Moving Up

The Briscoe Western Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas, gets new leadership.

On June 27, the Briscoe Western Art Museum announced a shakeup in its leadership, with Liz Jackson receiving a promotion to the museum’s president and CEO. Jackson, who has more than 25 years of experience in museums and nonprofit organizations, had previously served as the museum’s vice president. She was promoted upward by a unanimous vote from the museum’s board of directors.

Liz Jackson, president and CEO of the Briscoe Western Art Museum.

The Briscoe’s previous president and CEO, Michael Duchemin, will continue to advise the museum as an independent consultant, and will still have a large role in the museum’s Night of Artists event every March. Both Jackson and Duchemin joined the museum in 2017.

“When we recruited Michael and Liz as our leadership team, we knew they were the right people to steward the Briscoe’s growth as a thriving institution known not just in Texas, but nationally. We are grateful to have had such strong leadership at the helm,” says John T. Montford, chair of the Briscoe’s board of directors. “Michael’s experience and acumen have been instrumental to our continued development. We are eager to build on that strong momentum as we celebrate our 10th anniversary later this year. Liz’s record of success and her contributions at the Briscoe prove that the museum is in great hands.”

In a press release announcing the changes, the museum praised Jackson and Duchemin for building up Night of Artists and also shepherding the museum through the pandemic. “While the museum closed to the public for six weeks, it was the first museum in San Antonio—and one of the first museums in Texas—to reopen,” the statement notes.

The museum next sets its sights on the 2024 Night of Artists and several upcoming exhibitions, including Anouk Masson Krantz: American Cowboys, a photography exhibition that will focus on Krantz’s examination of cowboys, rodeos and other Western subjects. American Cowboys will be on view from September 29 to January 22, 2024.

For more information about the museum and its programming, visit www.briscoemuseum.org. —