Annual Meeting & New Era for Columbus Art Museums

The Columbus Museum of Art and the Wexner Center for The Arts are two giants in the Columbus arts scene, and both have new leaders at their helms.

Art historian and arts administrator Gaëtane Verna is the Wexner Center’s new executive director, taking over the institution’s leadership last November. Born in the Republic of Congo, and a Quebecer since age two, the Canadian Verna is the first woman of color, and person of color, to lead “The Wex,” housed in its striking building on the campus of the Ohio State University.

Over on Broad Street, the 145-year-old Columbus Museum of Art welcomed new leader Brooke Minto in May. Born in New York to Jamaican parents, Minto has worked to inspire people to engage with the arts in New Orleans, New York City, Miami, and Cape Town.

We’ll meet these two new dynamic leaders for a conversation spotlighting what’s new and next at CMA, The Wex, and in the Columbus arts world, hosted by Erica Thompson, Features Editor, The Columbus Dispatch.