The Contemporary Austin Finds Its New Head in the Headlands: The museum’s new director, sharon maidenberg, has run a renowned multidisciplinary arts center in the Bay Area for 10 years

On the other, her studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison focused on contemporary African art, she’s been dealing with and making connections with lots of important contemporary artists for a decade (700 is the number cited in the press release), and that $4 million budget is triple what it was when she took over leadership of the center. (She also doubled the staff.)