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Many volunteers from the community serve on the Arts Council's grant panels and committees. Grant panelists review grant requests and make recommendations. Grant committees review grant requests and also serve on the allocations committee to develop grant awards recommendations to the Board of Directors. Contact the Grants Program Manager for contact information for these volunteers.
2007-08 Grant Committee:
- Lynn Fleischman, co-chair
- Chris Cunningham, co-chair
- David Aguirre
- Sheila Saxberg
- Fran Moskovitz
- Daniela Diamente
- Robert Hill
- Kimi Eisele
- Liz Burden
2007-08 TPAC GRANTS PANELS
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VISUAL ARTS |
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Monday/ May 12 8am to 12pm |
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PANELIST |
ORGANIZATION/TITLE |
APPLICANT |
1 |
Mark Flores |
Community Development Coordinator, PYT |
The Loft |
2 |
Jim Cook |
Artist / U of A Professor |
Arts for All |
3 |
Joanne Stuhr |
Curatorial Services |
Pan Left |
4 |
Jocelyn Robertson |
Artist/Tucson Botanical Gardens |
Tucson Museum of Art |
5 |
Alisa Shorr |
Voices Community Stories |
Arts for Life |
6 |
Kathryn Dunn |
Thomas Reprographics |
Wingspan |
7 |
Fatima Bercht |
Tucson Museum of Art |
Dinnerware |
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MUSIC
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Tuesday/ May 13 8am to 12pm |
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PANELIST |
ORGANIZATION/TITLE |
APPLICANT |
1 |
James Becroft |
Chiropractor, 1st Chiropractic |
Sons of Orpheus, Interfaith Community Services |
2 |
Lee Ann Hartley |
Dancer, Executive Director, funhouse movement theater |
Tucson Chamber Artists, Tucson Pops Orchestra |
3 |
Deborah Dale |
Chief Development Officer, Primavera Foundation |
Chamber Music Plus, Tucson Musicians Museum |
4 |
Jeff Grubic |
Musician |
Tucson Jazz Society |
5 |
Laura Markowitz |
Writer |
Tucson Symphony Orchestra, Tucson Chamber Orchestra |
6 |
Rome Hamner |
Executive Director, Odaiko Sonora |
Arts for Life, Arizona Balalaika |
7 |
Deena Fishbein |
Manager, Financial Systems for Non-profits |
Southern Arizona Women's Chorus, Arizona Early Music Society |
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MULTI-DISCIPLINARY |
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Wednesday/ May 14 8am to 12pm |
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PANELIST |
ORGANIZATION/TITLE |
APPLICANT |
1 |
David Aguirre |
Executive Director, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts :: TPAC Grants Committee |
New ARTiculations Dance Theater |
2 |
Sam Behrend |
Executive Director, Access Tucson |
Voices Inc, Culture of Peace Alliance |
3 |
Katie Rutterer |
Dancer |
Sharmoore Children's Productions |
4 |
Charles Alexander |
Writer, Executive Director Chax Press |
Wingspan |
5 |
Josh Schacter |
Photographer |
Odaiko Sonora |
6 |
Marcia Berger |
Executive Director, Arts for All |
Chamber Music Plus |
7 |
Susan French |
Director, Tucson Musicians Museum |
Arts for All |
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THEATER |
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Thursday/ May 15 8am to 12pm |
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PANELIST |
ORGANIZATION/TITLE |
APPLICANT |
1 |
Colleen Greer |
KUAZ-KUAT |
Rogue Theater |
2 |
Eric Holtan |
Executive Director and Music Director, Tucson Chamber Artists |
Arizona Theater Company |
3 |
Denise Uyehara |
Performance Artist and Writer |
Borderlands Theater |
4 |
Robert Shatz |
Director, Innovative Technologies Development Center |
Live Theater Workshop |
5 |
Mia Hansen |
Executive Director, Cultural Exchange Council |
Beowulf Alley Theater |
6 |
Jamie Ann Lee |
Pan Left, Co-Executive Director |
Sharmoore Children's Productions |
7 |
Carol Larson |
U of A, Retired |
Invisible Theater |
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FESTIVALS |
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Friday/ May 16 8am to 12pm |
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PANELIST |
ORGANIZATION/TITLE |
APPLICANT |
1 |
Daniela Diamente |
BICAS |
Many Mouths One Stomach, Arizona Friends of Chamber Music |
2 |
Ignacio Rivera de Rosales |
BICAS |
Cultural Exchange Council |
3 |
Marianne Dissard |
Musician |
The Loft Cinema |
4 |
Anna Sanchez |
Principle Planner, Dept of Urban Planning and Design |
La Frontera Mariachi Conference |
5 |
Lisa Horner |
Access Tucson |
Tucson Children's Museum |
6 |
Lissa Gibbs |
Associate Director, MOCA |
Ocotillo Literary Endeavors |
7 |
Susie Schwartz |
Program Associate, Community Foundation for Southern Arizona |
Tucson Jewish Film Festival |
8 |
Monique Martin |
Ward 6 Council Office |
Tucson Arts Coalition |
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LITERATURE |
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Monday May 19 8am to 12pm |
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PANELIST |
ORGANIZATION/TITLE |
APPLICANT |
1 |
Drew Burke |
Spork Press |
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2 |
