gracelogonew Grass Roots Art and Community Effort has been dedicated to the discovery, development, and promotion of self-taught art to elders and other underserved populations in Vermont since 1975.


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    GRACE Board of Directors 2011-2012



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    Bertold Francke
    Board Member since 1991
    Medical Director, Waterbury State Hospital, Waterbury, VT (retired); Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept of Psychiatry, University of VT College of Medicine; lives in Glover, VT.

    Stephen Ferber - President/Treasurer
    Board member since 1991
    President of Greensboro Garage, Inc., Greensboro, VT; serves on several non-profit boards for arts organizations; contemporary folk art collector; lives in Greensboro, VT.

    George Hemmens
    Board member since 2002
    Professor Emeritus of Urban Planning and Architecture and Emeritus Director of the City Design Center at University of Illinois at Chicago; lives in East Hardwick, VT and spends most days as a potter.

    Joseph Wood
    Board Member since 2007
    Retired Executive VP of Engineering Research & Development for Cybertrust and BBN Corp’s; Active in Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis and other community service oriented non-profits; Commissioner and Chairperson of the Hardwick Electric Department; and, Northeast Kingdom Loan Committee member for Vermont Community Capital; lives in Greensboro, VT. 

    Lois Eby                                                    
    Board member since 2009

    Lois Eby is an artist who has lived in northern Vermont for many years. Her work is in a variety of public and private collections including the Vermont State Art Collection, and she has been a commentator on the arts, civil rights and women’s issues for Vermont Public Radio.  

    Sally Potter
    Board member since 2009
    After 16 years with the Foreign Service, Sally Potter has retired to East Hardwick, Vermont. She has been an involved supporter of GRACE for 30 years and is an avid collector contemporary art.

    John Mandeville
    Board member since 2011
    John is the Executive Director of the Lamoille Economic Development Corporation in Morrisville.  Since moving to Vermont in 2000 he has worked for the New England Culinary Institute, has been an Area Business Advisor for the Vermont Small Business Development Center covering the Northeast Kingdom, Lamoille County, and has most recently been the Director of the Incubator Without Walls program at Lyndon State College: lives in East Hardwick, VT. 

                       


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