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April 6, 2021
Lady Diana Spencer, the future Princess of Wales, June 1st, 1981. (Photo by John Shelley Collection/Avalon/Getty Images)
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The director and CEO of the Wadsworth Atheneum is stepping down after five years at the museum.
Tom Loughman has decided to further his longstanding commitment to fostering partnerships between arts organizations in this country and abroad, according to the Board of Trustees. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
“Increasingly and through my role as co-chair of the United States National Committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM-US), I’ve seen the urgent need to foster international partnerships, and I feel called to that important work which has defined my career,” Loughman said in a statement.
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Thomas Loughman, CEO of Hartford's Wadsworth Atheneum, steps down courant.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from courant.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Representatives of Hartford’s theater and arts industries gathered at the Bushnell Performing Arts Center this morning to celebrate the “welcome if delayed” approval of the Save Our Stages (SOS) relief package.
“Keeping Connecticut employed and keeping our institutions whole so that we can wait for better days is so important right now,” said Tom Loughman, director and CEO of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art.
President Trump’s late-night signature approved a stimulus package that sets aside $15 billion for arts venues as part of $285 billion in new funding for the Paycheck Protection Program.
Unlike the previous round of PPP aid, Save Our Stages funds will come in the form of grants, not loans, and will be capped at $10 million per venue, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said at Monday’s event. The new round of PPP loans to non-arts small businesses, by contrast, are capped at $2 million and have new restrictions.