The City's Support of Arts and Culture
Five Year Vision For Arts and Culture in Phoenix
Infuse Arts and Culture Into All Aspects of Phoenix's Life
Develop the Arts and Cultural Community
Generate Resources and Financial Support
Arts and Cultural Programs and Services Provided by City Departments
The Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture
The Phoenix Arts and Culture Commission
City of Phoenix
Arts and Cultural Plan
2008-2012
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PHOENIX CITY
COUNCIL
Mayor Phil Gordon
Thelda Williams, District 1
Peggy Neely, District 2
Maria Baier, District 3
Tom Simplot, District 4
Claude Mattox, District 5
Greg Stanton, District 6
Michael Nowakowski, District 7
Michael Johnson, District 8
CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE
Frank Fairbanks, City Manager
Ruth Osuna, Deputy City Manager
George Flores, Deputy City Manager
PLANNING PROCESS PARTICIPANTS
PHOENIX ARTS AND CULTURE COMMISSION (2005-07)
J. Cavenee Smith – Chair
2006-07, Vice Chair 2005-06
John Lotardo – Chair 2005-06
Jane Jozoff –Vice-Chair 2006-07
Kalpana Batni
Lynn Bowers
Susan Copeland
Cristina Cornejo
Ted Cunningham
Gary Egan
Deborah Esquer
Sandra Ferniza
Rudy Guglielmo, Jr.
Chevy Humphrey
Marc Kellenberger
Hans Klose
Stanley W. Levine
Karen Meyer
Andrea Norman
Bernard Pleskoff
Dr. Susan Shaffer-Nahmias
Kathy Soderberg
Leandro Soto
Brenda Sperduti
Eileen Sullivan
Linda Weaver
Burke Wyatt
Dr. Judy Wolf
Taylor Young
ARTS AND CULTURE COMMISSION STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE
Brenda Sperduti, Co-Chair
Marc Kellenberger, Co-Chair
Ted Cunningham
Chevy Humphrey
Jane Jozoff
Dr. Susan Shaffer-Nahmias
Kathy Soderberg
PLANNING CONSULTANT
Toby Herzlich
PHOENIX OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE STAFF
Phil Jones, Executive Director
Jovita Fierro, Secretary
Andrea Galyean, Public Art Outreach Manager
Jocelyn Hanson, Director of Arts Education
Dora Hernandez, Art Collections Manager
Donna Isaac, Public Art Project Manager
Ed Lebow, Public Art Program Director
Marie Navarre, Public Art Project Manager
Raphael Ngotie, Senior Public Art Project Manager
Rebecca Rothman, Public Art Project Manager
Sharon Southerland, Public Art Project Manager
Rose Surface, Accountant
Dr. Dwight Walth, Director of Grants Services and Community Initiatives
INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS FOCUS GROUP
John Armstrong – Painter/Printmaker
Joe Willie Smith – Public Artist
Leandro Soto – Visual and Performance Artist
Beth Lederman – Jazz Musician
Steve Hanusofski – Clarinetist, Phoenix Symphony
Jeff Dolan – Member, Phoenix Bach Choir
Ben Howe – Dancer, Nebellen Dance Company
Raymond Shurtz – Actor/Writer
Richard Trujillo – Actor/Educator
Steve Weiss – Professional Photographer/Videographer
Katrina Becker – Musician, Announcer WRR
CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS FOCUS GROUP
Michael 23 – Artlink
Kevin Moore – Arizona Theatre
Company
Kevin Myers – Ballet
Arizona
Janet Arnold – Arizona Jewish
Theatre
Stephanie Small – Free Arts Arizona
Joel Rinsema – Phoenix Bach Choir
Nancy Smith – Great Arizona Puppet Theatre
F. Castillo – Rosie’s House
Guillermo Reyes – Teatro Bravo
Ben Monrad – Stray Cat Theatre
Frances Cohen – Center Dance ensemble
Marcos Najera – Theatre in My Basement
Ann Marshall – Heard
Museum
ETHNIC ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS FOCUS GROUP
Joe Ray – Visual Artist
Jose Benavides – Visual Artist
Alan Jones – Visual Artist
Dean Terasaki – Photographer
Quetzal Guerrero – Visual Artist and Musician
Ethel Dias – Dancer
Greta Skelly – Musician
Fatimah Halim – Storyteller
David Hemphill – Black
Theatre Troupe
Princess Crump – Carver Museum and
Cultural Center
Bernard Wu – Asian American
Association of Arizona
Javed Kaif – Pakistan
Information and Cultural Organization
ORGANIZATIONS MANAGING CITY-OWNED CULTURAL FACILITIES FOCUS GROUP
Erik Kropp – Public Works
Department
John Trujillo – Public Works Department
Ken Kennedy – Public Works Department
Debbie Weber – Parks and Recreation Department
Beth Cole – Heritage
and Science Park
Bob Allen – Phoenix Convention Center/Venue Management Division
Tracy Short – Phoenix Convention Center
Geoff Goodrich – Phoenix Art Museum
Michael Barnard – Phoenix Theatre
Alex Duggan – Arizona Science Center
Kim Rice – Valley Youth Theatre
Princess Crump – Carver Museum and
Cultural Center
Tracy Wagner – Phoenix Museum of History
Mark Mettes – Herberger
Theatre Center
Patricia Prior – Irish
Cultural Center
Neil Kilby – Japanese Friendship
