August 31, 2023, San Angelo, Texas: Laura Romer Huckaby has been named
Interim Director of the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts by the museum’s Board
of Trustees. Huckaby has been with the museum since 2012 and has served
as Assistant Director/Curator.
Alex Freeman, who joined SAMFA as Director in September 2022 and
then served as President/CEO beginning January 1, 2023, will no longer be
with the museum as of September 1, 2023.
“We wish Alex the very best and will begin a professional search
immediately for an individual who will lead the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
into the future,” said Tom Gregg, SAMFA’s Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
“In the meantime, we have full confidence in Laura, and we’ll move forward to
celebrate our beautiful new roof, new exhibits, and new vision during our Grand
Re-Opening in the first quarter of 2024. Our commitment to serving San Angelo
and the Concho Valley is steadfast.”
SAMFA Mission
The San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts serves as a catalyst for creativity and community.
We inspire people of diverse backgrounds from the Concho Valley Region
by presenting the highest quality visual and performing arts from around the world.
The result of this beautiful, dynamic connection is lifelong enrichment for all.
1 Love Street, San Angelo, TX 76903 325-653-3333 www.samfa.org
Laura Romer HuckabyAs Assistant Director and Curator at SAMFA, Laura has overseen the dynamic
growth of the museum’s collections of ceramic art, Spanish colonial art, Texas art, and
American glass. She has managed its constantly changing encyclopedic exhibit lineup,
supervised the Curatorial and Facilities departments, and assisted with a variety of day
to-day operations.
Laura Romer Huckaby grew up in Burlington, North Carolina. She has a bachelor’s
degree in art education from Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, and a master’s
degree in art history from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. Having a strong
interest in languages as well as art, Laura took further graduate-level training in
linguistics and anthropology before heading to Papua New Guinea, where she served
from 2006 to 2009 as a missionary with Wycliffe Bible Translators.
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