Tyler Green has a superb and timely interview with the Rose Art Museum's director, Michael Rush. It's a must read for those following Brandeis' reprehensible decision to liquidate the Rose's collection and dissolution of the museum. What becomes clear from the interview is that this decision has nothing to do with the Rose's own financial standing and everything to do with Brandeis' situation. The Rose even has its own healthy endowment. Of course this is extremely relevant to Portland as PNCA and The Museum of Contemporary Craft are pursuing a merger, for which I urge extreme caution (Arcy's outright against it).... and this is partly why. Look, even established gallery programs like Reed's Cooley and Lewis and Clark's Hoffman gallery face ambivalence from important sections of their university so visual arts programming is always a tricky balance, even without a formalized collection.

Art Scatter has a relevant article on arts management everyone should read too.