About Susan L. Talbott
Born 1949. Susan L. Talbott is an American curator.
Susan Lubowsky Talbott (born 1949) is an American curator and former director of the Wadsworth Atheneum.
Education Talbott graduated from Pratt Institute and Harvard University's Art Museum Directors' Program.
Career Before coming to the Atheneum, Talbott was director of Smithsonian Arts at the Smithsonian Institution for three years. From 1998 to 2005, she was CEO of the Des Moines Art Center. She is credited not merely with finding funders for the museum's complete renovation, but also with growing the endowment.
Talbott announced her intention to retire in the fall of 2015.
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