Meet the Panelists:
Alisha Kerlin
Executive Director @UNLV's Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art
Alisha Kerlin is the executive director of UNLV’s Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art. Kerlin's expertise entails the curation and exhibition of art works, and facilitating connections between the general public and media with local artists. Prior to joining UNLV, Kerlin worked as an art instructor at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and an archivist at the Greene Naftali Gallery in New York. Since joining the university in 2012, Kerlin has focused on leveling barriers that limit access to the arts by creating initiatives that target the academic community, first-time visitors, and K-12 schoolchildren. Kerlin's role as executive director serves as a link for the university to a top-tier cohort of emerging scholars and artists. EDUCATION M.F.A., Fine & Studio Arts, Milton Avery Graduate School of Arts, Bard College B.F.A., Fine & Studio Arts, University of Tennessee
Kathryn Koran
Art Collection Manager @Cleveland Clinic
Kathryn Koran is Art Collection Manager at Cleveland Clinic, ensuring the upkeep of the global art collection (7000+ objects in 165+ locations) by setting priorities and plans, administering the collection database and supporting the art procurement and placement processes. Kathryn joined the Clinic in 2010 to develop and launch the Art in Afternoon tour program catered to individuals with memory loss and their care partners, which she ran until 2019. She expands the ar+ art and architecture app and contributes to committees for enterprise analytics, continuous improvement and global business transformation. While earning a Master of Arts Management from Carnegie Mellon University, she apprenticed with the Public Art Manager for the City of Pittsburgh and interned at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin. Kathryn earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Dayton, where she organized student art shows and interned at the Dayton Art Institute.
Elysian McNiff Koglmeier
Head of Growth @Artwork Archive
Growing up with a father as an art therapist and a mother who dedicated her career to art education, Elysian has always been passionate about the creative process and the importance of empowering artists and cultural institutions. She has pursued this passion both in the public and private sector. She started her career in museums (Middlebury College Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), ran New England Foundation for the Arts' public art program, served as curator for Brown University and RISD, and contributed to publications such as Art New England, Art Business News, and Public Art Review. A move out west brought her to Craftsy (now Bluprint) in Denver where she produced online art classes and managed partnerships for a startup that created online educational opportunities for enthusiastic makers. She received her BA in History from Middlebury College and her MA in Public Humanities from Brown University. She is on the board for National Organization of Arts & Health.