Visual Arts: FY 2016 Grants Panelists

Art Works I - Panel A June 30, 2015

Huey Copeland, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Art History Northwestern University Evanston, IL Maiza Hixson      Artist, Writer Curator of Contemporary Art Delaware Center for Contemporary Art Wilmington, DE Felicia Knight (Layperson) President The Knight Canney Group Scarborough, ME Donald H. Russell       University Curator, Research Faculty Executive Director, Provisions Research Center for Art & Social Change George Mason University Washington, DC Claudia Zapata Artist Co-founder and Manager Puro Chingón Collective, LLC San Antonio, TX

Art Works I - Panel B June 30, 2015

Catherine Haley Epstein     Writer, Artist, Curator, Performer, Arts Advocate Camas, WA Nicholas Galanin Artist Sitka, AK Melorra Green Artist, Community Activist, Radio Show Host Curator for Inquiry & Impact SOMArts Cultural Center San Francisco, CA Mary Marsh (Layperson) Television News Producer/Journalist ABC News Washington, DC Chris Taylor President The Clay Studio Philadelphia, PA

Art Works I - Panel C July 1, 2015

Adelheid Mers    Visual Artist Department Chair and Professor of Arts Administration and Policy The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL Gean Moreno     Artistic Director Cannonball Miami, FL Karen Mullen   Curator of Education Laumeier Sculpture Park Festus, MO Jenene Nagy Artist TILT Export Riverside, CA Douglas Smith (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Boston, MA

Art Works I - Panel D July 1, 2015

Mike Dax Iacovone Artist, Educator, Writer Washington, DC Karen Kajiwara Office and Human Resources Administrator Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience Seattle, WA Marda Kirn Executive Director EcoArts Connections Lafayette, CO Jose Ortiz Deputy Director The Bronx Museum of the Arts New York, NY Daniel Rivkin (Layperson) Managing Director Rmedia Ventures Ann Arbor, MI Cameron Shaw Executive Director and Founding Editor Pelican Bomb New Orleans, LA

Art Works II – Panel A November 10, 2015

Amita Bhatt Artist Houston, TX Romi Crawford, Ph.D.   Associate Professor in Visual and Critical Studies School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL Tunde Afolayan Famous Visual Artist Boone, NC Miranda Lash Curator of Contemporary Art Speed Art Museum Louisville, KY Masum Momaya, Ed.D. Museum Curator, Asian American Center Smithsonian Institution Arlington, VA Eric Motley, Ph.D. (Layperson) Corporate Secretary and Director of National Programs The Aspen Institute Washington, DC

Art Works II – Panel B November 10, 2015

Mario Enrique Figueroa, Jr. Artist Founder & Chief of Operations Aerosol Warfare Houston, TX Michael Kalmbach Artist Executive Director The Creative Vision Factory Newark, DE Laura Kina Aronson Artist, Writer, Curator Vincent de Paul Professor of Art, Media, & Design DePaul University Chicago, IL Steve Liggett Artist Artistic Director Living Arts of Tulsa Tulsa, OK Megan Pouncy (Layperson) Marketing Director Rocket Fiber Detroit, MI Kay Reese Artist Designer, Founder Neumaa Arts, LLC Irvington, NJ

Art Works II – Panel C November 12, 2015

Alejandro Cesarco Artist Director Art Resources Transfer, Inc. Jackson Heights, NY Will Duncan (Layperson) Development Research Analyst KU Endowment Association Lawrence, KS Ellina Kevorkian Interdisciplinary Artist Artistic Director for Residency Programs Bemis Center for Contemporary Art Omaha, NE Paulina Petkoski Co-Founder and Executive Director Playground Detroit Detroit, MI Darryl Ratcliff Social Practice Artist, Writer Dallas, TX Stephanie Sherman Art Director, Curator, Writer Co-Director Common Field San Diego, CA

Art Works II  – Panel D November 12, 2015

Angela Adams Director, Arlington Public Art Arlington Economic Development Arlington, VA Matthew Chase-Daniel   Artist Co-founder, Co-owner, Co-curator-Axle Contemporary Axle Projects Santa Fe, NM Anja Chávez, Ph.D. Director of University Museums Colgate University Hamilton, NY Jeffreen Hayes, Ph.D. Founder and Artistic Producer bridge/arts Chicago, IL Rainey Knudson Art Critic Founder and Publisher Glasstire Houston, TX Daniel Rivkin (Layperson) Managing Director Rmedia Ventures Ann Arbor, MI