Women of Influence Series: Olga Viso

Join us each month for lunch and intimate conversation at Ruth's Chris in downtown Minneapolis, hosted by Minnesota Monthly personality Sue Zelickson. All proceeds benefit the speaker's charity of choice.

September 16, 2010: Olga Viso began her tenure as director of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, in January 2008, after 12 years at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, the final two years as director. At the Walker, one of the world's leading art centers and among the top five most visited modern and contemporary art museums nationally, Viso oversees innovative artistic programming across the disciplines, including visual arts, performing arts, film, and design.

Viso is well known for her expertise in contemporary Latin American art and has introduced the work of Latino artists to new audiences through exhibitions, publications, and lectures. She is the author of Unseen Mendieta, which showcases previously unpublished slide and film documentation of the ephemeral, time-based artworks of the late Ana Mendieta (b. Cuba). Viso received her master's degree in art history from Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) in 1992. All proceeds benefited La Escuelita.

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