Revenue loss from the pandemic, forced closures led to the layoff. 4:09 pm, Jan. 21, 2021 ×
Sheila Dickinson, Rochester Arts Center s artistic director gives a tour at the art center recently. Dickinson s position was eliminated last month after serving the RAC for four years. (Contributed photo)
Rochester Art Center emerged from two months of a pandemic-imposed shutdown geared to celebrate the center s 75th anniversary. But it will mark the milestone down one key staff member curator and artistic director Sheila Dickinson.
Her job was eliminated near the end of December, a victim of declining revenues caused by the pandemic.
Dickinson had joined Rochester s premier arts institution located in Mayo Civic Center more than four years ago, at a time when the RAC was crawling out of a large budget mess that triggered layoffs and pared staff down to the bone. It had been functioning with a skeletal staff for years and 2020 was viewed as an opportunity to grow revenue
Revenue loss from the pandemic, forced closures led to the layoff. 4:09 pm, Jan. 21, 2021 ×
Sheila Dickinson, Rochester Arts Center s artistic director gives a tour at the art center recently. Dickinson s position was eliminated last month after serving the RAC for four years. (Contributed photo)
Rochester Art Center emerged from two months of a pandemic-imposed shutdown geared to celebrate the center s 75th anniversary. But it will mark the milestone down one key staff member curator and artistic director Sheila Dickinson.
Her job was eliminated near the end of December, a victim of declining revenues caused by the pandemic.
Dickinson had joined Rochester s premier arts institution located in Mayo Civic Center more than four years ago, at a time when the RAC was crawling out of a large budget mess that triggered layoffs and pared staff down to the bone. It had been functioning with a skeletal staff for years and 2020 was viewed as an opportunity to grow revenue