Terrie Sultan, Executive Director Parrish Art Museum
Before acquiring the Directorship of the Parrish Art Museum, Ms. Sultan served in senior positions at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and most recently at the Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston.
As Director of the Blaffer Gallery since 2000, Ms. Sultan dramatically reorganized the artistic direction of the exhibition, publication, and education program, organizing exhibitions (many of them traveling to other institutions) such as Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration; co-founded a new university-wide interdisciplinary center for the arts with a $20-million endowment fund; undertook a citywide outreach program that dramatically increased attendance and corporate, foundation and individual support; and implemented a new five-year, $20-million strategic plan for expansion and renovation.
Prior to joining the Blaffer Gallery, Ms. Sultan served as Curator of Contemporary Art at the Corcoran Gallery of Art (1988 to 1999) and as Interim Chief Curator (1999). While at the Corcoran, she organized 37 special exhibitions; developed a strategic plan for contemporary art acquisitions and acquired more than 150 works in all media. During her time at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, from 1986 to 1988, Ms. Sultan served as Director of Public Affairs and Public Programs, initiating a program of panel discussions, lectures and performances with a focus on adult education. Educated at Syracuse University (BFA in Fine Arts, 1973), the Center for Museum Studies at John F. Kennedy University (MA in Museum Studies, 1985) and the Museum Leadership Institute of the Getty Center (2004), she was a founding board member of Etant donnés, the French-American Endowment for Contemporary Art, and in 2003 was made a Chevalier in France’s Ordre des Arts et Lettres.
Charles A. Riley II, PhD
Charles A. Riley II, PhD is a professor at Baruch College/City University of New York, a curator, author and arts journalist. His articles on art and the art market have appeared in several magazines, including Art+Auction, Antique Monthly, Art & Antiques, New York, Antiques and Fine Art, and Opera News. He is author of twenty-eight books including The Jazz Age in France (Abrams), Art at Lincoln Center (Wiley), Aristocracy and the Modern Imagination, The Saints of Modern Art, and Color Codes (all from the University Press of New England). As curator-at-large for the Nassau County Museum of Art he has been responsible for exhibitions dedicated to the works of Picasso as well as the Surrealists. He has curated exhibitions in New York, Berlin, Amsterdam, China and Lausanne, Switzerland. He lives and writes in Cutchogue and Manhattan.
Craig Zammiello
Craig Zammiello is a Master Printer with 30 years experience in all areas of printmaking. He is author of a studio manual on photogravure and a forthcoming book published by the Yale University Art Gallery, of interviews with artists he has collaborated with over the past 15 years.
Zammiello worked 25 years at Universal Limited Art Editions, where he collaborated with numerous artists, notably Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Elizabeth Murray, Terry Winters and Kiki Smith. Currently he is master printer at Two Palms and working with Cecily Brown, Carroll Dunham, Ellen Gallagher, Elizabeth Peyton, Chris Ofili, Mel Bochner and Matthew Ritchie.
He received an M.F.A. from Suny at Stony Brook in 1995. He has taught numerous workshops and classes at New York University, Yale University and the Flemish Government Center for the Graphic Arts. He is presently an adjunct professor at Columbia University in NYC.
He has exhibited his own work in the US and abroad. His prints can be found in the collections of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp, Belgium, Yale University Art Gallery and the Hoesch Museum in Duren, Germany.
“As for what I look for in a work for the show, that’s really a hard point to nail down. It’s such a difficult thing that entails so many criteria at once, from intangible factors to pure technique... I guess I look at the whole piece for what it is and how it strikes me, no real point system at work, more visceral.... wow, hard to put in words ."
Kathy Curran
An interest in Long Island history led artist and art teacher Kathy Curran to pursue a degree in American Folk Art. Studying for a Master's in American Folk Art at New York University, under two Directors of the American Museum of Folk Art, Dr. Robert Bishop and Dr. Gerald Werkin, Mrs. Curran was exposed to the topics traditional and contemporary themes. Research and interest in Long Island's Folk Art led to her curating "Reflections of the Sea: Long Island's Maritime Folk Art" at the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum and "To Blush Unseen: 19th Century Long Island Women" at Hofstra University. Both these exhibitions were accompanied by symposiums under the auspices of Dr. Natalie Naylor Director of the Long Island Studies Institute. Since 2007 Kathy Curran has been the Exhibition and Public Program Coordinator for the Suffolk County Historical Society, curating or installing all their exhibitions. Most recently, Mrs. Curran curated the exhibiton "Honest Abe" of the paintings by the world reknowned living folk artist Malcah Zeldis shown at the Suffolk County Historical Society to accompany the history exhibition "Patriots Come Forth: Suffolk County's Role in the Civil War." In her capacity as Exhibition and Public Program Coordinator Kathy Curran has collaborated with East End arts on two successful projects. Mrs. Curran and has just recently been appointed the Curatorial Administrator for the Islip Art Museum.
Glynis Margaret Berry, AIA, LEED AP
Glynis Berry is the owner and director of art sites www.artsitesgallery.com. Art sites was one of the three original galleries that kickstarted Greenport’s art scene. In 2004 art sites moved to Riverhead where the large space and site accommodates more diverse presentations. The gallery is known for its contemporary, ceramic and environmental art. The shows have received reviews from both local and national press, including the New York Times and Art in America. Glynis is also an architect and urban designer and personally is interested in its role as the bridge between community and environment. Her study proposing alternative approaches to street lighting received New York Foundation for the Arts sponsorship. In March month she was featured on a panel discussing the environmental artist for the NY Foundation of the Arts.
