Mario R. Rossero named director of the Andy Warhol Museum

Mario R. Rossero named director of the Andy Warhol Museum The Andy Warhol Museum has named a new director. (Photo by Archie Carpenter/Getty Images) (Archie Carpenter/Getty Images)

By Mike Larson – Managing Editor, Pittsburgh Business Times

PITTSBURGH — The Andy Warhol Museum has named a new director.

According to a release from the museum, Mario R. Rossero will now take the role as director, as well as the role of vice president of Carnegie Museums.

Mario R. Rossero The Andy Warhol Museum has named a new director. (The Andy Warhol Museum/The Andy Warhol Museum)

The announcement comes after the previous director, Patrick Moore, stepped down in May of last year.

Rossero is currently working as the executive director of the National Art Education Association. Before his current role, Rossero served as senior vice president of education for the Kennedy Center, held a variety of positions in the Chicago Public Schools and served as the senior program officer for arts education at Pittsburgh Public Schools.

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