Sigri Strand, Co-founder and Deputy Director of Arthyve
ArtHyve is a community built arts archive that preserves, centers and shares the alternative creative histories of Denver and the surrounding areas, focusing its attention on the BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities. Strand is also a queer artist and former member at Pirate: Contemporary Art who she has shown her artwork throughout the country. She works full time for Historic Denver and has passionately served the public through her work for cultural nonprofits in Denver throughout the past decade.
Caroline Douglas, Visual Artist
Caroline has been working in clay for over 40 years and will offer a professional artist's prespective. Currently, her figurative sculptures are evocations of a dream world. Her inspiration comes from mythology, fairy tales, dreams and the antics of animals and children. Publications include Ceramics: Art and Perception, Lark Books, The Shambhala Sun, andBetter Homes and Gardens. Her work is in the National Museum for Women in the Arts and other private collections.
Elysian McNiff Koglmeier, Head of Growth for Artwork Archive, an online art inventory management system for artists, collectors and organizations.
Growing up with a father as an art therapist and a mother who dedicated her career to art education, Elysian has always been passionate about the creative process and the importance of empowering artists and cultural institutions. She has pursued this passion both in the public and private sector. She started her career in museums (Middlebury College Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), ran New England Foundation for the Arts' public art program, served as curator for Brown University and RISD, and contributed to publications such as Art Business News and Public Art Review. A move out west brought her to Craftsy (now Bluprint) in Denver where she produced online art classes and managed partnerships for a startup that created online educational opportunities for enthusiastic makers.
She received her BA in History from Middlebury College and her MA in Public Humanities from Brown University.
Julie Davis Ratner, Estate Planning Attorney, Bryant Ritsick Symons & Ratner and Colorado Attorneys for the Arts (CAFTA)
Ratner practices primarily in the fields of Estate Planning and Probate & Trust administration. From families just beginning the estate planning process to older clients and family businesses, Julie offers informed, empathetic guidance through the preservation of assets for future generations and charitable giving. Julie counsels her clients on issues such as succession plans, last wills and testaments, living trusts, irrevocable trusts, powers of attorney, and living wills.
Moderated by Meredith Badler, Program Director CBCA
Meredith oversees Leadership Arts and alumni activities, Colorado Attorneys for the Arts, Arts + Industry Forums, the Business for the Arts Awards and the biennial Economic Activity Study. She also manages CBCA’s social media communications. In her limited free time, she is President of the Smith College Alumnae Club of Colorado and a regional Alumnae Admissions Coordinator for the mountain states. You can chuckle at her on stage at the Bovine Metropolis Theater and other local venues where she performs long-form improv comedy.
Thank you to our sponsor, Lafayette Arts and Cultural Resources.
| Workshop | |
| Member | $10.00 |
| Non-Member | $15.00 |