Lissa Cramer (’18)
Lissa Cramer (’18) is the Director of the Boston University Art Galleries. She received her MS in Arts Administration from Boston University and a BA in Art History from the University of Kansas. She has previously worked for The Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, MO, and Tufts University Art Galleries in Medford, MA.
Lissa Cramer is an experienced gallery director with a demonstrated history of executing distinguished and forward-thinking exhibitions. Cramer is a creative thinker that enjoys collaborating and building welcoming and inclusive environments. Highly skilled in exhibition management and budgeting, collections care, registration, and installation with practice working in non-profit arts institutions of different ranges and financial capacities—Lissa has honed these abilities through working with artists, curators, commercial galleries, university faculty, and students.
Cramer has achieved success with multiple exhibitions and publications throughout her career, including Shahzia Sikander: Parallax, Yuan Yunsheng: Chinese Myth, Folklore & History, and Life Altering: Selections from a Kansas City Collection. Cramer also teaches Modern Art 1860-1970/372 for the Boston University MET College.
“The Arts Administration program offered me the opportunity to get my graduate degree while still working full-time in the arts field. I learned new techniques and different approaches that directly relate to my position. I also connected with my fantastic classmates who are working in the arts across Boston.”