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UMFA Names New Director

David Meikle's \"Evening Light\" is part of the current exhibit, Painting Utah's Mount Olympus, now showing at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
David Meikle's \"Evening Light\" is part of the current exhibit, Painting Utah's Mount Olympus, now showing at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.

By Jennifer Napier-Pearce

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Salt Lake City, UT – Like most of us, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts has been battered by the rough economy. In 2008, its "Monet to Picasso" exhibit drew a record 80,000 visitors, but by mid-2009, the museum was forced to lay off three of its 15 workers. Now the museum has a new director, Gretchen Dietrich, who has spent the past 20 years working in art museums across the country. She spoke with KUER's Jennifer Napier-Pearce about her vision for the road ahead.

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