BEVERLY, MASS.- Montserrat College of Art has named Michele L’Heureux as the new director and curator of the galleries. An experienced curator and cultural educator, L’Heureux comes to Montserrat from Wheaton College, where she served as director and curator of the college’s galleries. Prior to Wheaton, she served as curator and director of the arts at Brandeis University’s Kniznick Gallery. During her career, she has created more than 50 exhibitions across multiple venues.

L’Heureux brings to Montserrat her experience working with public programs and world-class artists, which are two of the areas for which the Montserrat College of Art Galleries have come to be recognized. She is an accomplished writer and educator.

She holds an MFA in painting from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; an MA in Philosophy of Art from Temple University, Philadelphia; and a BA in Studio Art from Wheaton College. Additionally, she studied ceramics, calligraphy and Buddhism at Kansai Gaidai University, Osaka, Japan, and a holds a Diploma in Carpentry from the North Bennet Street School, Boston.

Montserrat College of Art is a four-year college of art and design in Beverly, MA educating the designers and artists who will solve the problems of tomorrow through their work in the creative economy. One of the first art colleges in the nation to require internships, the college now has design professionals at some of the country’s biggest brands, including Disney, Puma, Hasbro and more. The college offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and year-round classes for adults in youth through Continuing Education opportunities.