Today we’d like to introduce you to Heath Fox.
So, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story.
I have a background in the arts and culture sector, having previously served as the Deputy Director of the Museum of Photographic Arts and the San Diego Museum of Art, and Assistant Dean of Arts and Humanities at UC San Diego. I was looking for a career position as Executive Director of a cultural organization, and when I was hired at the La Jolla Historical Society, it was an organization undergoing an important growth period. The job was a great opportunity to lead the museum through a capital development phase that included new and expanded exhibition and education programming.
Has it been a smooth road?
The challenge for anyone in the arts and culture sector is always to make sure the organization you go to work for is the right cause. Arts and culture organizations are mission driven, and anyone in this field has to be able to make a personal and emotional investment in that purpose.
We’d love to hear more about your business.
Our mission is to inspire and empower the community to make La Jolla’s diverse past a relevant part of contemporary life, and to serve as a resource and gathering place where residents and visitors explore history, art, ideas and culture. We have an inclusive vision to interpret history within the broader context of civil society, and allow it to resonate through layers of time in innovative ways. Our exhibitions and programs are collaborative and interdisciplinary, aimed at audiences with broad arts and culture interests—in art, architecture, literature, film, theater, dance, science, technology, natural history—but always with connections and relevancy to the local community. Our major community special events, the La Jolla Concours D’Elegance (held each April) and the Secret Garden Tour (held each May), have educational and experiential value for both participants and spectators.
Is our city a good place to do what you do?
San Diego is the fourth largest concentration of arts and culture organizations in the nation, behind only New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Cultural tourism is very much alive in San Diego. The arts and culture scene here is strong and vibrant, and an important part of the local economy. The big challenge for people who are practicing artists or who work in the arts and culture sector is the high cost of housing. But there is much to offer here, and great opportunities in arts and culture in San Diego.
Contact Info:
- Address: 780 Prospect Street
La Jolla - Website: www.lajollahistory.org
- Phone: 858.459.5335
- Email: info@lajollahistory.org
- Instagram: instagram.com/lajollahistory
- Facebook: facedbook.com/lajollahistory
- Twitter: twitter.com/lajollahistory
Image Credit:
Reed Kaestner
Larny Mack
La Jolla Historical Society
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