Volunteer Spotlight: Michael D. Farley
People & Community
In this series, Education Department Coordinator Emily Bray profiles volunteers within the museum. The Phillips Collection volunteers are an integral part of the museum and help in many ways: greeting and guiding guests through the museum, helping with Sunday Concert, assisting patrons in the Library, helping out with Phillips after 5 and special events, and so much more. Our volunteers offer a wealth of expertise and experience to the museum, and we are delighted to highlight several them.
Michael D. Farley, Art Information Volunteer Mentor/Phillips after 5 Volunteer
Michael D. Farley
What year did you start volunteering at The Phillips Collection?
2013
What do you see as the most valuable aspect of your volunteering?
Supporting the Phillips, working with staff & guests, learning about the collection.
What do you do when you are not volunteering at The Phillips Collection?
Chief Development Officer-American Society of International Law
What is your favorite room or painting here?
If you had to choose one word to describe Phillips, what would it be?
Dynamic
Share a fun fact about you!
My first nonprofit job was as a Development Director of the Portland Art Museum in Portland, OR, in 1986, and there I created the popular “Museum After Hours” program still going strong today, very similar to Phillips after 5.
Is there anything else you would like to share?
Enjoy Thursday evening volunteering and working the Will Call desk
