Tamara Wootton Forsyth

Submitted by meg0307 on Fri, 09/28/2018 - 12:28pm

Tamara Wootton Forsyth, Dallas :: was named deputy director of the Dallas Museum of Art. She will oversee the departments that support the intellectual and creative content generated by DMA staff, as well as the facility and infrastructures that sustain it. She has worked at the DMA for 17 years, helping to accomplish such projects as the construction and renovation of the Eagle Family Plaza, which expanded the DMA’s community and outdoor spaces; the creation of the Paintings Conservation Studio; and the re-installation of the Arts of Africa gallery. She was also involved in the DMA’s pioneering digitization initiative, which resulted in public online access to the entirety of the Museum’s collection. For the past five years, she served as associate director of Collections, Exhibitions and Facilities Management, overseeing the museum’s 24,000-item collection and the execution of its exhibition and publication program.