Heather Johnson

Heather Horn Johnson has been the Gallery Manager of the Sarah Spurgeon Gallery at Central Washington University since 2004. During those twenty years she has curated or organized over 125 temporary art exhibitions and related educational programs. Working at a public university in collaboration with students and faculty, creating meaningful exhibits and visual art experiences, has been the most rewarding and challenging part of her career. In 2016 she received the Outstanding Staff Award from the CWU College of Arts and Humanities. In addition to operating the gallery, she has been a lecturer in Gallery Management, Museum Studies, Western Modern and Contemporary Art History, and Asian Art History.

Heather was selected to serve on the Curator’s Roster for the Washington State Arts Commission’s Art in Public Places program in 2022. Prior to working at CWU she was both an Assistant Registrar and a Curatorial Coordinator of Asian Art at the Seattle Art Museum. Heather received her M.A. in Art History and Museum Studies (with a focus on Curation), from Tufts University in 1999.