The Marion Art Center (MAC) proudly welcomes Jodi Stevens as its new Executive Director. Stevens joins the MAC with more than 10 years of management and administrative experience and extensive work in art and design. She will provide key leadership and operational support for the MAC’s wide array of arts and education activities and community outreach.
Most recently, Stevens was the Operations Manager at the New Bedford Port Society, the oldest non-profit organization in New Bedford, which maintains the historic Seamen’s Bethel and Mariner’s Home located in the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park. In addition, she is a professional textile artist and has shown work in Canada and the U.S., as well as serving as a visiting artist in residence for several programs in Colorado and Massachusetts. Along with managing the Port Society, Stevens has been the administrator for ART Drive, a successful annual art studio tour in Westport and Dartmouth, MA, and serves as adjunct faculty for the Continuing Education Department at Rhode Island School of Design. She has just completed her third year as a guest juror for the annual Cuttyhunk Plein Air Festival.
Stevens will be spearheading the MAC’s three key strategic initiatives: integration, opening the MAC to all; engagement, connecting the MAC to the community and its needs; and sustainability, ensuring that the MAC remains vital for present and future generations.
“We are extremely excited to have Jodi Stevens join us at the MAC. She brings focus and
proven results as a manager, as well as a strong vision and connection to the arts world – locally
and regionally,” said Clare Healy Foley, Vice President of the MAC Board of Directors and Chair
of the Executive Director Search Committee.
Previously, Stevens was Lead Curator at the Dedee Shattuck Gallery in Westport and studio manager for a professional artist. She has directed art workshops and participated in textile-based educational outreach programs through museum partnerships and commissions, including the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA, and the Albany Institute of History and Art in Albany, NY. Stevens received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Textiles from East Carolina University in Greenville, NC and completed her MFA in Fibers at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. She resides in New Bedford.