Members can join us for an intimate gathering to get to know Lorie Mertes, Executive Director of Locust Projects. It’s your opportunity to connect and learn more about the curator in an intimate setting with wine and small bites. This event will be held on February 11, 2025, at 6 pm.
Lorie Mertes has over thirty years of experience in nonprofit arts administration, curating, fundraising, education, community outreach, strategic and long-range planning, and public programming. Most recently, she was Director of Public Programs at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) in Washington, D.C. launching the Women, Arts, and Social Change initiative and related programs. Before and overlapping her time in Washington, D.C., she served remotely as Interim Director of Programs and Consulting Curator at the McColl Center for Art + Innovation in Charlotte, NC where she curated the residency and exhibition schedule. From 2007 to 2011, she was the Director and Chief Curator of The Galleries at Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia, the first and only visual arts college for women in the United States. She was the Assistant Director of Special Projects and Curator at the Miami Art Museum, now Pérez Art Museum of Miami, where, in addition to serving as a curator from 1994 to 2006, she was a senior manager responsible for new programs, publications, and outreach initiatives to increase visibility and engage new audiences. A South Florida native, she started in the arts managing the Jason Rubell Gallery in South Beach and Palm Beach in the early 90s.
