WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.—Devon Nowlin has joined the team at the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) as Deputy Director for Operations and Art Services.

 

Nowlin came to Williams College in 2023 as the museum project manager of the new WCMA building, currently under construction and scheduled to open in the fall of 2027. Before that, she was Collection Manager and Museum Renovation Coordinator at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas. 

 

Also an artist, Nowlin holds an MFA in painting from Texas Christian University and worked in the field of public art in Texas for 20 years as a commissioned artist and contract project manager to help realize the public works of other artists. 

 

"It is such an honor to be joining WCMA in this historic moment as we are preparing to move into and operate this incredible new building by Solid Objectives Idenberg Liu," Nowlin said. "The WCMA team in this new building has the opportunity to reimagine a future of more sustainable museum operations and to teach the art leaders of tomorrow throughout the process."

 

This new role at WCMA brings together in one division, under Nowlin's leadership, the collections and exhibitions management team, operations, security and visitor services, and facilities and events.

 

"Devon Nowlin brings a unique combination of detailed knowledge of the new WCMA design and deep experience with the complex operations of art museums, and will be essential to realizing the full opportunity of our new state-of-the-art, purpose-built building," said Pamela Franks, the Class of 1956 Director of WCMA. "Every aspect of the museum building project advances WCMA’s teaching mission, and Devon is ideally positioned to translate that potential into practice."a