Riffe Gallery Director Mary Gray has been employed by the Ohio Arts Council since 1993. During her tenure, Gray has collaborated with scores of Ohio, regional and international artists, curators and art institutions in the presentation or production of over 150 exhibitions of varying themes and mediums.

Gray has juried numerous shows for various museums, galleries and organizations across the state and in the region, and has served as moderator and panel facilitator for OAC and community panel meetings and workshops. She has curated an Otterbein University Faculty exhibition in 2015.

Gray graduated from the University of Michigan in 1983. She currently serves on the City of Columbus Art Commission, and as chair of the Committee for Art Acquisitions for the Commission on the Thomas J. Moyer Judicial Center, Supreme Court of Ohio. Gray is a member of The Ohio State University’s Town and Gown Advisory Committee and on the steering committee of the Central Ohio Visual Arts Consortium.

Nikki Woods, Director, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland Institute of Art

Nikki Woods is the Acting Director of the Reinberger Gallery of the Cleveland Institute of Art. Working previously as the Reinberger Gallery's Project and Visiting Artist Coordinator from 2013- to the Summer of 2017, she has overseen the production of over 40 exhibitions, and over 70 Visiting Artist lectures. Nikki is also a studio artist that is currently represented by Hedge Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio. Her work has been exhibited in regional exhibitions across Northeast Ohio, most recently in her solo exhibition Regrets Only at Hedge Gallery. Her paintings are in several private and public collections including the Progressive Art Collection and the Cleveland Art Association, and were featured in the 2016 film The Charnel House. 

Website: http://www.nikkiwoods.com/

 

Photo by Michael Levy

Alenka Banco, Executive Director, Cleveland Arts Prize
Alenka Banco, veteran arts administrator and entrepreneur, was selected to be the organization's new Executive Director in 2014. Banco had served on the Arts Prize Board since 2007.

Website: Cleveland Arts Prize