In the Arts: Miami Art Museum Director Resigns

Terrence Riley announced October 26 that he will step down as director of the Miami Art Museum to return to his prior vocation, architecture, The Miami Herald reports.

Mr. Riley, who took the post in 2006 after serving as architecture and design curator at the Museum of Modern Art, will return to private practice with his New York firm. But he will remain in South Florida as a consultant to the Miami museum’s planned $220-million waterfront building.

In other arts news, stagehands at New York’s biggest downtown dance venue, the nonprofit Joyce Theater, have voted to join the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, the union that also represents Broadway theater employees. The move could increase crew pay and raise expenses for cash-strapped dance companies, according to Bloomberg.