FARGO, N.D.- Plains Art Museum welcomes Megan Johnston to the Museum staff as its new director of curatorial affairs and interpretation. Johnston arrives with a wealth of experience across a wide expanse of geography. A native of Stillwater, Minn., she spent her early professional years as an intern and tour guide at the Weisman Art Museum and Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. After earning a bachelor of arts in art history at the University of Minnesota, she produced publications for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, served as curator at the Leadwhite Gallery in Dublin, Ireland, and was art director and lead curator at the Millennium Court Arts Centre in Portadown, Northern Ireland, from 2003 to 2009. Most recently, Johnston served as director and lead curator at the LaGrange Art Museum in LaGrange, Ga. She holds a master’s degree in visual culture studies from the University of Ulster in Belfast,