Elsa Longhauser

Elsa Longhauser
Citizenship American
Alma mater Antioch College, University of Pennsylvania
Occupation museum director
Organization Santa Monica Museum of Art
Spouse(s) Norman Weiner,
William Longhauser

Elsa Longhauser is executive director of the Santa Monica Museum of Art.[1] Longhauser took over as leader of the museum in 2000,[2] after 17 years as director of the gallery at the Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[3]

Early life and education

Longhauser is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She attended Antioch College as a young woman. She married and had three children before completing her bachelor's degree in art history in 1971, from the University of Pennsylvania.[4]

Career

Longhauser was director of several galleries in Philadelphia early in her career.[4] She organized an "important show" of outsider art at the Philadelphia College of Art in 1981.[5] In 1993, Longhauser continued her interest in the genre when she organized a touring show of Terry Fox's work.[6] In 1998, she was guest co-curator with Harald Szeemann at the Museum of American Folk Art for a "major traveling show" of works by self-taught American artists.[7][8]

Elsa Longhauser became gallery director at Moore College of Art and Design in 1983; during her tenure there, she was called an "unsung hero of the local cultural scene".[9] In 2000, Longhauser left Philadelphia and became director of the Santa Monica Museum of Art.[2]

Personal life

Longhauser married Norman B. Weiner, a doctor, as her first husband; he died in 1977.[10] She remarried in 1983, to William Longhauser, a graphic artist and college professor.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Santa Monica Museum of Art: Staff and Board". Santa Monica Museum of Art. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 Cheng, Scarlet (January 9, 2011). "For 10 years, Elsa Longhauser has put her own imprint on the Santa Monica Museum of Art". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Sozanski, Edward (March 30, 2000). "Moore College's Gallery Director Leaving". Philly.com. Philadelphia Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 Suzanne Muchnic, "Champion of the Overlooked: The Santa Monica Museum's New Director Hopes to Make Room for Artists Who Haven't Yet Shown Up on the Radar" Los Angeles Times (June 18, 2000): 8.
  5. ↑ Janet Tyson, "Fort Worth Museums Showcase Self-Taught Artists Who Defy Labels" Kerrville Daily Times (November 9, 1998): 5A. via Newspapers.com
  6. ↑ Christopher Knight, "Making Magic from the Mundane: Terry Fox's Work is Spiritual with a Secular Slant" Los Angeles Times (January 23, 1994): 86.
  7. ↑ Philadelphia Museum of Art, "Self-Taught Artists of the 20th Century: An American Anthology" (March 10, 1998-May 17, 1998).
  8. ↑ Tessa DeCarlo, "The Gallery: Drawings Lost and Found" Wall Street Journal (March 11, 1998): A18.
  9. ↑ Edward Sozanski, "Bringing Art from Margins to the Center; As Gallery Director at Moore College of Art and Design, Elsa Longhauser is Attracting International Attention" Philly.com (January 9, 1991).
  10. ↑ "Obituary: Norman Weiner" Pocono Record (December 5, 1977): 10. via Newspapers.com

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