Peter L. Walsh

Background

Walsh, Peter L. was born on January 14, 1951 in New York City. Son of Dwight Rolfe and Jane Rae Walsh.

Education

AB, Oberlin College, 1973. Master in Liberal Arts, Harvard University, 1985.

Career

Assistant director public programs Museum Cmparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974-1978, director publications and information art museums, 1979-1992. Director campaign and development communications Museum Fine Arts, Boston, 1992-1994, consultant, writer, since 1994. Director information and institutional relations Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley (Massachusetts) College, 1994-1999.

Chairman Massachusetts Art Commission, Boston, since 1996. Consultant, writer Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, 1999—2001. Founding organizer Art Museum Image Consortium, Pittsburgh, 1996—1999, consultant, 2000—2001.

Consultant, researcher writer Jemison Institute Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 2000—2001, consultant writer public affairs, since 2002, consultant writer Committee on Race in the Academy, 2002—2003. Art critic WBUR-National Public Radio, Boston, 2001—2006. Consultant Jan Krukowski & Company, New York City, since 2002.

Achievements

• Peter L. Walsh has been listed as a notable arts administrator, consultant, researcher, art critic, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of College Art Association (chairman committee on intellectual property 2001-2002).

Connections

Father:

Dwight Rolfe

Mother:

Jane Rae Walsh