Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker Appointed Director of Frye Art Museum
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The Seattle Times reports that the Frye Art Museum has announced it has chosen Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker as its new director. Birnie Danzker, currently an independent scholar and curator, will take on the position October 1, succeeding Midge Bowman, who is retiring. Birnie Danzker has previously served as director of the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Museum Villa Stuck in Munich. For the Frye, she has curated exhibits including “The Munich Secession and America” and “Transatlantic: American Artists in Germany.”