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Arts Education: FY 2006 Grants Panelists

Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth Panel #1A
Folk & Traditional Arts and Local Arts Agencies
September 22-23, 2005

Hector Campos Aguiniga (Layperson)
International Student Counselor
Prince George's County Public Schools
Cheverly, MD

William M. Anderson
Professor Emeritus of Music
Kent State University
President, Ohio Music Education Association
Aurora, OH

Dian Magie
Executive Director
Center for Craft, Creativity and Design
University of North Carolina
Hendersonville, NC

Betty L. Mahoney
Executive Director
Virgin Islands Council on the Arts
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Maida E. Owens
Program Director, Folklife and Louisiana Crafts
Marketing Program
Louisiana Division of the Arts
Baton Rouge, LA

Candice Schneider
Assistant Director
School-Community Partnership Program
Clark County School District
Las Vegas, NV

Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth Panel #1B
Folk & Traditional Arts and Local Arts Agencies
September 23, 2005

Hector Campos Aguiniga (Layperson)
International Student Counselor
Prince George's County Public Schools
Cheverly, MD

William M. Anderson
Professor Emeritus of Music
Kent State University
President, Ohio Music Education Association
Aurora, OH

Dian Magie
Executive Director
Center for Craft, Creativity and Design
University of North Carolina
Hendersonville, NC

Betty L. Mahoney
Executive Director
Virgin Islands Council on the Arts
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Maida E. Owens
Program Director, Folklife and Louisiana Crafts
Marketing Program
Louisiana Division of the Arts
Baton Rouge, LA

Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth Panel #2
Literature
October 3, 2005

Kay Cottle (Layperson)
Teacher
Weston Public Schools
Brookline, MA

E. Ethelbert Miller
Author and poet
Director of African American Resource Center
Howard University
Washington, DC

Philip Nix
Headmaster
Sonoma Country Day School
Santa Rosa, CA

William Rice
President & Senior Faculty Member
Shimer College
Evanston, IL

Ellen Waterston
Author and editor, Director
The Nature of Words and Writing Ranch
President of Waterston Communications, Inc.
Bend, OR

Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth Panel #3
Music, Opera
October 5-7, 2005

Margaret (Peggy) Adams (Layperson)
Civic Leader, Retired Educator
Alexandria, VA

Wallace Cheatham
Pianist, Author, Lecturer
Music Teacher (Retired)
Milwaukee Public Schools
Milwaukee, WI

Mark Francis
Executive Director
Arizona School for the Arts
Phoenix, AZ

Gary Gibbs
Vocalist
Director of Education and Outreach and Interim Director of Development
Houston Grand Opera
Houston, TX

Everett McCorvey
Tenor
Endowed Professor of Voice and Director
University of Kentucky Opera Theater
Director, Lexington Opera Society
Lexington, KY

Myran Parker-Brass
Director of Education and Community Programs
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Shrewsbury, MA

Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth Panel #4A
Musical Theater and Theater
October 17-19, 2005

Rosita Bradham
Mezzo soprano
Fundraising and Ticketing Systems Consultant
Blackbaud, Inc.
Austin, TX

Elizabeth (Beth) Burns
Director of Guthrie Learning Center
Guthrie Theater
St. Paul, MN

Charles Conway
Actor, Director of Education
Delaware Theater Company
Bear, DE

Lesley Schisgall Currier
Managing Director
Marin Shakespeare Company
San Rafael, CA

Roella Hsieh Louie
Vice President
City of Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission
Los Angeles, CA

Janet Rubin
Chairman, Department of Theater
Saginaw Valley State University
President, American Alliance for Theatre and Education
Saginaw, MI

David Sutherland (Layperson)
Associate Provost, Academic Affairs
Professor of Mathematics
Hendrix College
Conway, AR

Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth Panel #4B
Musical Theater and Theater
October 19, 2005

Rosita Bradham
Mezzo soprano
Fundraising and Ticketing Systems Consultant
Blackbaud, Inc.
Austin, TX

Charles Conway
Actor, Director of Education
Delaware Theater Company
Bear, DE

Lesley Schisgall Currier
Managing Director
Marin Shakespeare Company
San Rafael, CA

Roella Hsieh Louie
Vice President
City of Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission
Los Angeles, CA

