Whidbey Island Art Council Board of Directors
We are a small working board dedicated to working diligently for the prosperity of the Whidbey Island Arts Community.
We are a small working board dedicated to working diligently for the prosperity of the Whidbey Island Arts Community.
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Kay Parsons, President
Kay is an artist working in the medium of watercolor and also a graphic design artist. She lives just off of Penn Cove and volunteers for the Council, Whidbey Working Artists and Spin Cafe. Kay graduated St. Mary's College of Southern Maryland, served in the United Stated Navy as an air traffic controller before settling on Whidbey Island with her partner and spouse of 30 years, Diane. lookingglasscottage.com lookingglasscottage@gmail.com |
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Tom Harris, Vice President
Tom is a recent transplant to Whidbey Island from the midwest. He capped off a 30 year career in Community Banking, 19 years in local government including 11 years as a city councilman, serving on numerous city boards and commissions including municipal power, parks and rec, historic preservation, planning and zoning and community branding. He worked for 11 years helping to organize a signature community festival concentrating in public relations and marketing. But above all, helping groups and organizations see the big picture and focus on the path ahead. Along the way Tom found photography to be a powerful artistic outlet and is spending quality time discovering his new home through the lens of a Nikon. tomharrisphoto@whidbey.com |
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Catherine Reid, Secretary
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Diane Cheek, Treasurer
Diane graduated from the University of Georgia with a BBA. She served in the US Navy as a Flight Engineer and Aviation Electrician, retiring after 27 years. She has performed volunteer work for the Disabled American Veterans and is pleased to be currently involved with the arts and culture of Whidbey Island. diane.a.cheek@gmail.com |
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Mike Diamanti, Membership Program Director
Mike Diamanti has a background in decorative painting, a lifelong love of wood, and an interest in color, stains, and finishes. His work uses water-based stains and flat latex paint, finished in either water-based sealers or a cold wax treatment. You can reach Mike at his home phone (360 678-3598) if you have questions. He lives on Whidbey Island. Old glass, old paper, and old furniture sparked collectables. Art history and classics laid the foundation. Refinish and repaint moved me into the exterior world. Decorative painting opened me to creativity. Now I embrace wood grain, stain, paint and finishes.
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Sheila Weidendorf, Music Programs Director
Music Programming Director Sheila Weidendorf is a professional pianist & harpsichordist, regularly performing chamber music concerts here in the Pacific Northwest. She is also the founder and Artistic Director of Island Consort, one of WIAC's umbrella partners. When not immersed in the world of chamber music, she can be found teaching piano out of her home studio, providing musical direction for area musical theater productions or even playing the occasional pop or jazz gig, as the mood strikes. A resident of Whidbey Island since 2010, Sheila hails from Minneapolis, MN where--in the distant past--she earned her BA in Piano Performance from the University of Minnesota School of Music and (following injury that kept her away from the keyboard for a few years) her MA in Feminist Theology from United Theological Seminary. Sheila is devoted to music, musicians, sharing the love of music broadly and working to create a true culture of support for quality music performance here on Whidbey Island. sweidendorf@whidbey.com |
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Elizabeth Herbert, Performing Arts Director
Over 40 years combined experience in acting and directing, teaching, coaching, child development, operations management, personnel training, supervision and motivation, public relations. Member of South Coast Repertory Theatre’s resident acting company straight out of college, actor and Board Member of Theatre 40 in Beverly Hills for ten years. Professional actress beginning at age four in Los Angeles. penncoveproductions@gmail.com |
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Barb Mosher, Newsletter Editor
I am excited to be part of the growth of this organization. I see a group of devoted creatives working together to expand and enrich the community of artists on the island. My writing is my solace, a place of contemplation, or a symbolic billboard where creativity takes another form. Over the years I have written for communication journals, educational facilities and small businesses. I currently am writing a children’s book “ Big Hair” and I am a contributor to the Huff Post. (to see my recent blogs www.huffingtonpost.com/author/barbara-mosher). Send info for the newsletter barbmosher.artist@gmail.com |
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