HAIGHT STREET ART CENTER WELCOMES GETTY MUSEUM CONSERVATOR VICTORIA BINDER TO ITS BOARD
The Haight Street Art Center announced today that Victoria Binder has joined its Board of Directors. Binder is an art conservator with over two decades of experience in museum conservation, specializing in works on paper.
Binder joins Founders Roger McNamee (chairman) and Ann McNamee (treasurer), as well as Tim Duncan (Rex Foundation Board), Jeff Idelson (retired Hall of Fame President), Clarence Jones (Civil Rights activist) and Jacaeber Kastor (artist and psychedelic art curator) in the furtherance of the Art Center’s mission to bring educational and cultural-development programs and exhibitions to a range of communities, via music, art, social activism, and the ongoing history of social and political movements, including the counterculture.
“Victoria Binder has long been a leader in the world of art conservation. She is also a lover of poster art who has supported the Haight Street Art Center from its earliest days, advising us and even restoring some of the most valuable pieces in our collection,” said Roger McNamee, the chair of HSAC’s board of directors. “We are so lucky to add Victoria to our board. Her insights and experience will prove invaluable as the Art Center’s collections and exhibits grow in the years ahead.”
“I'm thrilled to join the board of the Haight Street Art Center at such an exciting and important time for the organization,” said Binder. “Having spent over two decades working with works on paper and conducting research on San Francisco's iconic psychedelic rock posters, I've witnessed firsthand how this art form captures the revolutionary spirit and creative energy that continues to define San Francisco and inspire movements far beyond.
“The Center is doing vital work in celebrating and advancing poster art—not just as historical artifacts, but as a living, breathing medium that connects communities and inspires social change across the world. I'm excited to collaborate with the Center and support its mission to ensure these artistic traditions continue to flourish and reach new generations.”
Ms. Binder is an art conservator specializing in works on paper, with over twenty years of experience in museum conservation. She currently serves as Senior Conservator and Head of the Department of Paper Conservation at the J. Paul Getty Museum, where she oversees the care and preservation of photographs, drawings, and illuminated manuscripts. She holds an MA and Certificate of Advanced Study in Art Conservation from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and a BA in Art History from New York University. Prior to joining the Getty, she was Head of Paper Conservation at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Her earlier experience includes a fellowship at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, as well as conservation positions and internships at the Brooklyn Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Northeast Document Conservation Center, and several private practices.
Victoria has also conducted extensive research on San Francisco’s psychedelic rock posters, with a particular focus on the collaborative relationships between the artists and printers, and the materials and printing techniques used in their creation. She contributed to the exhibition The Summer of Love Experience: Art, Fashion & Rock & Roll at the de Young Museum in Summer 2017, where she helped shape the exhibition’s design and interpretive content. Notably, she created a discrete gallery space dedicated to the production of rock posters, highlighting their working materials—such as original drawings, photographic films, printing plates, and proofs—as well as their innovative and expressive use of color. Her contributions to the accompanying catalogue, Summer of Love: Art, Fashion and Rock and Roll, include the essay “San Francisco Psychedelic Rock Posters and the Art of Photo-Offset Lithography” and a map of San Francisco in 1967 highlighting key landmarks.