Artfest International's Eddie Vakser and Art Channel Galleries proudly announce the first 6 of its 13 member Curator Board to review, advise, and recommend art for Artfest International, Art Channel Galleries, and Art Channel.tv:
WILLIAM K. MCELVANEY
PROFESSOR EMERITUS, PERKINS SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY, SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY, DALLAS, TXFORMAL DEGREES: B.B.A. BANKING AND FINANCE, M.B.A. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, M.DIV, SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY, DALLAS, TXSERVED IN THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AS PASTOR, ADMINISTRATOR, AND TEACHERAUTHOR OF EIGHT PUBLISHED BOOKSA LONG INTEREST IN THE ART AS REFLECTED IN THE FAMILY COLLECTION OF SCULPTURES, PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE ART OF THE SOUTHWEST.
ELLEN KEY
B.A. FINE ARTS IN JOURNALISM, JOURNALIST BY PROFESSION, ART ENTHUSIAST BY AVOCATIONREPORTER AND FEATURE WRITER FOR TWO DAILY NEWSPAPERSCOPYWRITER AND ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE IN DALLAS ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRMPURSUED VISUAL ARTS THRUOGH THE DOCENT PROGRAM AT THE DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART IN 1987. THIS RIGOROUS AND DEMANDING CURRICULUM PREPARED HER TO DIRECT TOURS THROUGH THE DMA'S COMPREHENSIVE PERMANENT COLLECTION AND SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS. BECAME MANAGER OF MEDIA RELATIONS AT THE DMA IN 1994.COLLECTS ART THAT REFLECTS HER ECLECTIC TASTES INCLUDING AFRICAN SCULPTURE, FOLK ART, AND ABSTRACT PAINTINGS. HAS TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND WESTERN EUROPE AFTER RETIREMENT IN 2004.
HARRY THOMPSON
B.A., SPEECH & THEATRE, GEORGETOWN COLLEGEM.A. DRAMA, BAYLOR UNIVERSITYPhD STUDIES IN THEATRE ARTS COMPLETED AT UNIVERSITY OF INDIANADIRECTOR AND PROFESSOR OF THEATRES AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL IN MULTIPLE STATE; DESIGNER OF SETS, LIGHTS, COSTUMES, MAKEUPFINE ARTIST WITH ANNUAL SHOWS IN DALLAS AND IN CHICAGO FROM 1980ARTISTIC CONSULTANT AND DESIGNER FOR THE DALLAS BALLET AND THE JOFFREY BALLET IN NEW YORK CITYCO-FOUNDER OF MAVERICK PRODUCTIONS, A TEXAS CORPORATION FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MOTION PICTURES AND TELEVISION DIRECTED AND PRODUCED IN U.S.A., FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, AND GERMANYART WORK IN COLLECTIONS IN U.S., CANADA, ENGLAND, EUROPE, AND AFRICA
GUY VANCE BROWN
BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE, TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY 1979CURRENTLY PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT AND PRESIDENT OF GUY VANCE BROWN ARCHITECTS, PC, DALLAS, TEXASEXPERIENCE IN CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO THE IMPORTANCE OF WORKING WITH OTHERS AND GIVING ATTENTION TO DETAILS AND THOROUGHNESS, ALL ATTRIBUTES WHICH HAVE BECOME HIS HALLMARK. APPRENTICING UNDER THE EMINENT AND TALENTED EGYPTIAN ARCHITECT, FAROUK SEIF, DISCOVED HIS ARTIST'S VOICE WITHIN. THAT VOICE CONVERSES WITH THE ARTIST'S EYE, DIRECTS THE STROKES ACROSS THE CANVAS, SETS THE SCALE AND PROPORTION OF ANY PROJECT.HIS PROJECTS ARE NOW FEATURED ALL OVER TEXAS.
ART ROGERS
B.A. ARCHITECTURE, MIAMI UNIVERSITY, OHIO; M.A. ARCHITECTURE, RICE INSTITUTE, TEXAS; DIPLOME MENTION TRES BIEN, L'COLE DES BEAUX ARTS, FONTAINBLEU, FRANCE; MFA PROGRAM IN THEATRE, TRINITY UNIVERSITY;LICENSED ARCHITECT, STATE OF TEXAS SINCE 1996, MEMBER AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF ARCHITECTURAL EXAMINERS, BOARD CERTIFIEDSTUDIES UNDER DONALD BARTHLME AT RICE AND UNDER PAUL BAKER AT THE DALLAS THEATRE CENTER WHERE HE WAS AN ACTOR AND SET DESIGNER, APPRENTICED UNDER ARCHITECT O'NEIL FORD, AN ASSOCIATE OF O'NEIL FORD AND ASSOCIATES, AND FOUNDED THE ARTCHITECTS STUDIO IN DALLAS, ALL EMCOMPASSING 37 YEARS OF ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE. VARIOUS MAJOR PROJECTS INCLUDING THE RUTH TAYLOR THEATRE AT TRINITY UNIVERSITY, RESIDENCES, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, AND SEVERAL MUSEUMS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM IN DALLAS.TAUGHT GRADUATE SCHOOL DESIGN AT THE DALLAS THEATRE CENTER AND TEXAS WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY.PUBLISHED POET AND MAINTAINS A PRIVATE SCULPTURE STUDIO IN DALLAS, TEXAS
