Palm Springs Art Museum is pleased to welcome Sheeka Arbuthnot as their new Senior Director of Development.
Sheeka comes to the Palm Springs Art Museum from the Museum of The African Diaspora, where she served as the Chief Development Officer. In this role, Sheeka was responsible for collaboratively creating and implementing all fundraising strategies for the Museum. Sheeka previously held the top development role in Seattle-based Path with Art.
Sheeka is a resource development professional with fifteen years of experience in the arts and social justice sectors. She prioritizes her work to strategically and creatively connect philanthropic investors with the mission and goals of arts organizations.
In her new role at the Palm Springs Art Museum, Sheeka will report to Adam Lerner, the JoAnn McGrath Executive Director/CEO, where she will lead the development team and all aspects of fundraising for unrestricted annual support as well as programmatic, exhibition, capital, and endowment funds. She will be responsible for the planning, management, and success of comprehensive fundraising efforts to support the museum and its vision, which will shape the next chapter of its history.
She is honored and excited to join Palm Springs Art Museum as the Senior Director of Development.
About Palm Springs Art Museum
The Palm Springs Art Museum (PSAM) is a major museum in a small town. It is an 85-year-old institution in the exciting early stages of a new chapter in its evolution. The JoAnn McGrath Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer (ED/CEO), Adam Lerner, took the helm in July 2021 and the museum has been expanding its staff, operations, collections, and audience. PSAM is committed to being an institution that is both rigorous and community-oriented, committed to both artistic excellence and widespread participation.
The museum’s operations and programing support its vision of being an inclusive, 21st-century museum. As the largest cultural institution in the Coachella Valley (Riverside County), the museum aims to foster a widespread sense of belonging among the diverse communities of a region home to both great wealth and enormous economic disparity.
For more information about Palm Springs Art Museum, please visit https://www.psmuseum.org/
