MACOMB, Ill., Aug. 27 -- Western Illinois University issued the following news release:
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MOLINE, IL. - Western Illinois University Museum Studies graduate Kelly Lao ('11), a native of Rock Island, IL, has been named the next director of the Muscatine Art Center in Muscatine, IA, following a three-month national search.
Lao began her new role on August 3. She succeeds former Muscatine Art Center Director Melanie Alexander, who resigned in April.
Lao joins the Muscatine Art Center after serving as vice president of Museum Experiences at the Putnam Museum and Science Center in Davenport. During her time at the Putnam, she helped lead major museum initiatives, including the Putnam Re-Imagined capital campaign, which resulted ...