Director, Board, and Staff
Gordon Knox
Executive Director
Gordon Knox is a cultural innovator, institution builder, educator and arts-program designer.
Starting with the simple truth that humans are social beings, and that culture is the result of their interaction, Gordon has envisioned and established groups, residencies and institutions that support imaginative, exploratory artists and thinkers from across cultures and disciplines. The models for these organizations often emerge from familiar forms of human assembly: the home, shared meals, forums for the exchange of ideas, and institutions that encourage collective efforts. His projects aim to make real an environment where thoughtful investigation, innovative thinking and shared values become a healthy matrix for cultural evolution.
Board
Charles Woodman
Board President and Founder
Charles Woodman is the Founder and Board President of the Woodman Artist Residency. He is an electronic artist and has exhibited in galleries and museums as well as performed internationally with musicians and dancers. He is the son of Betty and George Woodman.
Alla Efimova
Board Treasurer
Alla Efimova, PhD, is an art historian, curator, and cultural nonprofit consultant. She is the founder of KunstWorks, an innovative agency specializing in legacy advancement for contemporary artists and artists’ estates. Efimova is an experienced museum and foundation executive, and the author of several books, exhibition catalogs, and scholarly articles. She has served on the boards of regional and national arts organizations, including Wild Projects and the Carl Heidenreich Foundation. Efimova divides her time between New York and Lisbon.
Ken Nochimson
Board Secretary
Ken Nochimson is an attorney and member of the New York State Bar. Early in his career Ken served in major positions in New York City government, served as founding executive director of the National Youth Employment Coalition, chairperson of the Communications Consortium Media Center, a Washington DC based national non-profit communications organization addressing issues of inequality and social justice. Ken is founder and president of Advise & Consent LLC, a media communications company, producing educational and documentary films for PBS and other distributors.
HARRIET MOSS
Board Member
Staff
Andrea Torrice
Communications Director
Andrea Torrice is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, writer and communications consultant. Her work has been featured on national PBS, National Geographic, museums, universities, galleries and educational institutions. For a complete bio, visit torricemedia.com.
Lorenzo Cianchi
Studio Manager
Lorenzo Cianchi is a visual artist and poet who works in sculpture and ceramics. In 2014 he founded the Rio Grande design collective with Natascia Fenoglio and Francesco Valtolina. He has collaborated for years with artists, theater and contemporary dance performers.
Maria Pecchioli
Artist Residency Manager
Maria is an artist, author and producer of transmedia projects.
Her works decline and modulate through different media and disciplines (filmmaking, podcasting, visual installations, performance, writing) and often embrace a language based on irony and paradox.
Since 2011 she has directed Corniolo Art Platform an arts residency for artists and performers.