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2021 GRANT REVIEW PANELS Panel Applicants November 16, 2020 Deadline This list contains potential panelists to be added to the pool for peer review panels. Approved panelists may be called upon to serve for up to three years. Click a letter below to view biographies from applicants with corresponding last name. A .................................................................................................................................... 2 B ..................................................................................................................................... 8 C ................................................................................................................................... 18 D ................................................................................................................................... 25 E ................................................................................................................................... 29 F ................................................................................................................................... 31 G ................................................................................................................................... 36 H ................................................................................................................................... 41 I .................................................................................................................................... 47 J .................................................................................................................................... 49 K ................................................................................................................................... 50 L ................................................................................................................................... 54 M................................................................................................................................... 61 N ................................................................................................................................... 72 O ................................................................................................................................... 74 P ................................................................................................................................... 76 R ................................................................................................................................... 81 S ................................................................................................................................... 87 T ................................................................................................................................... 96 U-V ............................................................................................................................. 100 W ................................................................................................................................ 102 Y ................................................................................................................................. 104 Z ................................................................................................................................. 105 Panelist Response Data .............................................................................................. 107 Abildgaard, Mark; YoloArts - Yolo County Arts Council; Woodland, Yolo I received a B.A. degree in Art from San Francisco State University in 1979 and a M.F.A. degree in Art from the University of Hawaii in 1984. After graduating I worked as an artist in residence at the Tokyo Glass Art Institute in Japan and at Sculpture Space in Utica, NY. In 1985 I was awarded a five month fellowship at the Creative Glass Center of America in Millville New Jersey. In 2015 I was awarded an individual artists grant from the Leff-Davis Fund for Visual Artists of the Sacramento Region Community Foundation. My sculptures have been included in the collections of the Crocker Museum in Sacramento California, the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning New York, the Oakland Museum of Art in Oakland California, the Richmond Museum of Art in Richmond Virginia, and the Triton Museum in Santa Clara California as well as numerous private collections. For over 20 years I taught ceramics in the public schools in Yolo County working with the Yolo County Arts Council. I received numerous grants from the California Arts Council to fund my work as an Arts Educator during this time. Ackamoor, Idris; Idris Ackamoor and Cultural Odyssey; San Francisco, San Francisco IDRIS ACKAMOOR is an alto and tenor saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, actor, tap dancer, director, and administrator. He is the Founder/Executive Director of the San Francisco performance company CULTURAL ODYSSEY that he established 40 years ago in 1979. He is also the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the legendary jazz and world music ensemble Idris Ackamoor ☥The Pyramids which is approaching its 50 year landmark since the founding of the band in 1972. Idris is just returning from a multi - country world tour with performances in Czech Republic, Sweden, Istanbul, Turkey, Belgium, Spain, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and other locations. The Fall 2019 tour culminated in the band completing a trilogy of albums on STRUT Records, with the release of “SHAMAN!” released on August 7, 2020. The longevity of Cultural Odyssey is partly due to his comprehensive training in financial management, grant writing, arts administration, and business. He has served on multiple CAC grant panels over the years, as well as, wrote, executed, and awarded numerous CAC grant proposals for forty years and counting. In 2020 Idris received $20,000 San Francisco Art Commission Individual Artist Fellowship. Acosta, Paulina; N/A; San Jose, Santa Clara Currently I teach piano and voice at PnC Music school in Milpitas. I’m experienced in competitive ice skating, standard ballroom, and jazz choir, all of which formed my technical performance training. During undergrad I met and learned about Bay Area artists, directors, and administrators that make art venues, cultural venues, and their communities possible. I took part in the Mexica dance group at Berkeley and gained more cultural and indigenous knowledge relevant to Latinx communities, including learning indigenous languages and working on a trilingual Zapotec dictionary. In my art administration experience, I took classes in Public Humanities and served as a juror for Brown Arts Initiative’s Student Grant. At Taller GiRASOL, a San Jose artivist collective, I co-write/coordinate grants and develop programming and outreach for local youth to grow their artistic and social expression. I’m also a doctoral student in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies at Brown University. I apply my undergraduate Ethnic Studies education to my research because I’m passionate about making art accessible and relevant to historically underserved communities. Adams, Che'Rae; LA Writers Center; Tarzana, Los Angeles Che'Rae is the current Producing Artistic Director of the LA Writers Center. She began her career as the Assistant to the Staff Producer at The Mark Taper Forum where she worked on the writing workshop of the Pulitzer Prize winning Angels in America, Part II: Perestroika. Also for the Taper, she coordinated the Taper Lab Series and Mentor Playwright's Series working with writers such as Luis Alfaro, Anthony Clarvoe, Marlane Meyer, David Lee Lindsey, Oliver Mayer, Ellen McLaughlin, Alice Tuan, and Mac Wellman. She has a Masters Degree in directing from the University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music (CCM) and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from California State University, Northridge. She has worked with prominent performers such as Tonya Pinkins, Lynn Redgrave, Patti Cohenour, Kim Fields, Ser Anzoategui, and Carlos Alazraqui. She has worked with award winning directors and choreographers such as Vincent Paterson, Tom Hulce, Bonnie Story, Kitty McNamee, and Tina Kronis. She is the recipient of a SDC Foundation Observership award, has been on the Steering Committee of the Directors Lab, West for two decades and is an award nominated and critically acclaimed theater director. Akers, Cathy; Film Independent Inc.; La Crescenta, Los Angeles Cathy Akers is an artist and fundraising professional with expertise on securing funds from foundation and government donors for higher education and the arts. As an artist, Akers works with photography, ceramics and installation and her work has been exhibited in solo or two-person shows at Pitzer College, Honor Fraser Gallery and Emma Gray Headquarters in Los Angeles, as well as group shows in Israel, Germany, the U.K., Poland and the Czech Republic. She also has more than 15 years of experience as a fundraising professional, working at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and REDCAT, and Film Independent. In addition, she has taught numerous grantwriting for artists classes and workshops and has served as a fundraising consultant to individual artists. Alexander, Carolyn; Oakland Unified School District; Oakland, Alameda Retired Librarian for OUSD, also Language Arts Instructor. Independent reading specialist and storyteller for local arts groups, festivals and children