Board Directors

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Mr. Allan Sibley is originally from London, England. He attended the Cambridge School of Art for five years earning the Licentiate from the Society of Industrial Arts and Designers. Mr. Sibley has enjoyed a long successful professional career as Art and Creative Director in graphics, illustration, and advertising in Europe and the USA. He continues creating fine art, has won many awards, exhibits regionally, and has enjoyed several solo shows. Allan has led projects with several Nonprofit organizations in Monroe County. Allan is married, has four children and six grandchildren,  and lives in Sweetwater, TN.    

Ms. Katie Morgan-Harper has fostered her love of art from the inspiration from art creatives in East Tennessee. Katie is trained as an art teacher and holds a Doctoral Degree in Arts and Theology from Tennessee Wesley Theological Seminary. She has taught visual arts to high school students in the Athens City School District. Katie has a special passion for fostering creativity in children so they may continue their journey as life-long artists. Today her art brings sights and perceptions through drawing and painting with landscapes, portraiture, and still life. Katie lives in Etowah, TN with her family.

Teri is from Monroe Co. She began in journalism, publishing, graphics design. Her art has been represented in 20+ galleries in 5 states. A graduate of UTK and CSCC, her love of nature and photography has earned her places in over 250 juried art shows, and hundreds of awards.  She has assisted 45 nonprofits and was a finalist for the TN Governor’s award in art Leadership. As president of a major Colorado art guild she produced and curated large city shows and art events. Teri loves to hike waterfalls & currently teaches art classes in the Colorado Rocky Mtns & Tenn. Smoky Mtn area.

James is a marketing professional with over 15 years of experience consulting for local, national, and global corporations. He has worked with The University of Tennessee College of Nursing, Reebok International, IBM, Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, University of Johnson & Wales, and many more. Born and raised in east Tennessee, James has traveled across the USA and has lived and worked in Tennessee, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, West Virginia, Maryland, Connecticut, and Vermont. James loves music and can play several instruments as well as compose songs. He is also a lover of nature, and art, and a strong advocate for equality for all, James is a workaholic and currently works 2 jobs, sits on the boards of 2 non-profit organizations, attends college part-time, and is a single father.

Barbara is a gifted artist and is a Community Artist League member. She exhibits her works in many group and juried art shows and exhibits on the CAL Art Train, a traveling art show in East Tennessee. Barbara studied Art Education and has attended many art workshops. She was a member of the Mississippi Artists Guild and teaches painting instruction at the Athens Area Council for the Arts and various virtual online art classes. Barbara works in oil, acrylic, watercolor, and sometimes in mixed media capturing the beauty, art, and culture of the area. Barbara lives in Decatur with her husband in East Tennessee. 

Kathleen Kinney is owner/artist at 3ChairsStudio at the Broadway Gallery in Knoxville. Katy creates works, acrylics on canvas, multimedia, fiber arts, metal arts, shadow boxes, altered art, and is a photographer. Originally from New England, she resides now in the Smokey Mountains and has served her country in the armed services. Kathy is always involved in creating arts and dreaming about art. Kathleen shares a studio at the Knoxville Arts and Cultural Alliance in Knoxville. 

Ms. Kelsie Aman is an Australian-born artist and professional photographer. She is both photographer and owner of a photographic studio. She studied Fine Arts and Design in Albany, Australia earning a Degree in 1997. Kelsie enjoys working in the miniature world and began creating dolls and miniature art pieces. Kelsie lives in Fenton, Florida, and will soon live in Monroe County. Currently, Kelsie is creating a series of paper mache sculptures. 

Ms. Leia Sands is a self-taught artist with architectural CAD engineering and blueprint background. Ms. Sands exhibits extensively in art galleries in the Bronx and New York City. Leia's artworks can be found in many private collections. Leia's paintings range in style from landscapes, realism, figurative to contemporary modern expressionism and to Pop-Art. Leia is involved with many art movements in New York. Originally from fort Myers, Florida, she now spends her time between Coker Creek, East Tennessee  and New York City.

Ms. Cindy Wasem is a mixed media visual artist and a member of the Community Artists League (CAL) in Athens, Tennessee and the Arts & Culture Alliance in Knoxville, TN , she has exhibited several times with CAL in their Open and small works shows. Cindy currently works as a Senior Home Designer and Architectural Illustrator.  A native of Tennessee, she resides in Cleveland.  Ms. Wasem's current works include abstract paintings and sculpture utilizing epoxy resin, acrylic paint, wood and clay. All coming together to create very colorful abstract images to transport the viewer through nature and space....  Star Trek Theme now plays.......

 Aida Frey is a senior at Columbia College Chicago. She earned her associate's degree in Motion Graphics and Videography and is now working towards her bachelor's in Graphic Design. She has traveled to 48 states in the past 10 years and published a book about her travels. Aida is a self-taught artist who enjoys painting on different canvases such as guitars, shows, and cd records. She is interning at East Tennessee Arts Center and will help run art shows and camps.

Partnering with the ETAC is the Community Artists League which is a group of visual artists that work in a variety of mediums from hobbyists, young artists, and up-and-coming artists to professional artists. CAL supports, encourages, and sponsors events for all levels of visual artists Meetings are held the first Monday of each month at 6.30 pm, March through November at the E. G. Fisher Public Library in Athens, Tennessee. All are welcome to attend. For more information email communityartistsleague@outlook.com