Bainbridge Arts & Crafts announces new executive director

Published 1:36 pm Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Lindsay Masters has been named the new executive director of Bainbridge Arts & Crafts.

She follows Susan Jackson, who is retiring from the nonprofit art gallery after 13 years at the helm.

Masters, who joined BAC in January 2013 as the nonprofit’s publicist, will start in her new role at BAC on July 1.

She was chosen from a field of nearly 30 applicants.

“We had 27 applicants for the director’s position, many of whom were extremely impressive,” said Rob Beattie, president of the BAC board. “After giving serious consideration to each one, the board of trustees unanimously chose Lindsay Masters. The board is very excited about Lindsay and is committed to backing her 100 percent.”

Masters has wide-ranging experience with cultural nonprofits on Bainbridge Island. Before coming aboard at BAC, she was communications manager at Bainbridge Island Arts & Humanities Council (now Arts Humanities Bainbridge). From 2007 through 2009, she was a staff writer at the Bainbridge Island Review, where she covered culture and the arts.

Before moving to Bainbridge from Seattle in 2004, she was a writer, editor and manager at Microsoft.

A native of Atlanta, she holds a degree in English literature from Dartmouth College.

“When I first came to work at Bainbridge Arts & Crafts, I distinctly remember saying to myself, ‘Pinch me!’ Because I’d gotten my dream job, which was to be surrounded by art, to write about art, and to promote a visual arts organization I strongly believed in,” Masters said.

“Now, having spent the last two-and-a-half years working with our incredible staff, getting to know the talented artists we represent, and promoting our exhibitions, programs, and partnerships, I couldn’t be prouder or more excited about moving into this leadership position,” she said.

Founded in 1948, Bainbridge Arts & Crafts is one of the first nonprofits on Bainbridge and the first nonprofit art gallery in Washington state. The gallery specializes in contemporary Northwest art, and represents 265 artists through its retail gallery and through monthly special exhibitions.

For more information about BAC’s programs and community services, visit www.bacart.org.