Background
III, Myron James Czarniecki, was born in 1948 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Myron James Junior and Laura Maxine (Atwood) C.
cultural planner art museum director
III, Myron James Czarniecki, was born in 1948 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Myron James Junior and Laura Maxine (Atwood) C.
Student, Xaverius College, Antwerp, Belgium, 1967. Bachelor, Wabash College, 1971. Postgraduate, School Art Institute Chicago, 1972.
Instructor photography Wabash College, 1970-1971. With department museum education Art Institute Chicago, 1971-1974. Director education and state services The Ringling Museums, 1974-1976.
Director Mississippi Museum Art, Jackson, 1976-1983, Minnesota Museum American Art, St. Paul, 1983-1993. President, Chief Executive Officer S/Rhode Island Cultural Planners, since 1993. Curator-in-residence United States Information Agency, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1982.
Consultant National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment of the Humanities, Institute Museum Services, Minnesota State Arts Board. Lecturer Art Institute Chicago, 1972-1974, State University of New York-Binghamton, 1985-1994. Founding director Mississippi Institute Arts and Letters, 1978-1983.
Secretary Minnesota-Cuba Cultural Exchange, Havanna, 1985, 87, 91, 95, 99. Member Minnesota Designer Selection Board, 1990-1999, chairman, 1992-1994, vice-chairman, since 1995. Member Minnesota Cultural Diversity Task Force, 1991-1994.
President board directors Institute Photographic Studies, 1994-1998. Delegate White House Conference on Travel and Tourism, 1995.
Board directors Intermedia Arts Minnesota, 1986-1991, Public Art St. Paul, since 1987, executive committee since 1994. Board directors Art Center St. John's University, 1991-1995, Chautaqua on the River, 1993-1996. Founding member American Museum Asmat Art, 1995.
Trustee College Visual Arts, since 1997, Franconia Sculpture Park, since 1997, Sobriety High School, since 1998. Member American Association Museum (membership chairman 1988-1991), International Council Museum.
Married Anne Frances Dixon, 1976. Children: Mark James, Laura Anne, Katherine Elizabeth, John Dixon.