Sculpture Valley Board of Directors 25/28
A broadly engaged group of artists and arts advocates propelling our mission forward in the Fox Valley.
A new Board will be elected in the fall of 2024, please consider becoming a member of the Sculpture Valley BOD
2025-2028 BOARD of DIRECTORS
Creative Downtown
Jennifer Stephany - Chair
Executive Director - Appleton Downtown Incorporated
Jennifer has been with us for many years, often steering ADi and Sculpture Valley initiatives down parallel paths to fruition. She continues to play a vital role in securing sponsorship and support for our ACREofART project and there is no better word to describe her value to this organization, and our mission, than "priceless."
Trout Museum
Alex Schultz - Vice-Chair Founder and President 2011-present
Owner - Phixed
Alex has been at this from the very beginning, serving as the organization's President for many years as it slowly developed into the flagship public arts organization it is today. His guiding influence has shaped many public arts policy decisions and under his leadership, advocacy for the arts in Appleton has never been stronger.
Christina Turner - Secretary
Executive Director - Trout Museum of ( Modern ) Art
At our beginnings in 1960, the Appleton Artists Guild set out to provide educational opportunities for local artists, create a suitable viewing gallery, and amass a permanent collection. Sharing and critiquing artwork and technique had been the very first activities pursued by the guild. We established our first gallery on Morrison Street in 1972 as the Appleton Gallery of Art, and moved to our current location on College Avenue as the Appleton Art Center in 2002. Then, in 2010, Dr. Monroe E. and Sandra Trout gifted their collection to the Appleton Art Center in 2010 along with a $1 million endowment to preserve, protect and promote the collection. Their generosity fulfilled our longtime hope to have a permanent collection of visual art right here in Northeast Wisconsin, now as The Trout Museum of Art.
Pam Seidl - Treasurer
Executive Director - Fox Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau
The Fox Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau strengthens the local economy by investing in and promoting our community. In the Fox Cities, which includes 19 communities, visitor spending totaled approximately $466 million in 2021. This direct spending supported more than 4,652 jobs and $117 million in income for Fox Cities residents. www.foxcities.org