Staff
Founder and Executive Director
Alyson
Baker
Before founding River Valley Arts Collective, Alyson was the executive director of The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (2011–2017) in Ridgefield, CT and, prior to that, Socrates Sculpture Park (2000–2011) in Long Island City, NY.
Director and Curator
Olga
Dekalo
Olga is a curator and educator based in Germantown, NY. Formerly, she was Associate Curator at the University Art Museum at University at Albany.
Guest Curator
Marisa
Espe
Marisa Espe is an independent curator and writer based in the Hudson Valley.
Director and Curator Emeritus
Sophie
Landres
Sophie is a curator, art historian, and arts writer. She is currently the Curator of the Dorsky Museum in New Paltz, NY.
Founding Board Member and Curator
Candice
Madey
Before joining River Valley Arts Collective, Candice founded and ran the pioneering Lower East Side gallery, On Stellar Rays (2008–2017). From 2017 to 2019 she operated Stellar Projects, a consulting agency for private collections and foundations. She presently owns and runs her eponymously named gallery in New York City.
Artist-in-Residence in Community Research (2021)
Courtney
Puckett
Courtney Puckett is a visual artist and educator based in the Hudson Valley. Her human-scale, abstract, found-object and re-purposed textile assemblages integrate sculpture and craft practices.
Guest Curator
Jess
Wilcox
Jess Wilcox is an independent curator. From 2016 to 2022, she was Curator and Director of Exhibitions at Socrates Sculpture Park.