Arts Education: FY 2011 Grants Panelists

Learning In The Arts (Dance) September 14-15, 2010

Carmen Boston Dancer Arts Education Manager National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Washington, DC Charles Chip McNeal Choreographer Director of Education Center for Dance Education San Francisco Ballet Oakland, CA Doug Nielsen Choreographer Professor of Dance, School of Dance College of Fine Arts  University of Arizona  Tucson, AZ Dawn Martinez Oropeza Installation Artist, Dancer Arts Education/Community Programs Coordinator Iowa Arts Council Des Moines, IA Ebon Craig Williams (Layperson) Director of International Programs The Northwest School Seattle, WA

Learning In The Arts, Panel 1B (Dance) September 15, 2010

Carmen Boston Dancer Arts Education Manager National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Washington, DC Doug Nielsen Choreographer Professor of Dance, School of Dance College of Fine Arts  University of Arizona  Tucson, AZ Dawn Martinez Oropeza Installation Artist, Dancer Arts Education/Community Programs Coordinator Iowa Arts Council Des Moines, IA Ebon Craig Williams (Layperson) Director of International Programs The Northwest School Seattle, WA

Learning In The Arts Panel 2  (Literature, Musical Theater, & Theater)  September 20-24, 2010

Odelle Bowman Executive Director A Company of Girls Lewiston, ME Teo Castellanos Actor, Writer, Director Founding and Artistic Director Teo Castellanos D-Projects Miami, FL Jenice Gharib  Performer, Writer Program Coordinator New Mexico Arts Santa Fe, NM Kevin Lawler Poet, Playwright, Designer, Actor Producing Artistic Director The Great Plains Theatre Conference Omaha, NE Chike Nwoffiah  Writer, Director/Producer, Filmmaker Executive Director Oriki Theater Stockton, CA J. Otis Powell!  Writer, Actor, Performance Artist  Minneapolis, MN Sherry Robbins Poet, Freelance Writer, Teaching Artist Amherst, NY Carmaletta M. Williams (Layperson) Executive Director for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion  Johnson County Community College  Grandview, MO

Learning In The Arts, Panel 3 (Folk & Traditional Arts)  September 29-30, 2010

Madaha Kinsey-Lamb Founder/Executive Director Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center South Ozone Park, NY Terry E. Miller  Writer, Ethnomusicologist Professor Emeritus of Ethnomusicology Kent State University Kent, OH Amy Mossett (Layperson) Consultant Business Manager Twin Buttes School District Halliday, ND Gilbert Velez Professional Mariachi Musician and Educator Adjunct Instructor University of Arizona Green Valley, AZ Lesley Williams Independent Folklorist and Consultant Durham, NC

Learning In The Arts, Panel 4 (Design & Museums) October 4-5, 2010

Melanie Adams (Layperson) Managing Director of Community Education And Events Missouri History Museum and Historical Society St. Louis, MO Roger Dell Director of Education Farnsworth Art Museum Rockland, ME Herminia Din Associate Professor of Art Education, Department of Art University Of Alaska Anchorage Anchorage, AK Manuel Juarez Project Manager, Design Plus Llc Albuquerque, NM Joanne Seelig Family Programs Coordinator National Building Museum Washington, DC David Randy Taylor Teaching Artist Instructor, Early Childhood Education  Dekalb Techical College Atlanta, GA

Learning In The Arts, Panel 5 (Visual Arts) October 6-8, 2010

Minuette Floyd Photographer Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences University of South Carolina Columbia, SC James Glen (“Glen”) Henry  Director of Arts Education Oklahoma State Department of Education Yukon, OK Cynthia Ramirez Folk and Visual Artist Associate Professor of Fine Art Southern University at New Orleans New Orleans, LA James Rees Artist, Researcher Educator Provo School District and Brigham Young University Spanish Fork, UT Michael Smith-Welch Teaching Artist Takoma Park, MD Dixie Swift (Layperson) Retired Arts Educator  Los Angeles, CA William Wilson  Artist, Photographer, Arts Educator Vision Project Manager Museum of Contemporary Native Arts Santa Fe, NM

