Ursula Gullow serves as the MAP's Board Chair. Sheis a visual artist, arts writer, and painting teacher at AB Tech Community College in Asheville, NC. Since moving to Asheville in 2003, she has been involved in a number of projects ranging from the production of her own public access television show, to the staging of interactive art installations. She is an avid supporter of the burgeoning interdisciplinary and new media art scene in Asheville.
Andrea Desky, Vice-Chair (bio coming soon)
Sarah Bonner, Secretary (bio coming soon)
David Kareken, Treasurer,is a media based artist and educator. He holds an MFA from the California College of the Arts in Film, Video and Performance Art and has exhibited his video based artwork nationally. He also holds a BFA from The Minneapolis College of Art and Design in Graphic Design, and an MA in Studio Art from Western Carolina University. He has worked as a Graphic Designer, a stage performer, a rock and roll drummer and more recently spent his days teaching whitewater skills and traveling the world in search of excellent rivers. He is currently teaching Computer Generated Art, Design and Videography at A-B Tech.
James Baudoin, Immediate Past Chair, is also the Executive Director and Project Manager for the Performance Center in Asheville, a future multipurpose venue to serve Western North Carolina. He has worked in the same capacity with projects from design through opening in Arizona, Texas and Georgia. Each of his projects have included video centers and supported a wide range of multimedia artists, as will the Asheville complex.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sara Baird is the artistic director, choreographer and a performer of Anemone Dance Theater. Sara layers video projections, original music and sculptural costumes to create multimedia Butoh-inspired performances. She uses the human body as a reflective canvas for projection and uses projection to create specific environments in which the performances exist. Sara is a collaborative artist and enjoys the process of building large scale works with artists in other mediums. She holds an MFA from the University of Wisconsin (2005) and a BFA from Florida State University (1993). Dancing professionally for 20 years, Baird has produced many NYC seasons and toured the U.S., South America and Europe. She relocated to Asheville in July 2009.
Hilary McVicker is the Communicatrix for The Elumenati, an immersive projection and interactive media design firm with a global client base. She returned to Asheville after several years in San Francisco, where she managed marketing for the largest industry event for videogame creators, including offshoot events in London and Shanghai and its ancillary print and web media. Her experience includes extensive design management and community building through social networking, as well as amateur filmmaking and video editing on both coasts. Outside work, she is a bookworm, a cinephile, and a fashionista.
