About the Modesto Art Museum

Modesto Art Museum was founded in 2005, and is a nonprofit, tax exempt, educational corporation. The museum hosts opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds to create and learn about art and to enjoy art created by others. It does this by taking art out into the community. Art events may happen at a gallery, in a theatre or cafe, on the street, or in a park. They can last one day or several months.

 

Administrators and Advisors

 

Modesto Art Museum Board of Directors

  • David Maples lives in Modesto, California. He is an exhibition coordinator, art photographer, and former art gallery owner.

  • Carl Anderson lives in Modesto, California. He is a small business owner with experience in nonprofit management, a certified picture framer, and an artist.

  • Teresa Lawson lives in Modesto, California. She is an expert graphic artist and works with nonprofits helping them raise money.

 

Officers

  • President, David Maples

  • Vice President, Carl Anderson

  • Secretary, Teresa Lawson

  • Treasurer and Executive Director, Robert Barzan: Robert is a grant proposal writer, event coordinator, and budget analyst, as well as a member of the American Association of Museums.

 

Museum Board of Advisors

  • Morgan Baillargeon PhD. lives in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and is curator of Plains Ethnology at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, and advisor to the Métis National Museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

  • David Gleeson is a freelance art journalist, critic, and media consultant based in London, England. He has an M.A. in Art History from Birkbeck College, London University, and is currently a member of the Advisory Board for The Missing Peace.

  • Kevin Havener M.A. is an instructional technology expert with several years of experience at the Field Museum in Chicago.

  • Henrietta Sparkman is an arts educator for Modesto City Schools, an arts curriculum specialist and coordinator, a board member of the Central California Arts Association, vice-chair of the Modesto Public Arts Committee, a friend of the School of Fine and Performing Arts at CSU Stanislaus, and an accomplished artist.

  • David Stockdale is executive director of the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture in San Francisco, former director of the San Antonio Botanical Garden, and a member of the American Association of Museums.

  • Ilene Van Gossen lives on the road and is an artist and former Modesto art gallery owner.

  • Josef Venker S.J. MFA lives in Seattle, Washington, and is an artist and professor of visual arts at Seattle University.