Week 3 – October 12, 2011–Pablo Schugurensky
Pablo Schugurensky brings over 20 years public and private art management
experience to his leadership of META ARTE, the art consultancy he
founded in 2005. Prior to META ARTE, Pablo served as Director of Art
Collections for Vulcan, Inc., where he represented the company’s
principals in the field and managed their extensive private art
collections and their public art efforts. His corporate experience
also includes serving as Director, Microsoft Art Collection for
Microsoft Corporation, and later consulting to First & Goal Inc. in
the formation of the public art program for Qwest Field.
For five years Pablo led the Art in Public Places program for the
Washington State Arts Commission where he administered a statewide art
acquisition initiative and worked to shape public policy in support of
the arts. Early in his career as a program officer for the New York
State Council on the Arts, he led grant administration processes to
arts organizations across the state.
Pablo serves as a member of the collections committee of the Henry
Art Gallery. He has previously served as member of the Seattle Art
Museum’s collections committee and Olympic Sculpture Park advisory
committee, and as a board member of Artist Trust, the Henry Art
Gallery, the Foundation for Art Resources, and Northwest Film Forum.
He is a frequent panelist for international artist selection and
awards programs, and is fluent in English, Spanish, Italian and
Portuguese.
(Bio from http://www.metaarte.net/people.html)