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1708 Gallery's Board of Directors consists of a majority of professional artists. The dedication of this active Board has been a key element in the long-term success of 1708 Gallery. The Board of Directors and an active executive committee lead the governance process. 1708 Gallery is dedicated to developing best practices in governance. The Board participates in strategic planning, development initiatives, and oversight of the programmatic activities of 1708 Gallery, in partnership with the professional staff.
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Michael Lease
-President
Professional Artist
Exhibitions Manager, Anderson Gallery
Adjunct Faculty, VCU
School of the Arts
Susan M. Jamieson
-President-Elect
Owner, Bridget Beari Designs
E. Scott Blackwell
-Secretary
Lucy B. Meade
-Treasurer
Director of Marketing and Development,
Venture Richmond
Elissa Armstrong
Jeannie P. Baliles
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John Henry Blatter
Bill Fisher
Professional Artist
Adjunct Instructor, VCU School of the Arts
Christine Gray
Assistant Professor, VCU School of the Art
Kathryn Henry-Choisser
Professional Artist
Matthew Lively
Professional Artist
Deborah Falls Lockhart
Haley McCall
Development Associate, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation
Sarah Rebekah Byrd Mizer
Administrative Director and Assistant Professor, VCUarts - Art Foundation Program |
Maureen Neal
Chief Operating Officer, Advancement, The Daily Planet Healthcare Center
Amie Oliver
Professional Artist
Adjunct Faculty, Virginia Commonwealth University
Pamela Kiecker Royall
Anne Savedge
Professional Artist
Vishal Savani
Director, Linden Row Inn
Kendra Wadsworth
Professional Artist
Fine Arts Instructor: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Visual Art Center of Richmond
Michele Walter
Director, AMS Planning & Research |
In memorium of Gerald Donato, a founding member of 1708 Gallery
I met Donato the first day I taught at VCU. We were young. We had lunch in the old Village Café. I was less than impressed on that first meeting. He was loud, boisterous, laughed at his own humor and needled me mercilessly about being from Texas. I remember telling him there were several bars in Texas that I would enjoy taking him to visit. How fast we became friends amazed me. Donato was consistent. He treated everybody the same. The sort of trouble he gave me, he gave the dean, Dr. Perry, his chairman, his peers, his students, his girlfriends, and complete strangers, every one got that same stuff; up front, in your face, waddaya think of this, eye contact and an edgy smile. He could also put the heavy act on hold and the sensitive, gentle, nurturing, and charming Donato would emerge. He could be so very gracious. When you talked about art with Donato you knew right away it was serious business. He was a core member of that group of Richmond artists who set the standards of behavior and professionalism in our community. He was my kind of guy. But alas we got older and busier and saw each other less and less. I suppose we didn’t need to visit because we both knew that the other was keeping the faith. I knew he was working in the studio. I knew Joan was working in her studio. He was an exemplary Artist and human being. These last few years I have sorely missed Donato and his good natured verbal abuse. To his students and friends, Donato was living proof of the old adage that God sends you the people you need.
Lester Van Winkle, fellow founding member of 1708 Gallery
Farmersville, TX
February 17, 2010
A sunny day
VCU's Blackbird interview with Gerald
Richmond Magazine's Pollack Prize commemoration
Emily Smith, Executive Director
Prior to coming to 1708, Emily was the Curatorial Fellow in Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts where she worked from 2007 until 2010. Projects at VMFA include the exhibitions, The Ludwig and Rosy Fischer Collection of German Expressionist Art; Matisse, Picasso, and Modern Art in Paris; and Labor and Leisure: Works by African American Artists in the VMFA Permanent Collections. Prior to VMFA, she was Director of Exhibitions at Piedmont Arts in Martinsville, Virginia (2004-2007) and the Assistant Director at Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia (2003-2004). Smith was an adjunct faculty member in art history at Patrick Henry Community College, Martinsville, VA and was a critic for a Charlottesville, Virginia weekly paper. Smith received a MA in Art History from the University of Virginia in 2002.
Jolene Giandomenico, Assistant Director
Jolene earned a BFA in Photography and Filmmaking in 2005 from Virginia Commonwealth University. She spent all four of her undergraduate years working as a lab technician in the school’s Graphics Lab used by School of the Arts students and faculty. During her senior year she was asked to direct, film and edit a marketing DVD for VCU's School of the Arts highlighting individual departments' students and facilities. After graduating, Jolene was hired as an accounting clerk for the pre-production of HBO's John Adams mini-series filmed in Virginia. From there, Jolene spent over two years as an accounting and office manager for a leading HVAC company before taking a position as Gallery Administrator for 1708 Gallery in November of 2007. She has since been promoted to Assistant Director.
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