Jim Ballinger: Former Director of the Phoenix Art Museum - Epi. 100, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

Jim Ballinger, an important figure in the Arizona art world and
my 100th podcast guest, provided one of my more fascinating
interviews. Jim Ballinger is the former director of the Phoenix
Art Museum for 40 years, a curator for 7 years, and the director
for 33. Working for the Phoenix Art Museum was his first job and
turns out his last, spending an entire career taking the museum
from a small regional entity to a major institution in American
Art. Jim's early life, including being a tennis athlete to
becoming one of the youngest museum directors at the age of 31.
Jim shares a story of ending up on the front page of the Kansas
City newspaper and not for what you might think. The interview
ends with some fascinating information (and historical footage)
about a subject Jim has a deep fascination, the art of the Hoover
(Boulder) Dam a project he is working on for a major book on the
subject. 

Hope you enjoy our anniversary interview number one hundred with
Jim Ballinger.