Learning In The Arts, Panel 6A (Media Arts)  October 25-26, 2010

Richard Halverson (Layperson) Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis Wisconsin Center for Education Research University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI Akili Lee Director, Digital Strategy and Development Digital Youth Network DePaul University Chicago, IL Jack Lew Vice President and Dean of Visual Communication Laguna College of Art and Design Newport Beach, CA Clarivel Ruiz Director, Community Youth Media Downtown Community Television Center Bronx, NY Margaret Weisbrod Morris Visual Artist, Art Therapist Program Manager, Arts in Education Kansas Arts Commission Lawrence, KS

Learning In The Arts, Panel 6B (Media Arts)  October 26, 2010

Richard Halverson (Layperson) Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis Wisconsin Center for Education Research University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI Jack Lew Vice President and Dean of Visual Communication Laguna College of Art and Design Newport Beach, CA Clarivel Ruiz Director, Community Youth Media Downtown Community Television Center Bronx, NY Margaret Weisbrod Morris Visual Artist, Art Therapist Program Manager, Arts in Education Kansas Arts Commission Lawrence, KS

Learning In The Arts, Panel 7 (Music and Opera) November 1-5, 2010

Edward Bilous Composer, Arranger Chairman, Literature and Materials of Music Department The Juilliard School New York, NY John Brown  Bassist, Composer, Educator, Actor Director, Jazz Program Duke University Durham, NC Judi Holifield Choral Conductor  Whole Schools Initiative Director Mississippi Arts Commission Laurel, MS Tong Soon Lee Director, World Music Program Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology Emory University Alpharetta, GA Michael Merrin (Layperson) Principal Elk Plain School of Choice Roy, WA Gail Robinson-Oturu Soprano Professor Austin Peay State University Clarksville, TN Aviva Segall Music Director and Principal Conductor Omaha Area Youth Orchestras Omaha, NE Judith Willoughby  Wanda L. Bass Professor of Conducting and Choral Music Education Oklahoma City University Oklahoma City, OK

Learning In The Arts, Panel 8A (Presenting) November 15 –19, 2010

Sara Boettrich Director, School Programs The National Museum of Play at the Strong Rochester, NY Dahlia Bousaid (Layperson) Director, Office of Adolescent Health and Youth Development Massachusetts Department of Public Health Cambridge, MA Michael Garcia  President and CEO Duluth Children’s Museum  Sawyer, MN Janet Worth Harasim Instructor T.H. Rogers School Houston, TX Adrian Holley Dance Educator, Choreographer, Performer After School All Stars  Henderson, NV Gail Kilkelly  Coordinator for Arts Education and School Improvement Vermont Department of Education Berlin, VT Daniel J. Peragine  Visual Arts and Digital Media Instructor The Winston School  Carlsbad, CA Shirley Sneve Executive Director Native American Public Telecommunications Lincoln, NE

Learning In The Arts, Panel 8B (Presenting) November 19, 2010

Dahlia Bousaid (Layperson) Director, Office of Adolescent Health and Youth Development Massachusetts Department of Public Health Cambridge, MA Michael Garcia  President and CEO Duluth Children’s Museum  Sawyer, MN Adrian Holley Dance Educator, Choreographer, Performer After School All Stars  Henderson, NV Gail Kilkelly  Coordinator for Arts Education and School Improvement Vermont Department of Education Berlin, VT Daniel J. Peragine  Visual Arts and Digital Media Instructor The Winston School  Carlsbad, CA Shirley Sneve Executive Director Native American Public Telecommunications Lincoln, NE

Learning In The Arts, Panel 9A (Local Arts Agencies) December 6, 2010

Julie Fry  Program Officer William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Mountain View, CA Derek Gordon Chief Executive Officer Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA Laura Rawlings Director, Roanoke Fund  Roanoke College Elliston, VA F. Robert Sabol  Professor of Visual and Performing Arts Chair, Division of Art and Design  Purdue University Crawfordsville, IN Shoko Kato Sevart (Layperson) Attorney  Sevart & Sevart Wichita, KS

Learning In The Arts, Panel 9B (Local Arts Agencies) December 6, 2010

Julie Fry  Program Officer William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Mountain View, CA Derek Gordon Chief Executive Officer Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA Laura Rawlings Director, Roanoke Fund  Roanoke College Elliston, VA Shoko Kato Sevart (Layperson) Attorney  Sevart & Sevart Wichita, KS