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Ann Kalmbach, Executive Director and
co-founder of WSW
has an MFA
from Rochester Institute of Technology
and a BFA from SUNY New Paltz. Ann has
produced a number of artists' books with
her long-time collaborator, Tatana Kellner,
under the acronym KaKe Art. She has also
been a resident artist at Visual Studies
Workshop, University of Southern Maine,
and the MacDowell Colony. As a co-founder
of WSW, Ann has helped hundreds of artists
print portfolio editions and artists'
books over the years.
ann@wsworkshop.org |
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Tatana Kellner, Artistic Director and
co-founder of WSW
holds an MFA
from Rochester Institute of Technology
and a BA from the University of Toledo.
Tatana (Tana) has received numerous awards
for her work including two New York Foundation
for the Arts individual artists' grants.
She has been an artist-in-residence at
the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, Ragdale,
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts,
Banff Centre, Lightworks, the Millay Colony,
ArtPark and Visual Studies Workshop. Her
work can be viewed at tatanakellner.com.
Tana oversees the artistic quality of
all WSW programs, organizes all juries
for competitive programs, and is responsible
for marketing WSW's artists' books and
portfolios.
tana@wsworkshop.org |
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Anita Wetzel, Development Director
and co-founder of WSW
holds a BFA in Painting from
SUNY New Paltz. Anita has been artist-in-residence
at Blue Mountain Lake Center for the Arts,
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts,
Weir Farm Trust, as well as at international residencies
in France and Spain. As Development Director,
Anita manages all governmental, corporate,
and private sector grants.
anita@wsworkshop.org |
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Robert "Woody" Woodruff , Maintainance
Mogul
has been the nuts and bolts behind WSW
from the beginning. When a press needs
repairing, a beater needs building, a
roof needs replacing, a jig needs designing,
a kiln needs rewiring, a slide rule needs
figuring, or a motorcycle needs tweeking,
Woody has been here to do it.
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Chris Petrone, Studio Manager
has a BFA from
SUNY Purchase in painting, drawing and
printmaking. She supervises the day to
day operation of the papermaking studio.
As Studio Manager, Chris ensures the smooth
operation of all of the printmaking studios.
chris@wsworkshop.org |
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Ruth
McKinney Burket, Clay
Studio Manager
Ruth received her MFA in ceramics at SUNY New Paltz where she
teaches as an adjunct professor. Her work explores
the
link between art and community building and has found that clay
is a
great vessel for bringing people together. As clay studio manager
she
is kept busy maintaining the studio and supervising clay classes
and
events such as WSW’s annual Chili Bowl Fundraiser. She
is always up
for creative conversation over a cozy cup of tea (in hand made
mugs of
course!).
ruth@wsworkshop.org |
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Sarah Burt, Director
of Marketing
Sarah holds a BFA in Film/Video from
The Rhode Island School of Design.
She worked for many years in the motion
picture industry before opening a gallery
in Rosendale with her husband. She currently
lives
in Hurley and is very happy to wipe off
the peanut butter and come down to WSW,
where among other things, she serves
as resident geek, expanding and maintaining
WSW's on-line presence through the website, blog, online
archive, Facebook,
Flickr and
whatever else she can think of.
sarah@wsworkshop.org |
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Sandra Brown, Office Manager
Sandra earned her B.A. in 2006 from Mills
College, in Oakland California, where
she studied English Literature and Book
Arts. While at Mills, she worked as an
assistant at the Heller Rare Book Room & Mills
Center for the Book. When Sandra relocated
to Rosendale for WSW’s
admin internship position, she had no
idea she would become so smitten with
the Binnewater. Now she tries in earnest
to keep the flurry of office activity
properly coordinated. She has also become
close friends with the WSW Vandercook.
sandra@wsworkshop.org |
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Tara Hagen,
Chili Bowl Intern
Tara Hagen was born in Calgary, Canada but grew up in Rochester, NY. In 2011 she graduated from Alfred University with a BFA in printmaking and ceramics. Since then Tara worked as a teaching assistant at the Memorial Art Galleries Creative Workshop. As the Chili Bowl Intern she is looking forward to making some wild bowls and continuing her exploration into merging ceramic and printmaking processes. |
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