Robin Held

Robin Held is the Executive Director of Reel Grrls, an award-winning media arts program for girls ages 9-19. The first non-profit of in the U.S. to join media-making, leadership, and empowerment; Reel Grrls envision a world where girls and women are leaders in creating media, and are fairly represented both behind and in front of the camera. Before coming to Reel Grrls, Robin served as Deputy Director of Exhibitions and Collections at the Frye Art Museum, 2004-2012, where she was a key player in its institutional renovation and its reputation for innovative contemporary art exhibitions. As Associate Curator at the Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, 1999-2004, Held curated such nationally recognized exhibitions as Hershmanlandia: The Art and Film of Lynn Hershman Leeson and Gene(sis): Contemporary Art Explores Human Genomics.