ART IN THE HOLLOW
MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY ADVISORY PANEL

Art In The Hollow is a project of Friends of Swede Hollow and operates under the leadership of its Multicultural Community Advisory Panel. The advisory panel consists of members of the Swede Hollow community, local nonprofit organizations and businesses, and local artists.
 
Panel members assist and give guidance in planning and execution of Art In The Hollow. They bring together all of the community fair's components to contribute to the overall image and success of the event.

To join the Multicultural Community Advisory Panel, contact Romi Slowiak. (click on name to activate)

Advisory Panel

Thelma Stone

Erick Wiger

Juan Parker

Milo Cutter

Zoua Lee

Nellie Kimbrough

Thomas Draskovic

Jim & Sue Davidson

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Jim & Sue Davidson

Jim & Sue Davidson, owners of Water & Oil Gallery, 506 Kenny Road, are known to be long-time supporters of the artist community.

As members of the advisory panel, Jim and Sue hosted an elegant pre-Festival GALA for artists, volunteers, students, and funders at the Gallery.
Brynnetta Benner
MILO CUTTER

Founder and Principal of City Academy, the first charter school in the United States.  She runs her school like a caring mother, knowing every student by name, correcting manners on the spot, supporting them in every way. In 2012 the students in Janelle Ranek's drama class at City Academy produced a 30 minute Swede Hollow video based on historic research and actual character re-enactments. 
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Zoua Lee

Zoua Lee is the Parent Liaison at HOPE (Hmong Open Partnerships in Education) Community Academy, a PreK-8 charter school with a rigorous academic foundation instilling the finest Hmong and American values. Zoua has helped involve the New Hope Hmong Dance Groupe in the festival, arranged for parking in their lot, which is next to the Western entrance to the Hollow , and has offered the school as our Rain Site.  This the third year of a growing partnership between the school and Art in the Hollow.