Perfect Pitch Annual Luncheon
Celebrate the people and partnerships that make Key Chorale’s transformative work possible. This year, our Perfect Pitch Luncheon honors Virginia Shearer, Executive Director of the Sarasota Art Museum, whose visionary leadership and dedication to arts and culture have enriched our community.
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2026 Perfect Pitch Honoree
Virginia Shearer, Executive Director of the Sarasota Art Museum
Virginia Shearer assumed leadership of Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design in August 2021, bringing over two decades of distinguished museum expertise to the institution. Since her arrival, she has overseen a period of unprecedented growth, including an increase in attendance of nearly 300%. Under her direction, the Museum has transitioned to a seven-day-of-operation model, restructured its professional staff and expanded and diversified its ambitious roster of exhibitions, programs and community engagement initiatives.
As an entrepreneurial leader, Shearer has accentuated the Museum’s distinction as the city’s only museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art and its affiliation with a premier art and design college. Shearer’s vision is to solidify the Museum’s reputation as a vibrant, essential institution on the national stage. Her strategic priorities include: transporting visitors through a dynamic slate of world-class exhibitions and educational programs where learning is a seamless part of the museum-going experience; establishing regional and national partnerships that prioritize experimentation and social relevance; and expanding the reach and impact of SAM through local, regional and national visitation.
Prior to Sarasota Art Museum, Shearer worked at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia, where she served as the Eleanor McDonald Storza director of education and as associate director of education. Shearer participated in the Getty Museum Leadership Institute at Claremont Graduate University in 2014 and the Getty’s Next Gen Executive Leadership Program in 2012. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities from Florida State University and a Master of Arts in Teaching in Museum Education from The George Washington University.
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