Seth Pringle Named Director of the Claremont Lewis Museum of Art

The Claremont Lewis Museum of Art board of directors is pleased to announce the appointment of
Seth Pringle as Director. Pringle has been involved with the Museum through various projects and
freelance positions since 2008. He took on a leadership role in exhibition design and installation in
2018, and will now lead the way for the Museum into the next phase of our future.

A pillar of the local arts community for the past 20 years, Pringle has worked with numerous other
organizations including the Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts, Pitzer College, Craft in America, the
Ontario Museum of History & Art, the dA Center for the Arts and First Street Gallery Art Center. He is a
practicing studio artist and holds a BFA in Ceramics from Ohio University and an MFA from Claremont
Graduate University.

Pringle's curatorial focus involves creating unexpected connections between works of art, which
prompt viewers to see them in new and deeper ways. One of his important goals is to facilitate artists
to realize their vision through collaboration.