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