2023 Oklahoma Arts Conference

"Promise in the Road Ahead"

Thomas Brent Smith
Thomas Brent Smith is Wylodean and Bill Saxon Director of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art (FJJMA) at the University of Oklahoma. Since joining the museum in November 2021, he has led the museum’s strategic planning, established a new financial framework, and focused on expanding audiences. Prior to coming to FJJMA, Smith spent 13 years as Director of the Petrie Institute of Western American Art at the Denver Art Museum. In this role, he led the Petrie Institute to unprecedented growth and national stature by spearheading a $7 million endowment campaign and transforming the institute’s holdings by acquiring multiple important collections, including one of the most valuable gifts of art in the museum’s history. During his tenure at the Denver Art Museum, Smith became known as a curator of innovative exhibitions with wide community appeal and positive critical response. He initiated an ambitious track of exhibitions, publications, and programs, including The American West in Bronze:1850-1925 with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The Western: An Epic in Art and Film with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Smith has been a fellow of The Getty Leadership Institute and past president of the Museums West Consortium.

Thomas Brent Smith's Schedule

Working Through Organizational Grief and Trauma (Part One):An Oklahoman Experience
Date: Thursday – October, 19 2023 Time: 1:45pm - 2:45pm Room: Bison Room B&C Track: Arts Managers
Featured presenter Carolyn Sargentson and Thomas Smith, Director of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma, will present on their experience working together in 2022-23 to rebuild the museum's team and the organization’s health after a challenging pandemic experience.

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