MEET OUR AMAZING VOLUNTEER BOARD:
Jess Bean
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Executive Director
Jess is a full time muralist with 20 years experience and a passion for helping emerging artists. She resides in Fort Collins and has coached artists across the US in residential and commercial murals. Her goal is to bring large scale public art to local businesses to keep Fort Collins vibrant. When they’re not working (rare moment) you can find her visiting new businesses in town or out in nature with her two rescue pups.
Chelsea Gilmore she/her
Artists & Events Director
Chelsea Gilmore is a professional artist focused on sculptural installation and mural works. Based in Northern Colorado, she works as arts and events coordinator with an arts nonprofit, cultivating a sense of belonging through community connections and vibrant cultural opportunities. Chelsea has a deep reverence for the wild and natural world— finding inspiration in the smallest of spaces and expresses these moments in a macrocosmic perspective. Find Chelsea making art for the people around town, walking by the river, or slinging drinks at Wolverine Farm Publick House.
Mēgan Kelly
she/her
Project Manager & Secretary
Mēgan is a longtime resident and lover of Fort Collins who enjoys finding beauty in the unexpected. A creator herself in clay and fiber, she is passionate about supporting the artists that make our community authentic and transforming the mundane into the unexpected.
Lauren Nagle they/them
Grants & Volunteers Director & Treasurer
Lauren spends a lot of time on two wheels, pedaling to the far reaches of their mind and the earth. There was also that one time Lauren won an award at an art competition in middle school, probably for participating. Nowadays you can find Lauren either in their home darkroom, painting some kind of bird, or obsessively checking the height of art hung on a wall.
Becca Johnson she/her
Marketing Director
Rebecca is an aspiring conservationist with a passion for farming and a love of community. She was born in South Carolina, lives in Fort Collins, and is drawn to and inspired by the nature of the American West, exploration, and what it means to have a sense of place. Rebecca works in communications and nonprofit management. You can mostly find her outside, and probably dehydrated.
Anne Rose Cendak she/her
Communications Director
Anne Rose is a self-taught Fort Collins-based watercolor and mixed media artist. She has been in Colorado for over a decade and believes that if you create art, you are an artist! She loves connecting with the community and draws inspiration from nature and being outdoors. You can find her bartending at the Town Pump, at The Aggie Theatre, or doing everything at Settle Down Studio.