Julie Decker
Julie Decker is the Director and CEO of the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Alaska's premier art, history, science and cultural institution. Julie envisioned the museum's Polar Lab, which combines exhibitions, scholarship, public programming and community outreach to explore the current and future state of the North through culture, community and the environment. Julie joined the museum in 2011 as chief curator. She previously owned and ran Decker/Morris Gallery in Anchorage and was an instructor for the University of Alaska. She has served on the boards of several nonprofit organizations. She holds a Ph.D. in contemporary art history, criticism and management from Union Institute and University, a master's degree in arts administration from Golden Gate University, and bachelor degrees in Fine Art and Journalism from the University of Oregon. Her work as an artist has been featured in numerous solo exhibitions throughout Alaska and is in the Anchorage Museum collection
