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Holly Harrison Named Director of Keith House in Fort Worth

institutional · 2026-05-14

Holly Harrison, former Executive Director of Ballroom Marfa, has been appointed as the new director of Keith House in Fort Worth, Texas, effective May 5, 2026. She succeeds founding director Janelle Montgomery, who retired in March 2026. Keith House is a nonprofit community gathering space centered around James Turrell's Skyspace "Come to Good," which opened to the public in 2025. The facility is managed by the Meta Alice Keith Bratten Foundation. Harrison previously served as the first Director of the Thoma Foundation in Dallas (2022–2024), Interim Director (2024) and then Executive Director (2024–2025) of Ballroom Marfa, and led programming at the Mississippi Museum of Art and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Under her leadership, Keith House is launching a new contemporary art exhibitions program, beginning with "Time after Time: Pamela Nelson" on view through May 24, 2026. The exhibitions will engage with Turrell's Skyspace, which features daily colored light sequences at sunrise and sunset.

Key facts

  • Holly Harrison named director of Keith House on May 5, 2026.
  • She succeeds founding director Janelle Montgomery, who retired in March 2026.
  • Keith House is a nonprofit community space centered on James Turrell's Skyspace 'Come to Good'.
  • The facility opened to the public in 2025 and is managed by the Meta Alice Keith Bratten Foundation.
  • Harrison was previously Executive Director of Ballroom Marfa (2024–2025) and Director of the Thoma Foundation (2022–2024).
  • She also led programming at the Mississippi Museum of Art and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
  • Keith House is launching a contemporary art exhibitions program, starting with 'Time after Time: Pamela Nelson' through May 24, 2026.
  • Turrell's 'Come to Good' activates daily with colored light sequences at sunrise and sunset.

Entities

Artists

Institutions

  • Keith House
  • Ballroom Marfa
  • Meta Alice Keith Bratten Foundation
  • Thoma Foundation
  • Mississippi Museum of Art
  • Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
  • Glasstire

Locations

  • Fort Worth
  • Texas
  • Dallas
  • Marfa
  • New York City

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