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Longtime Michener Director/CEO Bruce Katsiff announces plan to step down

DOYLESTOWN, PA.- In museums today, there are directors and there are artists. Rarely is one person both. Bruce Katsiff, fine art photographer and Director/CEO of the James A. Michener Art Museum for more than two decades, is that rare individual. Beginning in 2012, Katsiff will be spending more time in his Bucks County studio than talking with architects about the surface of steel columns for a new event pavilion, or with investors about funding. He’ll spend more time making his own art than talking with curators about interpretations of religious art, or meeting with marketing executives about how to get the word out about an Italian touring exhibition of Old Master paintings and tapestries that will be making a stop in the former Bucks County Jail. “I admire and respect how Bruce has been able to continue his own creative drive and productivity while his creative administrative intuition has reshaped the life of the a