Arts Education: FY 2013 Grants Panelists
Art Works I, Panel A
June 19, 2012
Greg Davis (Layperson)
Arts Patron, Community Volunteer
Dallas, TX
Brian Guehring
Education Director/Playwright in Residence
Omaha Theater Company for Young People
Omaha, NE
Lawrence Loh
Orchestra Conductor
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra,
Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic
Pittsburgh, PA
Sonya Robinson
Singer, Actor, Teaching Artist
Director
Artist Corps New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
Julia White
Artistic Director and Founder, Shenandoah Valley Children's Choir
Eastern Mennonite University
Harrisonburg, VA
Art Works I, Panel B
June 20, 2012
Dolores Chavez
Theater Director
Inner-City Arts
Los Angeles, CA
Greg Davis (Layperson)
Arts Patron, Community Volunteer
Dallas, TX
Mark Degarmo
Executive Director
Mark DeGarmo & Dancers / Dynamic Forms Inc.
New York, NY
Brian Guehring
Education Director/Playwright in Residence
Omaha Theater Company for Young People
Omaha, NE
Sonya Robinson
Director
Artist Corps New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
Art Works I, Panel C
July 10, 2012
Mike Deetsch (Layperson)
Student Programs Manager
Kentucky Historical Society
Lexington, KY
Minuette Floyd
Associate Professor, Art Education
College of Arts and Sciences
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
Tracy Rector
Filmmaker
Co-founder and Executive Director
Longhouse Media
Seattle, WA
James Rees
Artist
Secondary Division Director, National Art Education Association
District Arts Coordinator, Provo School District
Faculty Member, Westminster College
Spanish Fork, UT
Ethan Van Thillo
Founder and Executive Director
Media Arts Center San Diego
San Diego Latino Film Festival
San Diego, CA
Art Works I, Panel D1
July 17, 2012
Mary Alfaro
Folk Arts Intern
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC
Elizabeth Hoermann (Layperson)
Northeast Regional Office Program Manager for
Program Development and Partnerships
National Park Service
Acton, MA
Justin Laing
Program Officer, Arts and Culture Program
The Heinz Endowments
Pittsburgh, PA
Ricardo D. Trimillos
Musician
Professor Emeritus, Ethnomusicology and Asian Studies
University of Hawai’I at Manoa
Honolulu, HI
Art Works I, Panel D2
July 17, 2012
Mary Alfaro
Folk Arts Intern
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC
Elizabeth Hoermann (Layperson)
Northeast Regional Office Program Manager for
Program Development and Partnerships
National Park Service
Acton, MA
Ricardo D. Trimillos
Musician
Professor Emeritus, Ethnomusicology and Asian Studies
University of Hawai’I at Manoa
Honolulu, HI
Melanie Adams (Layperson)
Managing Director, Community Education and Events
Missouri History Museum
St. Louis, MO
Matt Boratenski
Education Program Coordinator
American Film Institute Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
Glenwood, MD
Leonardo Bravo
Artist, Educator, Curator
Director of School Programs
Music Center
Los Angeles, CA
Manuel Juarez
Manager of Teen Initiatives
Chicago Architecture Foundation
Chicago, IL
Jena Sibille
Visual Artist
Curator
Fulton County Schools Teaching Museum
Decatur, GA
Art Works II FY, Panel A
December 3, 2012
Melanie Adams (Layperson)
Managing Director, Community Education and Events
Missouri History Museum
St. Louis, MO
Matt Boratenski
Education Program Coordinator
American Film Institute Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
Glenwood, MD
Leonardo Bravo
Artist, Educator, Curator
Director of School Programs
Music Center
Los Angeles, CA
Manuel Juarez
Manager of Teen Initiatives
Chicago Architecture Foundation
Chicago, IL
Jena Sibille
Visual Artist
Curator
Fulton County Schools Teaching Museum
Decatur, GA
Art Works II, Panel B
November 8, 2012
Sara Lee Gibb
Professor of Dance, Emeritus
Brigham Young University
Orem, UT
Ben Hall
Musician
Director of Music
District of Columbia Public Schools
Montgomery Village, MD
Willie Hill
Jazz Musician
Professor of Music Education and Director of Fine Arts Center
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Amherst, MA
Robert Lewis (Layperson)
BLOOM Initiative Director
California Community Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
Suzanne Teng
Musician, Educator
Santa Fe, NM
Art Works II, Panel C
November 15, 2012
Sandra Bowie
Actor
Vice President, Arts Education
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Weehawken, NJ
Marisol Cruz (Layperson)
President, Board of Trustees
Lennox School District
Lennox, CA
Jean Tokuda Irwin
Arts Education Program Manager
Utah Division of Arts & Museums
Salt Lake City, UT
Carrie A. Nath
Director, Choreographer, Playwright, Actor
Executive Director,
Kentucky Center Governor’s School for the Arts
Crestwood, KY
Tony F. Sias
Actor, Director
Director of Arts Education, Cleveland Metropolitan School District
Artistic Director, Cleveland School of the Arts
Cleveland Heights, OH
Art Works II, Panel D1
December 4-5, 2012
Tyrone Aiken
Executive Director
Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey
Kansas City, MO
Lindsay Barnas (Layperson)
Preschool Special Education Teacher
Fairfax County Public Schools
Arlington, VA
Gail Kilkelly
Curriculum Area Supervisor, Fine and Performing Arts
South Burlington School District
Berlin, VT
Jose Mercado
Assistant Professor, Department of Theater, Film & Video Production
College of Arts & Media
University of Colorado-Denver
Denver, CO
Tehwan Tso
Art Instructor, Young Audiences
Woodruff Art Center
Roswell, GA
Art Works II, Panel D2
December 5, 2012
Tyrone Aiken
Executive Director
Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey
Kansas City, MO
Lindsay Barnas (Layperson)
Preschool Special Education Teacher
Fairfax County Public Schools
Arlington, VA
Gail Kilkelly
Curriculum Area Supervisor, Fine and Performing Arts
South Burlington School District
Berlin, VT
Tehwan Tso
Art Instructor, Young Audiences
Woodruff Art Center
Roswell, GA