EVERETT — Judy Tuohy, the long-serving executive director of the Schack Art Center in Everett, will step down from the position in May 2026 after 32 years in the role, the nonprofit announced Monday.

As executive director, Tuohy led the organization through a period of significant growth, including the construction of a new arts center in the city’s downtown core.

Until 2009, the Schack Art Center was known as the Arts Council of Snohomish County, a nonprofit founded in 1974 to support visual and performing arts in the county. The organization is named after John and Idamae Schack , whose philanthropic donations supported numerous artistic endeavors throughout the Everett area.

In 2011, the organization opened a 19,000-square-foot multipurpose building along Hoyt Avenue in downt

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