Marilyn A Zeitlin, who came to ASU in 1992 to lead the Art Museum, has announced her retirement to focus on creative work including research, writing, and freelance curatorial work. She will step down as Director/Chief Curator of the ASU Art Museum on December 31, 2007 and retire from the University at the end of December 2008 following a one-year research leave. In her fifteen years as Director, Zeitlin built a reputation for presenting ground-breaking exhibitions, of identifying emerging artists whom she has launched, often giving them their first solo museum exhibition. Among those artists whom she brought to prominence are those of the Generation of the 90s from Cuba whose work she presented in 1998 in Contemporary Art from Cuba: Irony and Survival on the Utopian Island. Over the years, Zeitlin has led a talented curatorial staff in explorations of the relationship of art and society. This exploration characterizes the exhibition focus and also the emphasis in acquisitions to the collection.