Claire Huschle

Claire became Executive Director of the Arlington Arts Center in August 2005, after serving as the Program Director. Prior to joining the AAC, Claire was the Director of Target Gallery, the national exhibition space in the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, VA.  Simultaneously, she worked as the Community Liaison for the 30 year-old center, coordinating a national conference on starting community art centers in 2004 and liaising with a variety of arts groups and advocacy organizations.  In the late 90s, Claire served as managing curator of Washington’s Duncan & Miller Gallery, a contemporary art space featuring the work of emerging artists.

In addition to her work in arts administration, Claire has curated and juried numerous exhibitions throughout the Washington, D.C. area.  She was selected to be a participating curator in the Visual Arts Initiative at the District of Columbia Arts Center, a program funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Her exhibition “Space of Change” (co-curated with sculptor Margaret Boozer) opened in September 2006 and was positively reviewed in the national publication Art Papers.  She served on the Virginia Commission for the Arts Grants Review Panel (Area 4B) in 2006 and 2007, and was invited to return in 2008. 

Claire is an adjunct professor in the Masters in Arts Management program at George Mason University, where she teaches Gallery Management.  She is a member of ArtTable, a professional organization for female executives in the visual arts.

Claire received her Masters degree in Art History from the University of Texas at Austin and her undergraduate degree in Art History from the University of Michigan.