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The Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art at Florida Southern College has named Daryl Ward its interim executive director, it said in a news release Friday.
Ward is the executive director of the Polk Arts & Cultural Alliance. He will continue in that role.
Ward began his career in public education, working for 32 years in Polk County Public Schools, the news release said.
Ward is a Mulberry High School graduate. He holds several degrees including a doctorate in curriculum and instruction from the University of South Florida.
He has served on the Lakeland Mayor’s Council for the Arts, and the boards of the Florida Dance Theatre, Arts4All Florida, the Florida Alliance for Arts Education, and the Lakeland Community Theatre. He wrote the script and lyrics for the mini-musical “When you Dream,” about the philanthropic legacy of Publix founder George Jenkins. And he’s an accomplished photographer.
Ward’s “collaborative leadership and deep ties to the cultural fabric of Polk County make him an ideal steward for the museum during this time,” said Florida Southern College President Jeremy Martin in the news release.
“I’m grateful to be able to contribute even a small amount to the legacy of this amazing art institution,” Ward said in the same release.
He succeeds Alex Rich, the AGB’s current executive director. In May, Rich announced that he would depart at the end of June to take up a new role as the president and CEO of the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, South Carolina.
A national search for The AGB’s next permanent executive director will begin this summer, the museum said.
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