- President: Jason Mones
- Vice President: Madeleine Cutrona
- Treasurer: Debra Priestly
- Secretary: Jay Sherman-Godfrey
- Zachary Bowman
- Sophi Kravitz
- Benjamin Clark
- Kristin Flynn
Board Emeritus
Anne Bailey
Ray Curran
Richard Frumess
Margaret S. Inge
Jason Mones
Jason Mones is an educator and artist living in Kingston. Having worked as a professor at various colleges in the northeast, Jason has an extensive background in teaching the visual arts to people of all ages. He has a passion for providing creative opportunities to Kingston’s underserved communities through fostering active engagement in the arts.
Madeleine Cutrona
Madeleine Cutrona, Vice President, is a visual artist and cultural worker. She makes ceramic sculptures and installations that explore the world around her and the world she wants to exist. Madeleine is the Director of Fiscal Sponsorship at the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) where she helps artists fundraise and manage their projects. She is interested in how artists garner resources, build support, and hone skills to execute their visions.
Debra Priestly
Debra Priestly is a visual artist exploring themes of memory, ancestry, history, and cultural preservation. Her work is widely exhibited and part of numerous collections, including the Albany Institute of History and Art, the Francis Greenburger Collection, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the Sandor Family Collection, and the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection. It has appeared in Art in America, BOMB magazine, dART International, The New York Times, and other publications. Awards include two New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships in Painting, Art Omi Residency, The Marie Walsh Sharpe’s The Space Program Residency, and the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Studio Immersion Project Fellowship. She holds an MFA from Pratt Institute and a BFA from The Ohio State University. Priestly lives and works in New York City and Upstate New York. She taught art at various institutions, including Sarah Lawrence College, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, and Queens College, City University of New York, where she was recently designated Professor Emerita.
Jay Sherman-Godfrey
Jay Sherman-Godfrey is a native of Michigan and long-time NYC resident. He moved to Kingston full time in 2021 with his partner Renée Stonebraker. Working in advertising and communications since graduating from NYU’s film school in the mid 1980s, he is currently an editorial director and brand strategist at Thinkso, a New York-based creative agency.
Zachary Bowman
Zachary Bowman is an arts educator and administrator currently serving as the Manager of Education and Visitor Experience at The Dorsky Museum on the campus of SUNY New Paltz. He was previously the Senior Manager of Visitor Engagement and School Programs at MoMA PS1 and a Museum Educator at The Guggenheim Museum in New York City. He is passionate about using art to strengthen community bonds, breaking down barriers between arts organizations and their surrounding communities, and making art museums welcoming spaces for those who don’t feel welcome.
Sophi Kravitz
Sophi Kravitz is a sculptor, engineer, and business owner. She was born in Poughkeepsie and is a SUNY New Paltz graduate. Sophi’s first public art was a giant faux birthday cake for Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC). The cake was installed on a tall pedestal via helicopter on Fire Island to the dancing joy of thousands. With that, her intention to bring community together over art (and food!) was cemented. Her company MIX-E focuses on Business Development and Operations in the technology space.
Benjamin Clark
Benjamin Clark is Kingston born and a graduate of SUNY New Paltz. A ceramic artist by trade, he creates functional and sculptural pottery while also teaching ceramics locally, sharing his passion for clay and craftsmanship with the community
Kristin Flynn
Kristin Flynn is a visual artist living and working in the Hudson Valley of upstate New York. She holds a BFA from Parsons School of Design, an A.A.S. from Rochester Institute of Technology, and studied painting at Marylhurst University. Flynn had an extensive career in the fashion industry, primarily as an apparel designer at Nike in Portland, Oregon. After moving to the Hudson Valley, she became a college professor in art and fashion. She created and directed a fashion design program at SUNY Ulster Community College, which she led for nine years.
