Associate Leadership Council The Creative City Date: Friday, March 4, 2016 Parking: Park in DMA garage between 8:00 – 8:15 a.m., 1717 N Harwood St, Dallas, TX 75201 Starting Location: Walk to Hall Arts Center, 2323 Ross Avenue. Arrive no later than 8:15 a.m. Program Chair: Jill Ibison, Corgan Program Committee: Marti DuBuisson, Corgan; Nathan Nash, Nash Development Company I. Welcome and Introductions. Texas Sculpture Walk 8:30 a.m. a. Patricia B. Meadows, President, Art Connections II. Walking tour of the Arts District, History and Impact 9:30 a.m. a. Catherine Cuellar, Director, Entrepreneurs of North Texas III. Transition to the DMA 10:45-10:55 a.m. IV. DMA Tour 11:00 a.m. a. Pollock Exhibit – Docent lead b. Gallery Exhibit – Docent lead V. Lunch at the DMA Café 12:00 p.m. VI. Individually Drive to Deep Ellum 12:45 p.m. a. Surface or street parking near 2650 Main St, Dallas, TX 75226 b. Walk to Reel FX, 301 N Crowdus St, Dallas, TX 75226. Meet in Lobby. VII. Reel FX. Digital Media 1:15 p.m. a. Liz Hemme, Lighting Superv isor VIII. Walk to Undermain Theatre, 3200 Main Street, Dallas TX 75226 2:30 p.m. IX. Undermain Theatre 2:45 p.m. a. Ken Bernstein, Technical Director and Ben Bryant, Facilities Manager, Undermain Theatre b. Erica Felicella, Art Conspiracy Executive Director X. Walk to Kettle Art Gallery, 2650 Main St, Dallas, TX 75226 3:45 p.m. XI. Kettle Art Gallery. View Exhibit and Casual Conversation 4:00 p.m. a. Frank Campagna, Owner b. Scott Rohrman, 42 Real Estate c. Jeff Montgomery, ALC Class Business Patricia B. Meadows Art Connections Patricia Meadows is best known for her support of living, regional artists, her love of the visual arts, and her expertise in placement and installation of both indoor and outdoor artwork. She has had experience in nearly every facet of the visual art world except owning a commercial gallery or working for a museum. She started as a painter, but her career took her to the administrative side as director, curator, juror, advocate, and advisor. She has co-founded and supported numerous organizations such as the Dallas Visual Art Center and the Emergency Artists Support League. She has organized and curated hundreds of exhibitions, nationally, statewide and locally, and has served as juror for shows throughout Texas. She has served on the board of directors, chaired, and advised countless committees for museums, and national, state, and local art organizations. She has been appointed by the governor and several mayors, through the years, to serve on boards and committees regarding the development of the arts, Uptown, and the Arts District. But, she says she is happiest when she is directing the installation of artwork – particularly big, cumbersome outdoor sculpture – which she has been doing for the past 20 years. It was her job and pleasure to organize and direct the placement of more than 300 works of art for Hall Office Park in Frisco, as well as the Texas Sculpture Walk for Hall Arts in the Dallas Arts District. Today, as president of her company, Art Connections, she consults with both corporate and private collectors regarding acquisitions, placement, installation, and maintenance of their art collections. Catherine Cuellar Director of Entrepreneurs For North Texas, Communities Foundation of Texas Catherine Cuellar is director of Entrepreneurs For North Texas at the Communities Foundation of Texas, which makes it easy for companies to give back to our community. Ms. Cuellar previously served as CEO of the Dallas Arts District and managed communications at the largest electric power grid in Texas, Oncor. Cuellar is also a multimedia journalist who co-founded GuideLive.com and has reported for National Public Radio stations KERA & KCRW, Sojourners magazine, Dallas Innovates, and The Dallas Morning News. In 2013 she made her fiction debut in Akashic Books' anthology Dallas Noir. She also sang at Carnegie Hall with the Rhodes College Singers. Currently Ms. Cuellar serves as a director of the DFW Hispanic 100, Texas Lyceum, and the Carter Albrecht Music Foundation and an advisor for the Center for a New Generation at Boys & Girls Clubs, Junior League of Dallas, the Creative Arts Center of Dallas, and I Heart Media. She is also a member of the Dallas Assembly, the Dallas Summit, and the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO), and is an ordained ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) at First Presbyterian Church of Dallas. She was a 2014 Next Generation Project Texas Fellow at The Strauss Center for International Security and Law at UT-Austin. Cuellar was recognized among the Dallas Business Journal’s “40 Under 40” in 2013, was a White House Fellows regional finalist in 2011, graduated from Leadership Women in 2008, was among the Dallas Junior Chamber of Commerce's Five Outstanding Young Dallasites in 2007, and co-founded La Reunion TX in 2006. She lives in the Cedars with her husband Paul Williams, an accomplished