Biography

Amy Vigilante

Director, University Galleries, Art in State Buildings​​ 

PhD  Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Art Education (Teaching & Learning), 1989

SPE  Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Educational Administration & Supervision, 1985

MFA  Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Studio Art (Painting), 1980

BA  Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts
Studio Art (Painting & Printmaking), 1977

Amy Vigilante has been Director/Chief Curator for the three University Galleries located in the College of the Arts since 2002. She also serves as the University of Florida’s Director for Florida’s Art in State Buildings program, overseeing committees formed for the selection of artists for the public art acquisitions program (% for art) at the University of Florida.  Vigilante is a practicing artist (textiles and painting) and an arts consultant with expertise in grant-writing, strategic planning, museum administration, as well as city, county and statewide cultural programs.

• Trustee, Vice Chair, Gainesville/Alachua County Art in Public Places Trust
• Founding Board Member Emeritus, Florida Association of Public Art Administrators

Active Member: 

• Florida Art Museums Directors Association
• American Alliance of Museums
• Association of Academic Museums & Galleries
• Florida Association of Museums
• Gainesville Museum Consortium