Judy Herman, of Bala Cynwyd, a former longtime director of the Main Line Art Center and a tireless advocate for artists and students, died on March 13 at 75, writes Gary Miles for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Herman, who is also a former museum program coordinator, schoolteacher, and volunteer, served as Main Line Art Center director from 1988 to 2012. In that time, she transformed the promising but still underdeveloped art complex into a true and thriving community gem.
She grew the operating budget from $100,000 in 1989 to $1.3 million in 2012 and expanded the support staff from being one person to ten people. In her final year with the organization, over 15,000 artists, students, and visitors took part in the center’s events.
Herman also oversaw a multimillion-dollar expansion of the Haverford center in 1999.
For her, artistic creation was an essential thread in the human fabric.
“You have to look at art for its intrinsic value to the individual and the community, and realize it enriches and brings balance,” she said in a 2003 interview.
Read more about Judy Herman, a former longtime director of the Main Line Art Center and a tireless advocate for artists and students, in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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