, summa cum laude, from City University of New York, Hunter College. She also attended the Juilliard School of Music; Ecoles d'arts américaines, Fontainebleau, France; Bryn Mawr, Avignon, France; and Butler University, Indiana.
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