ST. LOUIS, MO - May 16, 2012 - The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts announces the hiring of two employees: Tamara Schenkenberg, Assistant Curator of Special Projects, and Lisa Rimmert, Manager of Communications.

Tamara Schenkenberg has joined the Pulitzer on a one-year appointment as Assistant Curator of Special Projects. She comes to the Pulitzer with more than seven years of experience working on curatorial projects, including for the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Chazen Museum of Art, and the Pulitzer itself. Schenkenberg is a Ph.D candidate in art history from the University of Wisconsin – Madison; she spent the previous year in Berlin undertaking dissertation research on a Fulbright grant. Schenkenberg also brings education experience to her position, having served as an adjunct lecturer of art history at the University of Missouri – St. Louis since 2008. She can be contacted by phone at 314-754-1585 or by email at tschenkerberg@pulitzerarts.org.

Lisa Rimmert is the Manager of Communications. She oversees the Pulitzer’s public relations and communications strategies, including conducting advertising, media relations, and social media activities. Rimmert brings to the Pulitzer more than six years of experience in communications and marketing from a variety of organizations including United Way. Most recently, she served as Director of Marketing for a national physician recruitment company based in Creve Coeur. Rimmert received a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and is currently working on a master’s degree in public relations from Webster University. She can be contacted by phone at 314-446-2053 or by email at lrimmert@pulitzerarts.org.