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. She has held curatorial roles at University Art Museum at University at Albany, Katonah Museum, PARTICIPANT INC and SculptureCenter and began her career at SITE Santa Fe.
Guest Curator
Eduardo
Andrés Alfonso
Eduardo is a curator and architect whose work investigates how architectural and social infrastructures shape visibility, access, and public engagement. He was most recently Associate Curator at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum.
Guest Curator
Marisa
Espe
Marisa is an independent curator and writer based in the Hudson Valley. She is the Director of Communications at Albany Institute of History & Art and formerly was the Communications Director at Steven Holl Architects in Rhinebeck, NY.
Guest Curator
Liz
Munsell
Liz Munsell is a contemporary art curator with two decades of experience at major museums, university galleries, and nonprofits including the Jewish Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), and Harvard University.
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.
Director and Curator Emeritus (2021 - 2023)
Sophie
Landres
Sophie is a curator, art historian, and arts writer. She is currently the Curator of the Dorsky Museum in New Paltz, NY.
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.