David Sutherland (Layperson)
Associate Provost, Academic Affairs
Professor of Mathematics
Hendrix College
Conway, AR

Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth Panel #5A
Dance
October 20-21, 2005

Andrew Chiang
Executive Director
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Edward J. Downing (Layperson)
Music Educator (Retired)
President Emeritus
Interlochen Center for the Arts
Traverse City, MI

Sara Lee Gibb
Dean, College of Health and Human Performance
Brigham Young University
Orem, UT

Alison Marshall
Education Director
Arizona Commission on the Arts
Paradise Valley, AZ

Rodolfo Mendez
Choreographer, Dancer
Founder and Artistic Director
Ballet East Dance Company
Austin, TX

Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth Panel #5B
Dance
October 21, 2005

Andrew Chiang
Executive Director
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Edward J. Downing (Layperson)
Music Educator (Retired)
President Emeritus
Interlochen Center for the Arts
Traverse City, MI

Alison Marshall
Education Director
Arizona Commission on the Arts
Paradise Valley, AZ

Rodolfo Mendez
Choreographer, Dancer
Founder and Artistic Director
Ballet East Dance Company
Austin, TX

Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth Panel #6A
Design, Media, Museums Panel
October 24-25, 2005

Roberta Ahmanson (Layperson)
Philanthropist, author
Vice President
Fieldstead and Company
Newport Beach, CA

Donald W. Patterson
Media artist
Chief Videography Consultant
Marlboro County School District and
Sumter School District 2
Columbia, SC

Theodore Sawruk
Architect, educator
D. B. J., Inc.
Newport News, VA

Jacqueline Terrassa
Education Director, The David & Alfred Smart Museum of Art
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Kathleen Tyner
Author and producer
Assistant Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth Panel #6B
Design, Media, Museums Panel
October 25, 2005

Roberta Ahmanson (Layperson)
Philanthropist, author
Newport Beach, CA

Donald W. Patterson
Media artist
Chief Videography Consultant
Marlboro County School District and
Sumter School District 2
Columbia, SC

Theodore Sawruk
Architect, educator
D. B. J., Inc.
Newport News, VA

Jacqueline Terrassa
Education Director, The David & Alfred Smart Museum of Art
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth Panel #7A
Multidisciplinary And Presenting
October 26-28, 2005

Lisa Cox (Layperson)
Member
Vermont State Board of Education
Brattleboro, VT

Lonnie Graham
Photographer, Curator, Educator
Professor of Fine Arts
Pennsylvania State University
West Chester, PA

Janette Harriott
Clarinetist, Educator
Assistant Professor of Elementary Music Education
University of Nebraska
Kearney, NE

Charles Lewis
Executive Director
Ethos Music Center
Portland, OR

Judith Tribo Wombwell
Choreographer, Dancer
Instructor of Dance
Phillips Academy
Andover, MA

Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth Panel #7B
Multidisciplinary And Presenting
October 28, 2005

Lisa Cox (Layperson)
Member
Vermont State Board of Education
Brattleboro, VT

Janette Harriott
Clarinetist, Educator
Assistant Professor of Elementary Music Education
University of Nebraska
Kearney, NE

Charles Lewis
Executive Director
Ethos Music Center
Portland, OR

Judith Tribo Wombwell
Choreographer, Dancer
Instructor of Dance
Phillips Academy
Andover, MA

Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth Panel #7C
Multidisciplinary And Presenting
October 28, 2005

Lisa Cox (Layperson)
Member
Vermont State Board of Education
Brattleboro, VT

Charles Lewis
Executive Director
Ethos Music Center
Portland, OR

Judith Tribo Wombwell
Choreographer, Dancer
Instructor of Dance
Phillips Academy
Andover, MA

Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth Panel #8
Visual Arts
October 31 – November 1, 2005

Wendy Lemen Bredehoft
Visual artist, arts education consultant
Laramie, WY

Maria Fatima DePina (Layperson)
Career/College Guidance Counselor
Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy
Las Vegas, NV

Joyce Robinson
Vice President and Executive Director
The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation
Colorado Springs, CO

Howard Spector
Photographer, computer graphic designer, painter
Consultant, Skyework Consulting
Director of Arts in Education
Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County
Bethesda, MD

Paul Sproll
Professor and Department Head
Department of Art + Design Education
Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI


 
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