Jan Williamson is the Executive Director of the 18th Street Arts Center. She joined 18th Street in 1995 as the General Manager and from 1996 to 2006, she was Co-Executive Director with Clayton Campbell. During her tenure she has led the effort to purchase the 18th Street property, developed 18th Street¹s model Residency Program and Arts Education Program and and is now leading the effort to envision and plan 18th Street¹s new expanded facility. Through 18th Street she consults on professional development for individual artists and small nonprofit arts organizations and the operation of multi-tenant nonprofits. She holds a certification from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders and a Bachelor¹s degree in Fine Art from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is an active
member of the Santa Monica City Arts Commission, and serves on Commission¹s Artist Live-Work Task Force. Before coming to 18th Street she was a founding
team-member for artist Tom Van Sant's visionary GeoSphere Project, the first satellite composite map of the Earth free of clouds and a state-of-the-art interactive multimedia program for museums and planetariums. As the GeoSphere's Director of Operations she oversaw the production and licensing of giant globes and maps for Earth Situation Rooms which were installed in the United States, Brazil, Japan, and Spain. Prior to the GeoSphere Project she served for seven years in the museum field as a preparator and registrar.

Clayton Campbell is an artist and arts organizer who has been with 18th Street Arts Center since 1995 and currently holds the position of Artistic Director. He specializes in international cultural exchange and artist residencies and is the Artist Residency Advisor, United States Artists; and past  President of the International Network of Residential Arts Centers, (Res Artis). He has been a trustee of the Alliance of Artist Communities; consultant for the government of Taiwan’s international artist in residence program; the Rockefeller Bellagio artist residency program; and for the UCLA Fowler Museum’s public arts programming.

His past experience as an arts organizer includes; Program Director, the Kampo Cultural Center, New York; Production Manager, Theater of the Open Eye and the Joseph Campbell Foundation, New York; and Founder, the Performing Space, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Mr. Campbell writes extensively on the arts. He is the Los Angeles Editor of Contemporary magazine, London; Los Angeles Correspondent for Flash Art magazine, Milan, Italy; and contributor to Afterimage magazine, New York; THE Magazine of Santa Fe: Object Journal of Contemporary Design, Australia; DART International magazine ,Toronto; Art Press, Paris, France.

In 2002 Clayton was awarded by the French Government the title “Chevalier de les Artes et Letres, for his work in international cultural exchange.

Campbell’s conceptual and public practice art work focuses on commentary and investigates issues of diversity and social justice. He exhibits his projects and photographic and media works at museums and galleries. His work is in major collections including the Library of Congress, the Phoenix Art Museum, and the Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, and the Center for Political Graphics. His most recent exhibition, “Words My Son Has Learned Since 9-11” was shown at the Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, Paris; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s LACMA Lab; the Higher Bridges Arts Center, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland; and was part of a retrospective exhibit which traveled through Croatia. In 2008 it will travel to the Wyspa Foundation in Gdansk, Poland, and the Center for the Study of the South in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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Ronald Lopez, 33, is an artist and curator with a devotion to emerging art and social justice. He has produced provocative art for more than a decade and has helped to implement city art programs in Los Angeles and Istanbul, Turkey. While in Istanbul, Lopez founded and developed the Aden Art Center (March 2002), a national, non-profit creative center for young and emerging artists. The Center featured an international program that included an artist-in-residence program and an exchange component for festivals.

Last year Lopez helped re-develop the artist-in-residency program at 18th Street. He also introduced audiences to the U.S. version of "Does Religion Kill?" (November 2006), a thought provoking group exhibition featuring video, illustration, drawing and an interactive dialogue mural. "Does Religion Kill?" first premiered at Turkey's 9th International Istanbul Biennial in September 2005.

Lopez has also participated in public art forums, including speaking engagements at the Alliance for Artists Communities' annual conference at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA and at the Res Artis' annual conference at Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo in Mexico City.

Recently, Lopez helped manage Couturier Gallery in Los Angeles, an establishment known for showcasing Latin American and American art. Lopez is a native Angeleno and has returned to his roots after several years in the Middle East.

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Ramla is a graduate of California State University, a certified visitation
monitor, and has been an administrator in the legal and construction fields.
Prior to joining 18th Street, she held the position of Administrator of
Chagdud Gonpa Foundation, a non-profit international Nyingma Buddhist
organization focused on the preservation of the arts, culture, philosophy
and meditation practices of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. Ramla
has traveled extensively in Europe and Asia, arranged pilgrimages, and
designed sacred space in both the private and public sectors. As Business
Manager, she is responsible for the management and administration so
essential to the success of the 18th Street Arts Center.

Adela has been with 18th Street Art Center practically from the day it opened in 1988. As a staff member, she ensures that the studios for the visiting artists are prepared for each incoming artist and she beautifies and cleans the gallery, offices and common areas of the Center.

New Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Summer Interns for 2008

The Multicultural Undergraduate Internships at the Getty are intended specifically for outstanding students who are members of groups currently underrepresented in museum professions and fields related to the visual arts: individuals of African American, Asian, Latino/Hispanic, Native American, and Pacific Islander descent.
The interns chosen for the program are completely made possible by the Getty Foundation.

Alexandra “Zandie” Brockett, Catalogue Design/Gallery Assistant

Alexandra "Zandie" Brockett is a rising senior at Duke University and is studying Sociology and Photography and is also receiving a Certificate in Markets and Management.  As a resident of San Marino, CA, she hopes to move to Buenos Aires, Argentina after she graduates to work on her photographic portfolio so that she may either return to school to receive her MFA in fine art photography or to remain working within the art world.  Zandie is the editor-in-chief of "Latent Image," Duke's Black & White photography publication, and so she hopes to eventually work as a photography editor for a publication or as a professional photographer.  She is an avid volleyball player and her favorite things include the beach and live music.

Olorunbunmi Hambolu, Public Art Planning Assistant

Olorunbunmi Hambolu is a rising senior at University of Southern California and is studying Political Science with a concentration in African American Studies.  At school she is involved with the Journal of Law and Society, the Phi Alpha Delta Sorority, as well as ONE Campaign, a non-profit designed to end poverty around the world.  Olorunbunmi hopes to be an attorney specializing in comparative politics and diplomacy and her hobbies include reading and dancing to 80's rock.

Ms. Ellman is the founder and president of Art Source L.A., Inc. a worldwide full service fine art consulting firm.
Ms. Ellman is active in the arts community and has given seminars and lectures on the local and national level for organizations such as the San Francisco Art Institute, University of California at Los Angeles, Harvard Business School and California Lawyers for the Arts. She has curated critically acclaimed solo and group shows, as well as numerous exhibition projects for more than thirty-five years. In addition to the 18th Street Arts Center she has served as a docent for nine years for the Venice Art Walk, volunteered for Inner City Arts, Chrysalis and other community organizations.

Joan Annett

It is with deep sadness that 18th Street Arts Center announces the death of Joan Annett, our beloved friend, colleague, and partner.

Joan was a pioneer and leader in the Senior Health & Housing industry and she played a crucial role in bringing her tenacious energy to 18th Street Arts Center.

Joan will be dearly missed by her family, friends, and colleagues here at the center.