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Stockton Arts Commission
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Alicia Arong Alicia credits her mother for her love of the arts having introduced her to symphonies, operas, theater, and museums. Being involved in the arts and culture of her community has since become a life-long pursuit. Alicia is a retired executive with Macy’s West. She is involved with the Mexican Heritage Center, Inc. since its inception in 1997. She sits on the boards of the San Joaquin County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, KVIE San Joaquin County Advisory Board, and the Dolores Huerta Foundation. |
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Renna Beinoris Renna has taught art, photography and English and presently promotes the Conservatory of Music programs at the University of the Pacific. She was raised in the arts and seeks to contribute to the vitalization of the arts in Stockton. |
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Kathy Hart With a background as a literature and arts educator, Kathy has a great interest in arts education, especially for youth, and using her background in administration to assist the commission in fiscal matters. |
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Katrina Alison Jaggears As a writer and university lecturer at UOP, Katrina’s appreciation for the arts comes by way of her father, who was a visual artist specializing in drawing, painting, and photography. She has a particular interest in the literary arts and would like to advance this art form in Stockton. |
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Cliff Johnston Cliff Johnston has spent a large part of his life involved in some type of art. Being a welder for years took him into metal sculpture and working with wood started at home in his early years. Painting was an interest that came later for him. Six years ago he retired and opened his own Wood Studio on Cherryland Ave were he spends most of his time creating unique wood creations.
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William Maxwell, Vice-chair Curator of the Bank of Stockton Historical Photograph Collection for the past four years, and antiquarian book seller for the last 30 years, Bill enjoys an eclectic taste in the arts with interests ranging from experimental music to the pyro-arts. He enjoys the more traditional fine arts as well. |
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Gillian Murphy As a supporter of local artists and the business of art, Gillian wishes to promote all art forms in Stockton. She is director of the San Joaquin Delta College Small Business Development Center (SHDC) through which she and other staff members provide business consulting and training to existing and aspiring business owners in San Joaquin, Calaveras, Amador, and Alpine Counties. |
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Joyce McCallister Joyce McCallister is a writer, editor and photographer. She is curious about the process of making art, and especially enjoys discovering, supporting, talking and writing about creativity. “Art lifts the spirits and encourages new ways to look at or hear the commonplace,” she says. Her journalism background has taken her professionally to public relations and marketing, and her business, Nouns to Go, utilizes these skills. She is particularly interested in public art, as well as marketing and promoting art and music education for all ages.
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Brian Paris Brian Paris holds both a BA degree in Literature and a first degree black belt in poetry, and has worked in his life variously as a carpenter, painter, butler, highrise window washer, veterinary assistant, vineyard foreman, cabinet builder, art curator, editor, journalist, newspaper columnist, medical writer, ghost writer and publisher. His small press, Amaranth Editions, published Emergency Exits, the Collected Poems of Michael C Ford, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1998.
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Joel Reyna, Jr. This arts advocate believes it is crucial that young people be given the opportunity to create and experience the arts in school as well as in theatres and galleries. He is a program manager with the San Joaquin County Office of Education, Migrant Education Program. |
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Benjamin Saffold Born and raised in Stockton, Benjamin returned in 2007 with a desire to make a positive impact on youth and the arts. Starting with his position at the Gospel Center Rescue Mission, Benjamin has added "The Art Of Hip-Hop" event, advising “Save Our Stockton - A Youth Movement For Change” and board memberships with the Downtown Stockton Alliance, Friends Of The Fox and With Our Words, Inc. to his commitment as an arts commissioner. |
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Paula Sheil, Chair As a poet, arts advocate, educator, and publisher, Paula looks to furthering a lifelong goal of creating a multi-arts center in Downtown Stockton. For 35 years, she has participated in the arts by founding Stockton Civic Children’s Theatre, dancing with New Dance Company, and publishing ZamBoba! (a free quarterly poetry journal). She teaches English and writing at San Joaquin Delta College and publishes ARTIFACT, a monthly magazine, with the goal of establishing Delta as a community college for writers. |
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Monsignor Harmon Skillin Monsignor Skillin, a former member of the Lodi Arts Commission, is interested in developing the City of Stockton as a work of art in progress. His beautification of the parking lot at St. Luke’s Church is an example of a way to do that. |
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Judy Caruso Williamson As a theatre performer and longtime theatre and dance educator, Judy aspires to promote the arts in education, as well as increase the awareness and appreciation for the arts in Stockton and San Joaquin County. |
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Marika Wolfe Marika Wolfe is a painter who exhibits locally and nationally, and has been an arts educator and fine arts librarian. She wants to get other visual artists more involved with the community and to establish more venues for all of the arts in Stockton. |
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