Selma Holo

Under Selma Holo's leadership since 1981, the USC Fisher Museum of Art has grown steadily in reputation and attendance. The museum's exhibition schedule includes regular year-long exhibitions of its renowned permanent collection as well as changing exhibitions ranging from Old Master artists to contemporary works by local, national and international artists.

Serving as director of USC's USC International Museum Institute for Advanced Studies and Practice, Holo has become increasingly interested in international museology — the study of museums themselves and their influences on the shaping of our culture. She has been actively involved with the American Association of Museums and has taken leadership positions on issues critical to the future of museums around the world. Holo earned MA and Ph.D. degrees in Spanish art history, and she has published and lectured extensively in Spain and Latin America about the future of museums in those regions.

Prior to coming to USC, Holo was Curator of Acquisitions at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, where she assisted Simon between 1977 and 1981 in his development of that museum's superb collection of painting and sculpture.

• Selma Holo's faculty profile
• USC Fisher Museum of Art
• "For Art's Sake," USC Trojan Family Magazine, Summer 1999
• "The Professional's Professional," USC Trojan Family Magazine, Summer 1999