ThinkTank Board Announced

At ThinkTank3, Mary Stewart and Jim Elniski identified the need for a board to guide the development of ThinkTank. After two successful ThinkTanks, and the growing interest in the yearly event, it was decided to invite a highly motivated group of master educators to help widen and deepen the goals of ThinkTank.

Officers

Mary Stewart
President
Assistant Professor - Department of Art
Florida State University

Jim Elniski
Vice President and Temporary Treasurer
Associate Professor & Director, First Year Program - Department of Art Education
School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Richard Siegesmund
Vice President
Assistant Professor, Art Education
University of Georgia

Adam Kallish
Vice President, Innovation and Communications
Visiting Lecturer
Department of Architecture, Interior Architecture + Designed Objects
School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2008-2009 Board

Dr. John Baldacchino
Associate Professor of Art and Art Education
Department of Arts and Humanities
Teachers College Columbia University

Kristie Bruzenak
Savannah College of Art and Design

Dan Collins
Professor of Intermedia
Core Coordinator
Co-Director, PRISM lab
Arizona State University

Cynthia Hellyer-Heinz
Visiting Assistant Professor
School of Art, VAB 216
Northern Illinois University

Joyce Hertzson
Rochester Institute of Technology
College of Imaging Arts & Sciences

Kitty Kingston
Associate Professor
UW-Marshfield/Wood County


Bonnie Mitchell
School of Art
Bowling Green State University

Julia Morrisroe
Assistant Professor of Studio Art
School of Art + Art History
University of Florida

Jack Risley
Director
Art Foundation Program
Virginia Commonwealth University

Peter Winant
Assistant Professor
Coordinator for Studio Fundamentals
Art & Visual Technology
George Mason University




The four officers and the ten board members are committed to broadening the base, actively positioning ThinkTank, and addressing specific issues:

-Coordinate FATE in Review submissions: Dan Collins
-Coordinate jurying of fellowship applications (in January 2009): Rusty Smith and Peter Winant
-Coordinate development of TT Primer, giving explicit information on ways to develop and run a Thinktank: Jim Elniski
-Contributions to blog: Bonnie Mitchell
-Expand or recommend revisions to FATE Foundations guidelines: Adam Kallish