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Advisory Council

Artfest International and Art Channel Galleries proudly announce the first 5 of its 13 member Curator Board to review, advise, and recommend art for Artfest International, Art Channel Galleries, and Art Channel.tv:


WILLIAM K. MCELVANEY
FORMAL DEGREES: B.B.A. BANKING AND FINANCE, M.B.A. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, M.DIV, SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY, DALLAS, TX

  • SERVED IN THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AS PASTOR, ADMINISTRATOR, AND TEACHER
  • AUTHOR OF EIGHT PUBLISHED BOOKS
  • A LONG INTEREST IN THE ARTS AS REFLECTED IN THE FAMILY COLLECTION OF SCULPTURES, PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE ART OF THE SOUTHWEST

ELLEN KEY
FORMAL DEGREES: B.A. FINE ARTS IN JOURNALISM

  • JOURNALIST BY PROFESSION, ART ENTHUSIAST BY AVOCATION
  • REPORTER AND FEATURE WRITER FOR TWO DAILY NEWSPAPERS
  • COPYWRITER AND ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE IN DALLAS ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRM
  • PURSUED VISUAL ARTS THRUOGH THE DOCENT PROGRAM AT THE DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART IN 1987 - THIS RIGOROUS AND DEMANDING CURRICULUM PREPARED HER TO DIRECT TOURS THROUGH THE DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART’S COMPREHENSIVE PERMANENT COLLECTION AND SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS.
  • BECAME MANAGER OF MEDIA RELATIONS AT THE DMA (Dallas Museum of Art) IN 1994.
  • COLLECTS ART THAT REFLECTS HER ECLECTIC TASTES INCLUDING AFRICAN SCULPTURE, FOLK ART, AND ABSTRACT PAINTINGS
  • HAS TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND WESTERN EUROPE AFTER RETIREMENT IN 2004.

HARRY THOMPSON
FORMAL DEGREES: B.A., SPEECH & THEATRE, GEORGETOWN COLLEGE M.A. DRAMA, BAYLOR UNIVERSITY PhD

  • STUDIES IN THEATRE ARTS COMPLETED AT UNIVERSITY OF INDIANA
  • DIRECTOR AND PROFESSOR OF THEATRES AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL IN MULTIPLE STATES
  • DESIGNER OF SETS, LIGHTS, COSTUMES, MAKEUP FINE ARTIST WITH ANNUAL SHOWS IN DALLAS AND IN CHICAGO
  • FROM 1980 ARTISTIC CONSULTANT AND DESIGNER FOR THE DALLAS BALLET AND THE JOFFREY BALLET IN NEW YORK CITY
  • CO-FOUNDER OF MAVERICK PRODUCTIONS, A TEXAS CORPORATION FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MOTION PICTURES AND TELEVISION
  • DIRECTED AND PRODUCED IN U.S.A., FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, AND GERMANY
  • ART WORK IN COLLECTIONS IN U.S., CANADA, ENGLAND, EUROPE, AND AFRICA

GUY VANCE BROWN
FORMAL DEGREES: BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE, TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY 1979

  • CURRENTLY PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT AND PRESIDENT OF GUY VANCE BROWN ARCHITECTS, PC, DALLAS, TEXAS
  • EXPERIENCE IN CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO THE IMPORTANCE OF WORKING WITH OTHERS AND GIVING ATTENTION TO DETAILS AND THOROUGHNESS, ALL ATTRIBUTES WHICH HAVE BECOME HIS HALLMARK
  • APPRENTICING UNDER THE EMINENT AND TALENTED EGYPTIAN ARCHITECT, FAROUK SEIF, DISCOVED HIS ARTIST’S VOICE WITHIN.
  • THAT VOICE CONVERSES WITH THE ARTIST’S EYE, DIRECTS THE STROKES ACROSS THE CANVAS, SETS THE SCALE AND PROPORTION FOR ANY PROJECT.
  • HIS PROJECTS ARE NOW FEATURED ALL OVER TEXAS.

ART ROGERS
FORMAL DEGREES: B.A. ARCHITECTURE, MIAMI UNIVERSITY, OHIO; M.A. ARCHITECTURE, RICE INSTITUTE, TEXAS; DIPLOME MENTION TRES BIEN, L’COLE DES BEAUX ARTS, FONTAINBLEU, FRANCE; MFA PROGRAM IN THEATRE, TRINITY UNIVERSITY

  • LICENSED ARCHITECT, STATE OF TEXAS SINCE 1996,
  • MEMBER AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS,
  • NATIONAL COUNCIL OF ARCHITECTURAL EXAMINERS, BOARD CERTIFIED
  • STUDIES UNDER DONALD BARTHLME AT RICE AND UNDER PAUL BAKER AT THE DALLAS THEATRE CENTER WHERE HE WAS AN ACTOR AND SET DESIGNER,
  • APPRENTICED UNDER ARCHITECT O’NEIL FORD,
  • AN ASSOCIATE OF O’NEIL FORD AND ASSOCIATES, AND FOUNDED THE ARTCHITECTS STUDIO IN DALLAS,
  • ALL EMCOMPASSING 37 YEARS OF ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE.
  • VARIOUS MAJOR PROJECTS INCLUDING THE RUTH TAYLOR THEATRE AT TRINITY UNIVERSITY, RESIDENCES, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, AND SEVERAL MUSEUMS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM IN DALLAS.
  • TAUGHT GRADUATE SCHOOL DESIGN AT THE DALLAS THEATRE CENTER AND TEXAS WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY.
    PUBLISHED POET AND MAINTAINS A PRIVATE SCULPTURE STUDIO IN DALLAS, TEXAS

If you are interested in being considered to be added to our Art Channel Galleries featured artists, please send digital photos of your artwork along with a bio, artist photo, and anything else that you would like the advisory board to consider to:

Artfest International, Inc.
ATTN: Advisory Council
15851 Dallas Parkway, Suite 225
Addison, TX 75007
or email your request and photos to: artists@artfestinternational.com