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Art gets interesting when people who don’t normally share thoughts and space get together.
– Amy Kligman
Executive Director
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Staff
Amy Kligman
Executive/Artistic Director
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Maya Curls
Office Coordinator
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Amanda Middaugh
Development + Marketing Director
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Hope-Lian Vinson
Marketing + Communications Manager
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Patrick Alexander
Programming + Studio Residence Manager
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Kevin Wilson
Part-Time Preparator and Facilities/Shop Manager
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Kimi Kitada
Gallery + Programs Manager
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Jetzel Chavira
Community Engagement + Volunteer Coordinator
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Laura Blumenberg
Grants + Library Programs Manager
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Lilah Powlas
Graphic Design + Social Media Coordinator
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Yashi Davalos
2023-2025 Curatorial Fellow
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Board of Directors
Darren Abbott
Vice President Creative, Hallmark Card, Inc
Elvis Achelpohl
Architect, BNIM
Ellen Copaken
Vice President, Growth Strategy, AMC Theatres
Jose Faus, President
Studio Artist
Rashawn Griffin
Paul Gutierrez
Director of Visitor Experience & Public Programming, Kansas City Museum
Laura McCray
Vice President, HCAP Search
Jessie McKinney
Attorney, Shook, Hardy and Bacon
Melanie Miller, Treasurer
Chief Executive Officer, KC Friends of Alvin Alley
Josue Montes
Founder and Creative Director of 1DapperLatino, LLC
Lisa Schmitz
Principal, Lisa Schmitz Interior Design
Jeff Shafer
Vice President & Executive Director, City Year Kansas City
Cathy Beaham Smith, Vice President
Vice President of Corporate Planning, Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Co.
Jasmine Thompson
Owner and Operator, Café Sofrito and Senorita Margarita
National Advisory Council
Valerie Cassel Oliver
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Larry Rinder
Berkeley Museum, CA
Patterson Sims
Board President, Independent Curators International, NY
Margaret Silva
Founder, Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO
Gregory Volk
Independent Critic & Curator, NY
Sixto Wagan
University of Houston Center for Arts Leadership, Houston, TX
Hamza Walker
LAXART, Los Angeles, CA
Richard Armstrong
Director Emeritus, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (retired)
Pamela Clapp
Former Program Director for Andy Warhol Foundation, Sante Fe, NM
Jenny Dixon
Noguchi Museum, NY
Catherine Futter
Brooklyn Museum, NY
Saralyn Reece Hardy
Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS
Bruce Hartman
Founding Executive Director & Chief Curator, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art (retired)
Aaron Landsman
Theatre Artist, NY
Ruby Lerner
formerly Creative Capital, NY
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