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This session is virtual. Join Oasis for a conversation with Lisa Melandri, Executive Director of the Contemporary Art Museum. Hosted by Oasis founder Marylen Mann.

A native of Boston, Lisa Melandri is the Executive Director of the Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis (CAM). Since joining CAM in 2012, Melandri has reshaped the exhibition program and launched several new initiatives. Prior to joining CAM in 2012, she was the Deputy Director for Exhibitions and Programs at the Santa Monica Museum of Art. During her eleven-year tenure, the museum grew significantly in size and scope. Among her many exhibitions, the most notable were Mickalene Thomas: Origin of the Universe, the artist’s first solo museum project, as well as Marco Brambilla: The Dark Lining (2011), Combustione: Alberto Burri and America (2010), William Pope. L—Art After White People: Time, Trees and Celluloid… (2007), and Enigma Variations: Philip Guston and Giorgio de Chirico (2006). Melandri additionally oversaw the programming of the Project Room, a dynamic exhibition series at the museum featuring national and international emerging artists. She graduated from Harvard with an Undergraduate degree in art history and earned her Master’s of Art History from Williams College. Since 2008, she has served as a board member and president of the Southern California Chapter of ArtTable; since 2010, she has served as a board member and treasurer of Fondazione Azzurra. Since moving to St. Louis in 2012, she has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Grand Center, Inc., and the Arts and Education Council.