Seth Pringle Named Director of the Claremont Lewis Museum of Art

For Immediate Release

October 16, 2025

                      Press Contact: Catherine McIntosh

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The Claremont Lewis Museum of Art board of directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Seth Pringle as Director. Pringle has been involved with the Museum through various projects and freelance positions since 2008. He took on a leadership role in exhibition design and installation in 2018, and will now lead the way for the Museum into the next phase of our future.

A pillar of the local arts community for the past 20 years, Pringle has worked with numerous other organizations including the Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts, Pitzer College, Craft in America, the Ontario Museum of History & Art, the dA Center for the Arts and First Street Gallery Art Center. He is a practicing studio artist and holds a BFA in Ceramics from Ohio University and an MFA from Claremont Graduate University.

Pringle’s curatorial focus involves creating unexpected connections between works of art, which prompt viewers to see them in new and deeper ways. One of his important goals is to facilitate artists to realize their vision through collaboration.

Go to clmoa.org for information about CLMA and current programs.

Contact Director Seth Pringle at springle@clmoa.org, 626 234-9141.