Nancy Hand |
Writer |
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3 |
Margaret Guerrero |
Joel Valdez Main Library |
Tucson Jewish Community Center |
4 |
Maya Castillo |
Tucson Pima Public Library |
Casa Libre |
5 |
Andrew Mortazavi |
Writer |
Ocotillo Literary Endeavors |
6 |
Rebecca Seiferle |
Writer |
KORE Press |
7 |
Robert Hill |
Writer, TPAC Grants Committee |
Sonora Review |
8 |
Molly McClintock |
Dinnerware Contemporary Arts |
Voices Inc |
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DANCE |
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Tuesday May 20 8am to 12pm |
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PANELIST |
ORGANIZATION/TITLE |
APPLICANT |
1 |
Fran Moskovitz |
Musician, Associate Director of Philanthropy, the Nature Conservacny |
Tucson Regional Ballet |
2 |
John Wilson |
Dancer / Instuctor |
Cultural Exchange Council |
3 |
Melissa Buckheit |
Dancer / Choreographer / Poet |
Dance Magnificat, OTO Dance |
4 |
Leslie Schellie |
Tucson Museum of Art |
Tucson Children's Museum |
5 |
Diana Dexter |
HIV Medical Case Manager |
New ARTiculations Dance Theater, ZUZI! Dance Theater |
6 |
Tracy Neish |
Ward 2 Council Office |
Ballet Arts Foundation |
7 |
Will Mueller |
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Funhouse Movement Theater |
8 |
Casey Blake |
Arizona Commission on the Arts |
Thom Lewis Dance |
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ARTS IN EDUCATION |
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Wednesday May 21 8am to 12pm |
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PANELIST |
ORGANIZATION/TITLE |
APPLICANT |
1 |
Nancy Martin |
Artist / Educator |
Tucson Symphony Orchestra |
2 |
Mary Lou Rankin |
Arizona Watercolor Guild |
Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus |
3 |
Richard Taverner |
Poet |
Flowing Wells Extension Programs |
4 |
Sherry Mulholland |
Dancer |
La Frontera Mariachi Conference |
5 |
Heather Gross |
Landscape Designer |
Arizona Theater Company |
6 |
Rosi Andrade |
University of Arizona, Southwest Institute for Research on Women |
Arizona Opera |
7 |
Tanya Lachowicz |
Teacher, TUSD |
Sonoran Glass Art Academy |
8 |
Stephanie Coakley |
Education Director, Tucson Museum of Art |
The Drawing Studio |
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GOS III |
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Thursday May 22 8am to 12pm |
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PANELIST |
ORGANIZATION/TITLE |
APPLICANT |
1 |
Therese Perreault |
Visual Artist and Digital Storyteller |
Invisible Theater, Live Theater Workshop |
2 |
Thom Lewis |
Executive Director, Thom Lewis Dance Theater |
Ballet Arts Foundation, Tucson Regional Ballet |
3 |
Gene Solon |
Retired Activist |
ZUZI! Dance Company, La Frontera Mariachi Conference |
4 |
Karen Christensen |
TPAC Board of Directors |
The Drawing Studio, Tucson Children's Museum |
5 |
Julie Ray |
Dinnerware Contemporary Arts |
Beowulf Alley Theater, Tucson Jazz Society |
6 |
Char Ackerman |
Foundation and Gov't Relations Mgr, Tucson Symphony Orchestra |
Tucson Arizona Boy's Chorus, Tucson Pops Orchestra |
7 |
Sheila Saxberg |
TPAC Grants Committee, TPAC Board of Directors |
Chamber Music Plus |
8 |
Jaime Dempsey |
Assistant Director, Arizona Commission on the Arts |
Borderlands Theater |
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GOS II |
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Friday May 23 8am to 12pm |
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PANELIST |
ORGANIZATION/TITLE |
APPLICANT |
1 |
Kimi Eisele |
Artist / Educator, TPAC Grants Committee |
Sharmoore, Odaiko |
2 |
Rachel Villarreal |
Project Director, Voices Inc |
Chax Press, KORE Press |
3 |
Alan Bednarski |
Retired, Marketing Consultant |
Cultural Exchange Council |
4 |
Deanna Lewis |
Executive Director, Dequenesh Community Mobile Health Clinic |
Funhouse Movement Theater, OTO Dance |
5 |
Sanda Schuldmann |
Chamber Music Plus |
Los Changuitos Feos, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild |
6 |
Chris Burawa |
Communications Director, Arizona Commission on the Arts |
Dinnerware, Pan Left |
7 |
Jim Mack |
Programs Director, Greater Oro Valley Arts Council |
The Rogue Theater |
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GOS I |
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Tuesday May 27 8am to 12pm |
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PANELIST |
ORGANIZATION/TITLE |
APPLICANT |
1 |
Lynn Fleischman |
Executive Director, The Drawing Studio |
Casa Libre, Tucson Chamber Orchestra |
2 |
Liz Burden |
TPAC Grants Committee |
Catalina Players |
3 |
Tana Jones |
Development Director, Tucson Centers for Women and Children |
Seven Pipers Scottish Society |
4 |
Karen Hanshaw |
Jazzwerx |
Tucson Guitar Society |
5 |
Carol Elliott |
Center for Creative Photography |
Tucson Theater Ensemble |
6 |
Jennifer Camano |
Development Director, Tucson Children's Museum |
Sons of Orpheus |
7 |
Marlana Donehoo |
TPAC Public Art Committee |
Ocotillo Literary Endeavors, Tucson Chamber Artists |
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