Thursday, May 21, 2009
Visual Art More Cuts at the Frye
Posted by Jen Graves on Thu, May 21, 2009 at 2:46 PM
On the heels of opening the splashy The Puppet Show last week, and following an earlier round of cuts that hit the education department last September, the Frye Art Museum is once again cutting staff positions in order to balance its budget. The 2009 budget (fiscal year ending September 30) has shrunk from $3.9 million to $3.6 million, due to losses from the Frye's investment portfolio.
The museum announced today that it has cut four staff positions (registrar, education assistant, cafe cook/administrator, and facilities assistant); senior staffers are taking a 10 percent pay cut for the rest of the fiscal year; two part-time graphic designers will have hours reduced further; program budgets are diminished across the departments; and for the months of July and August, the administrative offices will be closed on Mondays.
Public hours at the museum will not change.
Frye spokeswoman Rebecca Garrity-Putnam said the Frye does not foresee any more cuts before the end of the fiscal year. She also said the duties of the jobs that have been cut will be taken over by "qualified staff members."
Given what's been going on around the museum world, this comes as no surprise.
Pictured: Nayland Blake's Joe Dallesandro as Augustin, in The Puppet Show
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