University of North Texas

Robert Milnes, dean of the College of Visual Arts and Design, has been elected a member of the board of directors of the Business Council of the Arts, a nonprofit business membership organization committed to fostering economic development in North Texas through business support of arts and culture. The organization was founded in 1988 as an initiative of the Citizen's Council by arts patron Raymond D. Nasher and other Dallas business leaders.
 
Milnes joined UNT as dean in January 2006, after serving as professor of art and director of the School of Art and Design at San Jose State University. An acclaimed sculptor and ceramist, Milnes' works have been included in more than 165 national exhibitions and are represented in public collections - including the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian Institute, Arizona State University, the Erie Museum, the Seattle Arts Commission and the San Jose Museum of Art - and numerous private collections.
 
Milnes also served as director of the School of Art at Louisiana State University and chair of the art department and professor of ceramics at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
 
In 2008, Milnes was elected to a three-year term as president of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. He is also past-president of the National Council of Art Administrators.