In a move to expand the geographic representation, Governor Katie Hobss has appointed two Flagstaffians to the Governing Commission of the Arizona Commission on the Arts. Pats Shriver and Kyung-Lim Turrell have now joined the board of fifteen members. According to the ACA “Commission members serve terms of three years and are chosen for their demonstrated ability, good judgment and experience in arts-related fields. Commission members attend quarterly board meetings, chair review panels, award grants and formulate policy consistent with enabling legislation.”

Pats Shriver recently retired as the Regional Director overseeing the Arizona Community Foundation of Flagstaff (ACF) as well as the Page/Lake Powell Community Fund, Greater Williams Community Fund, and the Tuba City Community Fund. In addition, Pats Shriver worked with the Native American Tribes on the Colorado Plateau, including the Hopi Foundation, and worked with philanthropists throughout the White Mountains. Pats worked with donors and fundholders as well as other community partners to grow charitable assets and enhance community impact through strategic grantmaking. Pats ACF the organization in 2011 as the grant’s operations coordinator for the Northern Regional and was named Northern Regional Manager in 2013.

Kyung-Lim Turrell emigrated from South Korea to the United States with her family in 1972. She studied at the Pratt Institute and graduated with a BFA in drawing in 1983. Since then, Turrell has exhibited at MoMA PS1 (New York), The Park Avenue Armory (New York), Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (Arizona) and Seoul Art Center (South Korea), among other venues. Turrell is a recipient of awards from the Ford Foundation; the Pollock-Krasner Foundation; the New York Foundation for the Arts; and the Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation. Turrell serves on the boards of the Turrell Art Foundation and Skystone Foundation, and lives and works in Flagstaff.

Thank you to Governor Katie Hobbs for including Flagstaff on the commission and working to expand the geographic representation on the governing board. Thank you to Pats Shriver & Kyung-Lim Turrell for serving on this esteemed board!

Sources:
https://azarts.gov/about-us/who-we-are/commissioners/

https://azarts.gov/about-us/who-we-are/commissioners/