{"id":162375,"date":"2025-08-20T23:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T23:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/162375\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T23:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T23:56:09","slug":"portland-art-museum-director-to-leave-after-nearly-20-year-tenure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/162375\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland Art Museum director to leave after nearly 20-year tenure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brian Ferriso has led the Portland Art Museum since 2006, but after the unveiling of the museum\u2019s major renovations, scheduled to wrap up Nov. 20, he is moving on. <\/p>\n

\"Brian<\/p>\n

Brian Ferriso has led the Portland Art Museum since 2006. Ferriso is pictured in an undated provided image.<\/p>\n

Courtesy of Portland Art Museum<\/p>\n

According to a press release from the Dallas Museum of Art, Ferriso will become the organization\u2019s Eugene McDermott Director on Dec. 1. The release lauds Ferriso\u2019s three decades leading arts organizations, including 19 years at PAM, where he \u201cdemonstrated success leading major capital projects, and a deep commitment to community engagement and accessibility.\u201d <\/p>\n

As PAM\u2019s leader, Ferriso managed to eliminate $7 million in debt and increased the museum\u2019s endowment by $40 million. He also launched the major transformation of the museum, set to open to the public this fall. The project connects the museum\u2019s main buildings and adds close to 100,000 square feet of space to the museum.<\/p>\n

Related:<\/strong> Portland Art Museum begins major renovation<\/a><\/p>\n

In a 2023 interview with OPB\u2019s Think Out Loud, Ferriso anticipated the museum overhaul having a transformational effect on a struggling downtown. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s an educational, cultural community anchor; it\u2019s sort of a community gathering place,\u201d Ferriso said. \u201cAnd I think by doing this investment, investing in that community space which I believe so strongly in, we are going to, I would even say, rescue the city … It\u2019s about inspiration. It\u2019s about a place to gather, to critically think, to see the world.\u201d <\/p>\n

Ferriso described a space created using principles of \u201cuniversal design\u201d meant to foster enjoyment of art for people regardless of age or disability. Separate from the capital project, Ferriso prioritized opening the museum to young people by making admission free for youth and children under 17. <\/p>\n

Related:<\/strong> Portland Art Museum begins painstaking Claude Monet restoration<\/a><\/p>\n

In its announcement of Ferriso\u2019s hire, the Dallas Museum of Art anticipated their next leader bringing to Texas the attributes that helped the Portland museum. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe comes fully equipped with learnings and know-how from the capital project he led in Portland, which will be a tremendous asset as he advances the DMA\u2019s own transformation,\u201d Sharon Young, the Dallas museum\u2019s board chair and co-chair of the executive search committee, said in the release. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brian Ferriso has led the Portland Art Museum since 2006, but after the unveiling of the museum\u2019s major…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":162376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[648,1032,1033,171,93937,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-162375","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-design","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-museum-portland-art","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115063802038529891","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}