recording engineer and music producer who co-founded indie label State Fair Records and teaches at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Elizabeth Hauser Hemme Lighting Supervisor, Reel FX Creative Studios Elizabeth "Liz" Hauser Hemme is currently the lighting supervisor for Reel FX Creative Studios’ next animated feature film W.I.S.H. Police. She is also excited to be part of Reel Fx's upcoming animated film "Untitled Kung Fu Space Western" from director Jorge Gutierrez. Liz has been a part of the animation industry for over ten years. She studied architecture at Miami University of Ohio and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture. After college, she returned to Dallas and practised architecture for several years with Corgan Associates. Through her work with the Corgan Media Lab, she discovered her love for computer animation. Liz joined the Reel FX team in 2006. Her first feature film was "Everyone's Hero." She worked on various projects as a lighter/compositor including Disney's "Enchanted," "Transformers: The Game" and "The Simpson's" ride film for Universal Studios. She also worked on several commercial projects for DreamWorks Animation such as "Shrek the Third," "Bee Movie," and "Madagascar 2." She served as the lighting lead for "Open Season 2,” “Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter," "Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five," and "The Spy Next Door." Liz's first film as a lighting supervisor was "Open Season 3." She has also supervised "Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas" (with Blue Sky Studios) and "Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem" (with Illumination Entertainment) which received a VES award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project. Most recently she worked with director Jorge Gutierrez and producer Guillermo del Toro as lighting supervisor on the Golden Globe nominated animated comedy feature "The Book of Life." Outside of the studio, Liz's favorite time is spent with her family. Her little girl is one of the much loved "The Book of Life" production babies. Liz enjoys running, hiking, snowboarding, mountain biking, gardening, and cooking. Kenneth Bernstein Technical Director, Undermain Theatre Ken holds a BA in Technical Theatre from the University of Missouri Kansas City. His theatrical trails have taken him across the country from NY to Alaska with stops in Ohio, Missouri, Massachusetts, Oregon, North Carolina and Virginia. Ken has held positions with some of the most prestigious regional Theatres including Missouri Repertory Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Great Lakes Shakespeare and Dallas Theatre Center as well as managing several corporate shops. Ken has been the TD at Undermain since 2011. Ben Bryant Master Electrician/Facilities Manager Ben holds a degree from Texas A&M University-Commerce, where he was the lighting supervisor for five years. He has been on staff at Undermain since Margo Veil: an Entertainment in 2005. Notable Light Designs/Installations include Fred Curchack’s Burying our Father, The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac, and King of the Road for Balanced Almond Productions. Area light design credits include Fourteen Death-Defying Acts (Ochre House), Dim All The Lights (Theatre Quorum), and Zorro – The Legend Lives (Pocket Sandwich Theatre). He is also an actor, and has recently appeared in Another Murder, Another Show for Pegasus Theatre and Metamorphosis 2 for Nouveau 47. Erica Felicella Executive Director, Art Conspiracy Erica Felicella is a performance, installation, photographer and new media artist living in Oak Cliff – Dallas, Texas. She is also the current Executive Director of the nonprofit Art Conspiracy or Art Con for short. Along with her non-profit and artwork Felicella works on staying connected to all the culturally innovative ideas brewing in Dallas. She is actively involved in her local art community not only as an organizer and curator of art exhibitions and a mentor to new and emerging artists, but also as a creative in constant search for new and exciting ways to share her own unique perspective with the rest of the world. Frank Campagna Owner, Kettle Art Gallery Artist Frank Campagna has been painting Dallas since the late 1970s, and is considered by many to be the ‘Godfather of Deep Ellum'. From 1982 to 1986, Campagna hosted musical acts in his neighborhood art studio, Studio-D, including the Dead Kennedys, the Misfits, Butthole Surfers, the Meat Puppets, etc. In the 1990s, he led hundreds of artists in numerous mural painting marathons along the Good Latimer tunnel. Throughout the Gypsy Tea Room’s eight year run, Campagna created over 1,000 murals depicting musical luminaries who performed at the legendary venue. In 2005, he founded Kettle Art Gallery, now located at 2650-B Main St., with the mission to nurture emerging and mid-career North Texas artists.