Founding Director of Spacetaker / Fresh Arts dba Spacetaker
Spacetaker Corp, (Fresh Arts)
Founder and Executive Director, Houston, TX, 2001- 2009
Envisioned and founded a 501c3 organization to provide artists and small arts groups access to economic
development, continuing education and networking opportunities to further their professional practices.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE
Envision and establish organization
Recruit and manage board of directors
Develop and maintain annual budget with the Culture 365 Plan and memberships
Develop and implement strategic plan
Envision and build a content management system to aggregate and normalize all the cultural arts data in
the City of Houston simultaneously publishing a Cultural Arts Calendar, Houston Artist Registry and Resource
Newsletters for the public and for artists.Develop comprehensive marketing and PR plan for the organization
Develop public programing: Artist Saloon, WHAM, Speakeasy, Main Street Takeover, public art performances,
Cultured Cocktails and Print Partnerships, City Hall art exhibitions, and the best gala’s in the 2000’s.Identify and design the Artist Resource Center with annual attendance of 18,000+
Develop professional development workshops for artists and arts administrators
Create W.H.A.M, The Winter Holiday Art Market generating $100,000’s of sales for local artists Curate and
install large fundraising events presenting the visual, literary and performing arts