Susan Henshaw Jones
On Saturday, May 13, the Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon board of directors elected four new members to its ranks: Susan Henshaw Jones, Martha McMaster, Toby Rose, and John Schobel.
Jones retired in 2015 from the Museum of the City of New York, where she’d been the Ronay Menschel Director since 2003. During that time she stabilized the museum’s finances, increased annual visitorship from less than 100,000 to nearly a quarter of a million, updated the programming, and led a 10-year, $97 million renovation and modernization of the museum building.
Curatorial Associate
Shane Rothe (they/them) joined Shaker Museum in July 2023, working with independent curator Maggie Taft on an exhibition for the new museum space in Chatham. Shane is an artist as well as a curator and continues to create in the mediums of painting, sculpture, writing, and performance. Shane holds a BFA from CalArts and an MA in art history and curatorial studies from the University of Chicago.
