“ ” Art gets interesting when people who don’t normally share thoughts and space get together.

– Amy Kligman

Executive Director

Staff


Staff


Lane Czaplinski

Interim Executive Director [email protected] Read Bio ›


Yashi Davalos

2023-2025 Curatorial Fellow [email protected] Read Bio ›


Patrick Alexander

Programming + Studio Residence Manager [email protected] Read Bio ›


Kimi Kitada

Gallery + Programs Manager [email protected] Read Bio ›


Amanda Middaugh

Development + Marketing Director [email protected] Read Bio ›


Calder Kamin

Office + Community Engagement Coordinator [email protected] Read Bio ›


Lilah Powlas

Marketing Coordinator [email protected] Read Bio ›


Chandler Martin

Preparator and Facilities/Workshop Manager [email protected] Read Bio ›


Board of Directors


Elvis Achelpohl, President

Architect, BNIM

Lydia Butler, Treasurer

CFO Consultant, e2E (retired)

Ellen Copaken

Vice President, Growth Strategy, AMC Theatres

Jose Faus, Past President

Studio Artist

Estuardo Garcia,

Owner, EG Media

Rashawn Griffin

Studio Artist

Jessie McKinney

Attorney, Shook, Hardy and Bacon


Josue Montes

Founder and Creative Director of 1DapperLatino, LLC

Lisa Schmitz, Vice President

Principal, Lisa Schmitz Interior Design

Jeff Shafer, Secretary 

Vice President & Executive Director, City Year Kansas City

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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