Background
Evans, Bruce Haselton was born on November 13, 1939 in Rome, New York, United States. Son of E. Arnold and Joan Sawyer (Haselton) Evans.
Evans, Bruce Haselton was born on November 13, 1939 in Rome, New York, United States. Son of E. Arnold and Joan Sawyer (Haselton) Evans.
Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1961; Master of Arts, New York University, 1964.
Assistant curator, Dayton (Ohio) The Art Institute of Chicago, 1965-1966;
curator, Dayton (Ohio) The Art Institute of Chicago, 1967-1968;
chief curator, Dayton (Ohio) The Art Institute of Chicago, 1969-1972;
assistant director, Dayton (Ohio) The Art Institute of Chicago, 1973-1974;
director, Dayton (Ohio) The Art Institute of Chicago, 1975-1991;
president, Chief Executive Officer, Mint Museum Art, Mint Museum Craft and Design, Charlotte, North Carolina, since 1991. Member of advisory panels National Endowment for Arts and Humanities, since 1973. Vice president Midwest Museums Conference Council, 1981.
Active Dayton River Corridor Design Review Committee, Historic Architecture Committee, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Art Commission, since 1994.
Trustee Arts Advisers North Carolina. Member Association Art Museum Directors (president 1986), Ohio Museum Association (past president), Intermus. Conservation Association (past president), American Association Museums, International Council Museums.
Married Margo Elizabeth Frey, July 14, 1962. Children: Barton Haselton, Christopher Andrew.