AppointmentJuly 23, 2020
Jacqueline Terrassa Named Director of the Colby College Museum of Art
Colby College announced the appointment of Jacqueline Terrassa as the Carolyn Muzzy Director of the Colby College Museum of Art. Terrassa, who currently serves as the Woman’s Board vice president for learning and public engagement at the Art Institute of Chicago, will assume her role in October.
Terrassa will lead the Colby College Museum of Art at a time when it has significantly expanded the depth and diversity of its collection and grown its national reputation as one of the most respected college museums in the country.
“Jackie Terrassa is the perfect leader for Colby’s wonderful Museum of Art,” said President David A. Greene. “She is an artist and educator who has helped transform the way museums engage with and enrich their communities.”
Terrassa comes to Colby with an exceptional array of leadership positions at the country’s top museums. She is recognized as a national leader in transforming museums as places for deep learning and rich community engagement. While at the Art Institute of Chicago, Terrassa set the vision and strategies to strengthen the museum’s civic role as a resource and leader, expand inclusion and equitable access to the institution, and ignite the public’s experience with art and the museum. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from 2011 to 2016, she established the division of Gallery and Studio Programs, which annually engaged 95,000 children and caregivers, teens, adults, and artists, including people with disabilities, with works of art.
Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Terrassa earned her B.F.A. from Washington University in St. Louis and an M.F.A. from the University of Chicago. She began her museum and cultural management work at the Hyde Park Art Center, a community art center in Chicago.
Terrassa will lead the Colby College Museum of Art at a time when it has significantly expanded the depth and diversity of its collection and grown its national reputation as one of the most respected college museums in the country.
“Jackie Terrassa is the perfect leader for Colby’s wonderful Museum of Art,” said President David A. Greene. “She is an artist and educator who has helped transform the way museums engage with and enrich their communities.”
Terrassa comes to Colby with an exceptional array of leadership positions at the country’s top museums. She is recognized as a national leader in transforming museums as places for deep learning and rich community engagement. While at the Art Institute of Chicago, Terrassa set the vision and strategies to strengthen the museum’s civic role as a resource and leader, expand inclusion and equitable access to the institution, and ignite the public’s experience with art and the museum. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from 2011 to 2016, she established the division of Gallery and Studio Programs, which annually engaged 95,000 children and caregivers, teens, adults, and artists, including people with disabilities, with works of art.
Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Terrassa earned her B.F.A. from Washington University in St. Louis and an M.F.A. from the University of Chicago. She began her museum and cultural management work at the Hyde Park Art Center, a community art center in Chicago.
