Christian Adame (he/him) is an arts administrator with 19 years of diverse experience in museums and cultural organizations. Currently, he is the Peggy L. Osher Director of Learning and Community Collaboration at the Portland Museum of Art. As a queer, multiracial educator, he works to elevate and integrate marginalized perspectives within institutional space through collaborative programming, interpretation, and teaching. He has held positions at the California State Archives, The California Museum of Women, History, and the Arts, the Crocker Art Museum, and the Phoenix Art Museum. In Arizona, he helped establish arts space Megaphone and co-founded the community collective Cut + Paste. He has received awards and fellowships from the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC), The Getty Leadership Institute, The Teaching Institute in Museum Education, and the American Alliance of Museums. He earned his B.A. in Art History from the University of California, Davis. Christian is serving his first term on the SPACE Board through spring of 2025 and was elected to the Secretary role in 2023.
Christian Adame, Secretary
