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The Arts Council of Kern
Hours:
Open Tues-Fri,
9am-5pm
The Arts Council of Kern, in partnership with the California Arts Council, the County of Kern and local agencies - provides, supports, and promotes arts access, advocacy, and education for all residents and visitors to Kern County.
2000 K Street, Suite
110
Bakersfield, CA 93301
Phone: (661)
324-9000
Fax: (661) 324-1136
Younger Gallery
1430 Truxtun Ave Suite 130
Kern County Board of Trade Tourisim Bureau and Film Commission
ACK Staff and Board Members
JEANETTE RICHARDSON, Executive Director
Ms. Richardson came to the Arts Council after years of being active in Kern County's arts scene. Before moving to Kern County; she worked in the San Francisco Bay area as an artist, teacher, gallery manager, and Director of a private art school. In Kern County, she was the former Assistant Director and Director of Marketing and Development for the Bakersfield Museum of Art. For seven years she hosted and produced both radio and television programs and was the Public Affairs Director for KERO TV 23. More recently she was the Executive Director for the Centennial Celebration Foundation, overseeing over 50 public festivals, events, plays and concerts, and was responsible for raising 2.5 million dollars for the creation of Centennial Plaza. She is an active consultant; creating funding campaigns, and teaching management, media relations, strategic planning, marketing, funding and development to other non-profit organizations. She was educated in the arts at San Jose State University and in non-profit management from CSUB and Indiania State University.
JILL EGLAND, Director of Special Projects
Jill regularly employs both sides of her brain, being both a musician with the bands Banshee in the Kitchen and Mama's MidLife Crisis as well as a research and evaluation program specialist. Post college (University of Redlands, Communications emphasis), Jill travelled and worked overseas as a community development consultant. She re-entered the States a decade later via NYC, lived in the Lower East Side, studied photography at the New College and Pratt Institute, worked at the UNDP, travelled to Africa evaluating community-based health systems, had a baby, and came home to Bakersfield. Go figure. At the Arts Council, she's who you talk to when you just know you've got a great idea for an arts project in your neck of the woods. Or desert. She's also responsible for developing pilot arts projects with partner organizations and agencies, like the Kern Regional Center, the California Bluegrass Association, the Writers of Kern, and the Highway 178 Initiative. Then, she figures out how to implement them and evaluate their efficacy. She loves her job.
NICOLE SAINT-JOHN, Director of the Visual Arts Workshop
SUE DEININGER, Communications
LAURA WOLFE, Fundraising and Development
BARBARA MINOR, Finance Director
Barbara has 7 years experience working in public agencies - 2 years of which have been in grant writing for nonprofit agencies. She received her Master's in Public Administration in 2005 from California State University, Bakersfield. She is a member of American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) and recently served as Vice President then President of the local chapter. She is a lifetime member of Pi Alpha Alpha and Psi Chi national honor societies, and a committed promoter of philanthropy, education, the arts, and our beautifully diverse Kern County.
HOLLY BIKAKIS, Graphic Designer
Holly comes to us with over 13 years experience in graphic design. She graduated from San Diego State with a bachelors degree in graphic design. She started at The Bakersfield Californian in the Marketing Department doing in-house promotional work and special projects. Then she went on to become a partner at a design firm, Design Garden doing design work for a variety of advertising agencies and clients. After that and the birth of three boys, a freelance design career followed. As her hobby, a passion for mosaics was pursued. She trained at the Institute for Mosaics Arts in the bay area allowing her the technical advantage over the weekend crafter. She has designed several pieces over the years from classical to whimsical.
CARLIN A. JONES, Social Media Manager
Carlin “C.J.” Jones is the marketing associate and social media guru for the Arts Council of Kern. He has 12 years of experience web design and content management and 5 years web marketing. More recently, he has gained the nickname of “social media cowboy” for wrangling up community leaders to get on board with online interactivity. He manages five local websites and facilitates 10 Facebook fan pages for community groups, including Arts Council of Kern, Arvin Green Arts, Taft Oilworker Monument, Kern Veterans Memorial Foundation (kernvets.org) and Bakersfield Green Expo. He is public relations and membership chairman for the Bakersfield Host Lions Club. Before coming to work for the Arts Council of Kern, Carlin worked as marketing director for the Downtown Business Association, owned a pizza restaurant, was a kitchen and bath designer and served as an engineer in the U.S. Army. He is very proud of his son, whose science project recently took second place in his grade level.
KARI HUNTER, Assistant to the Executive Director
Kari was born in Bakersfield, California and spent most of her youth in Sumatra, Indonesia, with her globetrotting family. After Indonesia, her family moved to Aurora Colorado where they resided for four years. Then, it was back to Bakersfield where she finished high school. She earned her BA in Sociology at Cal State University, Northridge. After graduation, Kari landed a job with a documentary television production company in Los Angeles. A few years in Hollywood was enough to bring her back to Bakersfield where she is having a much better time advocating for the arts and artists in Kern County.
BOARD OFFICERS
Cathy Butler
Mary Amelia Cavazos-Reyna
Vice President
Secretary
Pamela Clement
Treasurer
BOARD MEMBERS
Chela Brehmer
Nancy Clark
Eileen Ettinger
Pamela Clement
David Coffey
Jim Davis
Jan Fulton
Christine Goedhart-Humphrey
Anthony Goss
Jorge Guillen
Margaret Lemucchi
Lili Marsh
Anthony Nuno
Jeanette Richardson
Nancy Stoller
Joshua Wilson
Betty Younger
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