Sally writes,
After working in book publishing for many years (Harper & Row, now HarperCollins and Bantam Books, now an imprint of Random House), I left 16 years ago to become the head of public information at the Brooklyn Museum, which essentially means that I am the head of a small department that does press outreach, institutional public relations, advertising, and promotion.
Brooklyn Museum, front entrance with cherry blossoms.
In a way, it was the fulfillment of a fantasy. When I transferred to New York University in my junior year in college, I happened upon the Brooklyn Museum and fell in love with it. Since then it has been my Museum, the place where I introduced my son to art when he was a child, and where I visited to restore my sanity, when I was in publishing. Now, instead of a long, round-trip commute to midtown Manhattan each day, I jump in the car, drive ten minutes and I'm here.
And, although my responsibilities are not completely stress-free, it is an exciting and challenging environment, and I feel that in some small way I contribute to something worthwhile. Each day has been a new adventure.