Pamela Williams is the owner and director of the Pamela Williams Gallery in Amagansett, www.pamelawilliamsgallery.com which is embarking on its 7th year. For ten years previous, she was one of the directors of the Lizan Tops Gallery in East Hampton.
Exhibiting contemporary painting, photography and sculpture, PWG hosts a fine roster of established and emerging artists, many of whom live and work on the East End.
Christina Mossaides Strassfield is the Museum Director/Chief Curator of Guild Hall Museum in East Hampton, New York.. During her tenure she has transformed what was once a small sleepy museum into a vital Mecca for the visual arts which has been recognized by reviews in The New York Times, Art in America, Art News, New York Magazine, The New York Sun, Newsday and many other publications. The mission statement of the museum is to showcase the artists who have an affiliation with Eastern Suffolk County. Close proximity to NYC has made the Hampton's the summer home for most of the New York Art world. This has allowed Strassfield to forge close relationships with the artist's, dealers and collectors who shape the New York Art World. Christina has curated exhibitions of numerous internationally recognized artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, Chuck Close, Eric Fischl, David Salle, Ross Bleckner, April Gornik, John Chamberlain, Larry River, Hans Namuth etc. and most recently Cindy Sherman, Dan Flavin and Billy Sullivan. Each of the artists has formed a bond with the institution in part because of the wonderful experience of working with such a seasoned and generous professional. This holds equally true of her commitment to champion the works of lesser known artists. She has been instrumental in coordinating biannual group invitational's which have led to the discovery of exciting new artists and received acclaim from art critics as well as the general public.
Tulla Booth Tulla Booth is an award winning photographer known both national and internationally. Her work has been exhibited in museums and appears in many well known private collections. Ms Booth's flower photographic studies both celebrate and acknowledge the existence of the beauty of nature. The larger than life presentation is very exciting and allows the viewer to see the most minute details often missed by the human eye. "The brilliant intensity of Ms. Booth's flower studies is said to be a byproduct of her jewelry work as a jewelry designer, and one can certainly see the jewel-like luminosity in the glowing petal of tulips, sunflowers, poppies, roses and other blossoms. In her landscapes views Ms Booth subdues the color and heightens the atmosphere". -Helen Harrison, New York Times, March 5, 1995. Through out her many years as a designer and photographer her reputation as a fine art colorist is renowned. Her newest body of work "Jewels of the Garden" combines both passions the garden and jewels. The Tulla Booth Gallery has been in business going on 7 years. We represent twenty-two fine art photographers both established and emerging. Offering our clients beautiful, timeless and authentic art images that will enhance their lifestyle and surroundings. We visit their homes/businesses to help guide their selections. In essence we help curate their personal Collections. The Gallery is constantly complimented on the great taste level of the work collected and curated by Ms Booth. The Tulla Booth Gallery is located at 66 Main Street, PO Box 547 Sag Harbor, NY 11963. 631-725-3100 /www.tullaboothgallery.com / Artnet.com
Kimberly Goff is an art dealer/curator who went to work for the Elaine Benson Gallery and Sculpture Garden in 1993 and became a partner in the gallery in 1996. The Benson Gallery was started by Emaunuel and Elaine Benson in 1965 and was based in Bridgehampton, Long Island until 2006. Elaine Benson was Kimberly’s mother. Emanuel Benson died in 1971 at which point the gallery became the Elaine Benson Gallery. Ms. Goff succeeded her mother upon her death in 1998 and has now joined Julie Keyes as a partner in “Benson-Keyes Arts” and will be curating under that name.As a community minded activist, Kimberly is involved with local charities and fundraising. She sits on the board of SoFo (South Fork Natural History Museum) and Robert Wilson’s, Watermill Center Community Board. She is a freelance photographer for Dan’s Papers.Ms. Goff is also a painter and is represented by Peter Marcelle. She started painting ‘wearable art” when she owned a boutique in Bridgehampton 1974-1986. She has shown locally in many galleries and contributed to charity auctions including the Plate Auction for the Retreat, the Bird House Auction for the Breast Cancer Coalition, the Cigar Box Auction for East End Hospice, and sneaker auction for Ellen’s Run. She has worked in many forms including ceramics, mixed media, collage, and has taught art workshops for children.Hobbies include fishing, kayaking, gardening, cooking, writing, and foreign travel. Ms. Goff is an ecologist. She is bilingual in Spanish and English. She shares her time between the Baja Peninsula in Mexico and the Eastern end of Long Island. She and her husband also enjoy exploring new territory. She is married to the writer, Owain Hughes.
Gail Altomare currently showing 4 paintings at Chrysalis Gallery in Southampton and recently exhibited12 ceramic sculptures at Bravura Gallery in Southampton. She has also shown at Arlene Burgese Gallery at the Benton Plaza and two of her paintings were chosen at the Parrish Juried show . Ms Altomare has taught Art at Southampton High School for the past 23 years. She paints under the name Gail Miro.
Margery Gosnell-Qua is a painter and ceramicist who lives on the east end of Long Island. She received an MFA in Painting and an MS in Art History from Pratt Institute in 1996, where she traveled abroad to study Painting in Tuscany and Art History in Venice, Italy. Ms. Gosnell-Qua worked as an assistant to painter Mary Buckley (Professor Emeritus, Pratt’s 1992 Institute Distinguished Professor), where she documented Buckley’s colorist sensibility and artistic discovery.
Ms. Gosnell-Qua’s paintings and prints are in private collections in the US and in Europe. Her awards include the “Art League of Long Island Award,” 2001, given at the Annual L.I. Artist’s Exhibit at the Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY. Ms. Gosnell-Qua is an Assistant Professor of art and art history at Suffolk County Community College (SCCC) and Director of The Lyceum Gallery located at the SCCC Eastern Campus in Riverhead.
