She began working as an intern at BIMA through the University of Washington’s Museology Certificate program in 2015 and her passion for finding and creating access points for artists’ voices in the museum is what she gets to do every day with the amazing mentorship and collaboration of the BIMA team. She immediately felt welcomed with the kind of warm hospitality that makes room at the table for you – no closed doors. In 2014, she stepped through the doors of Bainbridge Island Museum of Art for the first time as a visitor and an artist - on the way to show her art at a First Friday Art Walk event in Winslow.
All the while, looking for ways an emerging or under-recognized artist connects to a museum. She has always found herself encouraging other artists to show their work in the community and helping them find creative ways to connect people with their work through music, festivals, home shows, etc. in Art History from the University of Oklahoma and began her museum career as an education assistant at Philbrook Museum of Art. She worked as a barista, singer/songwriter, book artist and wide-eyed dreamer viewed through the lens of her upbringing in the “buckle of the bible belt.” She received her B.A. At BIMA we cook up exhibitions from scratch – we have no real recipe to follow, just great – and fresh - ingredients!”īefore transplanting to Seattle from Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2015, Amy’s experience in the arts had its similarities to many aspiring artists. My job is to mine our regional art world for diverse talent – both long-standing careers that are deserving, and artists that are new (at least to me) in this ever changing landscape. “If I bring anything to BIMA it is endless curiosity. Career highlights include several book projects on Puget Sound artists, serving on the board of the American Craft Council, and volunteering as a strategic facilitator and coach for smaller non-profit organizations. Greg serves the non-profit art community throughnumerous selection panels for exhibitions and awards, including the Betty Bowen Award Committee of Seattle Art Museum since 1999. That’s how he got ‘the bug.’ Subsequently, he held positions including executive director of Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle, director of William Traver Gallery in Tacoma, and executive director of the Museum of Northwest Art (MoNA) in La Conner.
His arts career was accidental – while director of facilities planning at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City in the 1980s, he helped launch one of the largest hospital art collections in the country. Greg grew up in Seattle and went to graduate school in New York City to earn his master’s degree in Public Administration from NYU. Equally passionate about music/art and cooking/gardening, and an unapologetic fan of the ‘festival’ as an art form, she was proud to hear one of her two daughters describe her as a blend of Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart. As a volunteer, board member and advocate for several organizations which deliver essential services to our region, Sheila supports the Downtown Seattle Food Bank, Pike Market Senior Center, Path with Art and Earshot Jazz. Following her departure from One Reel in 2010, Sheila served as Executive Director of several important Pacific Northwest cultural institutions, to include Icicle Creek Center for the Arts, Gage Academy of Art, and now, most enthusiastically, Executive Director of the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art. She served as Principal, Producer and COO of One Reel, the creative powerhouse responsible for Bumbershoot, WOMAD, Summer Nights at the Pier, Lake Union Family Fourth, and Teatro ZinZanni Seattle & San Francisco, as well as dozens of Northwest and touring concerts, theater and circus arts, youth programs and spectacles. Philadelphia-born Sheila Hughes is often mistaken for a Pacific Northwest native, and has been a prominent figure in the Seattle Arts and Non-profit landscape for more than 25 years.
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