Arts Education: FY 2012 Grants Panelists

Art Works, Panel 1A (Performing Arts) June 20-22, 2011

Paul Abrahamson Director, The Chicago Ballet Center Founder/Artistic Director The Chicago Ballet Chicago, IL David Dik National Executive Director Young Audiences, Inc. Glen Ridge, NJ Beck E. McLaughlin Education and Web Services Director Montana Arts Council Helena, MT Michael Merrin (Layperson) Principal, Elk Plain School of Choice Bethel Public Schools Roy, WA Dawn Oropeza Installation Artist, Dancer Arts Education/Community Programs Coordinator Iowa Arts Council Des Moines, IA J. Otis Powell! Performance Artist, Writer, Producer Minneapolis, MN Sonya Robinson  Singer, Actor Director Artist Corps New Orleans New Orleans, LA Aviva Segall Music Director and Principal Conductor Omaha Area Youth Orchestras Omaha, NE Judith Willoughby  Wanda Bass Chair, Professor of Conducting and Choral Music Education Bass School of Music, Oklahoma City University Oklahoma City, OK

Art Work, Panel B (Visual Arts) July 12-13, 2011

Herminia Wei-Hsin Din.  Associate Professor of Art Education University of Alaska Anchorage Anchorage, AK Brad Fesmire  Artist Program Director RiverzEdge Arts Project Providence, RI Harrell Fletcher Artist Associate Professor of Art and Social Practice Portland State University Portland, OR Jarvis Grant Photographer Creative Director Jarvis Grant Imaging Washington, DC Clarivel Ruiz  Independent Filmmaker, Teaching Artist  Brooklyn, NY Maruca Salazar Executive Director Museo de las Americas  Denver, CO Dixie Swift (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Los Angeles, CA Margaret Weisbrod Morris Director of Programs and Partnerships Lawrence Arts Center Lawrence, KS

Art Works, Panel C (Folk & Traditional Arts, Literature, and Presenting) July 27-28, 2011

Edward P. Clapp  Artist, Independent Consultant Project Director 20UNDER40 Somerville, MA Jonathan Clark  Mariachi Historian and Music Teacher Curator Silvestre Vargas Museum Livermore, CA David Hassler  Poet Director, Wick Poetry Center Kent State University Kent, OH Adrian Holley Dance Educator, Choreographer, Performer After School All Stars  Henderson, NV Cynthia Ramirez Multi Media Artist Professor of Fine Arts Southern University  New Orleans, LA Laura Rawlings  Director of the Roanoke Fund Roanoke College  Elliston, VA Sandra Schwoebel  Flutist and Teaching Artist Pima Community College Tucson, AZ Carmaletta M. Williams (Layperson) Executive Director for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Johnson County Community College  Grandview, MO

Art Works II, Panel A October 24-26, 2011

Melanie Adams (Layperson)  Managing Director, Community Education and Events Missouri History Museum St. Louis, MO Madeline Diaz Director, Internship Programs and Arts Initiatives New York City Outward Bound New York, NY James Rees Artist District Arts Coordinator, Provo School District Faculty Member, Brigham Young University  Spanish Fork, UT Dan Serig Chair and Associate Professor of Art Education Massachusetts College of Art and Design  Jamaica Plain, MA Kim Sheridan Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology and Art Education George Mason University Fairfax, VA Shirley Sneve Executive Director Native American Public Telecommunications Lincoln, NE

Art Works II, Panel B November 1-4, 2011

Ben Hall Musician Director of Music District of Columbia Public Schools Montgomery Village, MD Gail Kilkelly Curriculum Area Supervisor - VAPA South Burlington School District Berlin, VT Stephanie Riven Arts Consultant David Bury & Associates  St. Louis, MO Gail Robinson-Oturu Professor of Music Austin Peay State University Clarksville, TN Amy Shimshon-Santo Artist Professor, Arts Education  University of California – Irvine Los Angeles, CA Ebon Craig Williams (Layperson) Director of Summer Camps and Special Projects  The Northwest School Seattle, WA

Art Works II, Panel C November 14-15, 2011

Tony Garcia Executive Artistic Director, Resident Playwright  Su Teatro Denver, CO Miko Lee Performer, Choreographer, Director Executive Director Youth in Arts Berkeley, CA David H. Mahaley (Layperson) Principal Franklin Academy Wake Forest, NC Carrie A. Nath Director, Choreographer, Actor Executive Director, Governor’s School for the Arts Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts Crestwood, KY Sherry A. Robbins Poet, Teaching Artist, Freelance Writer Amherst, NY Tony F. Sias  Actor, Director Director of Arts Education Cleveland Metropolitan School District Cleveland Heights, OH

Art Works II, Panel D1 November 29 – December 2, 2011

Tyrone Aiken Executive Director Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey Kansas City, MO Michael Eddens Director of Arts Education Programs Oklahoma Arts Council Oklahoma City, OK Judi Holifield (Layperson) Executive Director Laurel Main Street Laurel, MS Sojin Kim Curator Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Washington, DC Gail Matthews-Denatale (Layperson) Faculty, Master of Education Program Northeastern University Boston, MA Jose Mercado Assistant Professor University of Colorado Denver Denver, CO Rik Panganiban Community Manager Nonprofit Commons in Second Life Pleasanton, CA

Art Works II, Panel D2 December 2, 2011

Tyrone Aiken Executive Director Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey Kansas City, MO Michael Eddens Director of Arts Education Programs Oklahoma Arts Council Oklahoma City, OK Judi Holifield (Layperson) Executive Director Laurel Main Street Laurel, MS Rik Panganiban Community Manager Nonprofit Commons in Second Life Pleasanton, CA