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DEL.ICIO.USACA’s Ellen Meyer becoming president of the arts college in Nashville
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Nashville-based Watkins College of Arts & Sciences has named Atlantan Ellen Meyer as its new president.
At Watkins College, Meyer will succeed Dr. Jim Brooks, who is retiring. She will begin her tenure as president on Aug. 1 of the institution, the only independent college in Tennessee that offers Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in Film, Fine Arts, Interior Design, Graphic Design, and Photography.
Meyer had been president of the prestigious 100-year-old Atlanta College of Art, once a division of the Woodruff Arts Center, for 14 years. But in 2005, ACA announced an agreement to be acquired by the Savannah College of Art and Design, which had opened an Atlanta campus. ACA ended up closing its doors in 2006.
During her time at ACA, Meyer oversaw a $15 million expansion of the college’s facilities including the building of a new dorm, and she initiated a $4 million technology campaign for arts and design education.
Meyer has had a long history in the arts world. Before becoming president of ACA, Meyer had served as director of continuing education and special programs at Rhode Island School of Design, vice president of marketing and extension at Minneapolis College of Art and Design, consultant to the National Building Museum, Washington, DC, and director of a ceramics program for the National Park Service.
Meyer left me a voice mail message telling me of her new post at Watkins saying: “I’m thrilled.”
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