Garden
DOWNTOWN ARTS AND CULTURE FOCUS GROUP
Pat Grady – Downtown Development
Office
Dean Brennan – Planning Department
Sarah Hall – Parks and Recreation Department
Brian Kearney – Downtown Phoenix Partnership
Jo Marie McDonald – Phoenix Community Alliance
Robert van Arlen – Convention and Visitors Bureau
Beatrice Moore – Downtown Artist
Susan Copeland – Downtown Artist
Jason (JRC) – Downtown Artist
Wayne Rainey – MonOrchid – Photographer
Joel Levin – Phoenix
Symphony
Jim Ballinger – Phoenix Art Museum
Matthew Weiner – Actors Theatre
of Phoenix
Scott Andrews – Downtown Artist
Michael 23 – Downtown Artist – Artlink
Alex Duggan – Arizona Science Center
ARTS EDUCATION FOCUS GROUP
Susan Pinkus – Art Teacher,
Kyrene Monte Vista School
Lorna Holmes – Teacher, Central High School
Tara Kissane – Arts Specialist, Paradise Valley School District
Kathy Granillo-Beebe – Asst Superintendent, Murphy School District
Barbara Schuderer – Principal, Clarendon Elementary
Esther Vandecar – Teaching Artist
Aaron Rinsema – Education Director, Phoenix
Symphony
Dan Schay – Managing Director, Phoenix
Theatre
Joan Mason – Phoenix Union High School District
Melanie Ohm – ASU Herberger College of Fine Arts
Vicente Ontiveros, Curriculum Specialist, Phoenix Elementary District
Larry Whitesell – Project Manager, 21st C. Community Learning Center
Grant
CITY DEPARTMENTS FOCUS GROUP
Bob Allen – Phoenix Convention
Center/Venue Management Division
Diane Abe – Phoenix Convention Center/Venue Management Division
Roger Lidman – Pueblo
Grande Museum
Carmella Ramirez – Phoenix
Center for the Arts/Shemer
Art Center
Sarah Hall – Parks and Recreation Department
Debbie Weber – Parks and Recreation Department - Special Events
Dale Larsen – Parks and Recreation Department - Phoenix Activity City
Beth Cole – Heritage and Science Park
Jim Burke – Parks and Recreation Departement
Erik Kropp – Public Works Department
Dimitrios Laloudakis – Public Works Department
Pat Grady – Downtown Development Office
Michelle Pierson – Community and Economic Development Department
Wylie Bearup – Engineering and Architectural Services Department
Prudence Crosswhite – Central Library
Marcus Najera – Youth and Education Office
Erika Finbraaten - Historic Preservation Office
Dean Brennan – Planning Department
Lennee Eller – Aviation Department
Deborah Sedillo Duggan – Phoenix Eleven
Mark Freas – Budget and Research Department
PUBLIC ART FOCUS GROUP
Dean Brennan – Planning
Department
Pete Johnson – Street Transportation Department
Jane Morris – Aviation Department
Debbie Radford – Water Department
Bruce Henning – Public Works Department
Joe Baker – Visual Artist/Curator – Heard
Museum
Laurie Lundquist – Public Artist
Bob Adams – Public Artist
Kate Timmerman – Public Artist/Community Activist
Clottee Hammons – Visual Artist /Community Activist
Rex Gulbranson – Public Art Administrator/Glendale
Margaret Bruning – Public Art Administrator/Scottsdale
Dianne Cripe – Public Art Educator/ASU
Nan Ellin – Urban Planner/Educator/ASU
Dan Hoffman – Architiect/Educator/ASU
Jorge Colon – Architect
Jim Duncan – Salt River Project
CITY DEPARTMENT PARTICIPANTS IN COMMISSION / STAFF PLANNING RETREAT
Lennee Eller – Aviation
Department
Carmela Ramirez – Phoenix
Center for the Arts/Shemer
Art Center
James Burke – Parks and Recreation Department
Gayle Webb – Budget and Research Department
Roger Lidman – Pueblo
Grande Museum
Pat Grady – Downtown Development Office
Dean Brennan – Planning Department
Sarah Hall – Parks and Recreation Department
Bob Allen – Phoenix Convention Center/Venue Management Division
Debbie Weber – Parks and Recreation Department/Special Events
Erik Kropp – Public Works Department
Rosemary Nelson – Library Department
DOWNTOWN ARTIST ISSUES TASK FORCE
Greg Esser
Steve Weiss
Beatrice Moore
Kim Moody
Vaiden Boyer
David Therien
Pete Petrisko
Reid Butler
Steve Hellfrich
FESTIVAL PRESENTERS WORKSHOP
Mary Lee – Phoenix Chinese
Week
Jim Woo – Korean Cultural Center
Michelle Kim – Korean Cultural Center
Mariama Thiam-Demba – Kawambe
Omawale
Willine Evans – Arts Council of the North Valley
Donna Kublin – Arts Council of the North Valley
Ron Charles – Colorado Indian Tribe Tourism Office
Sandy Dominic – Maricopa Partnership
for Arts and Culture
Lecretia Bacon – Aloha Festival
Sarah Hall – Parks and Recreation Department
Dory Ludwig – Parks and Recreation Department/Special Events
Beth Cole – Heritage
and Science Park
Mitch Menchaca – Arizona Commission on
the Arts
Shelley Cohn – Arizona Commission on the Arts
Last Modified on 12/02/2008 12:36:54