Susan Fisher

'01 PhD Art History // Director Kaish Family Art Project

Susan Fisher is Executive Director of the Kaish Family Art Project, an artist-endowed organization that furthers the legacy of artists Luise Kaish (1925-2013) and Morton Kaish (b. 1927). Susan has also served as the Director of Collections and Curatorial Affairs at the Brooklyn Museum, Executive Director of the Chaim Gross Foundation in New York City, and the inaugural Horace W. Goldsmith Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Yale University Art Gallery. Listen to her interview today to learn more about Susan's career path after Yale and the steps she has taken thus far to find success in her career. 

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