NAAO+ is:

emily steinfeld mahler designed naaohistory.com and is a Brooklyn based artist and web designer working with bio-materials and metal and the internet. Find her work at:  Es-mahler.com & nowave.site

charlotte r. murphy worked at NAAO from 1984 to 1992, and was the executive director from 1986 to 1992. Murphy is the originator of NAAO+, and created it to capture the oral history of NAAO; provide a place where anyone can hear and read first hand accounts of an important time in history and the arts; read original NAAO documents and materials, and various other written materials relating to NAAO and artists’ organizations; and provide some context to both through an ever-evolving history of NAAO found here.

nicole ostrow specializes in the preservation of artist legacies with a focus on under-represented histories and truthful storytelling. In addition to NAAO+, she works with archives of the choreographer and dancer Muna Tseng and the Estate of the late photographer and performer Tseng Kwong Chi. Nicole holds a degree in Art History from Barnard College.  

NAAO+ is made possible by the foresight and labor that resulted in NAAO Archives, a website originated by penny boyer

NAAO was:

naao staff in chronological order Claire Copley, executive director; Robin Drummond, DC office coordinator; Bernadette Brennan-Hilts, conference coordinator; Charlotte R. Murphy, volunteer, office assistant, executive director; Rebecca Krafft, NAAO Bulletin editor; Susan Born Ozment, membership coordinator; Dan Marx, intern; Gail Mishkin, conference coordinator; Jane Bedula, editor; Jan Ellenstein, conference coordinator; Penny Boyer, assistant director, associate director; Mary Drayton-Hill, development coordinator; Bettina Bell, intern; Chris Westberg, NAAO Bulletin contributing editor, membership coordinator; Adelle Biancarelli, bookkeeper; Macarena de la Piedra, intern; Galen Conway Nelson, Intern; Victoria Reis, intern, administrative assistant; Jennifer Woods, administrative assistant; Helen Brunner, interim executive director, executive director; Roberto Bedoya, executive director; Julia Ward, administrative assistant; Sara Mayman, intern; Krisanne Weimar, volunteer

naao boards in chronological order

OCTOBER 1982 Founding Board: Helen Brunner (Visual Studies Workshop, New York); Al Nodal (WPA, Washington, DC); Jackie Bailey (1708 East Main, Virginia); M.K. Wegmann (Contemporary Arts Center, Louisiana); Lyn Blumenthal (Video Data Bank, Chicago); Sandra Wilcoxon (Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Michigan); Joseph Sanchez (MARS, Arizona); Bob Gaylor (Rising Sun Media Arts Center, New Mexico); Debra Burchett (LAICA, Los Angeles, California); Renny Pritkin (80 Langton Street, San Francisco, California).

SEPTEMBER 1988 Hudson, President; Louise Shaw, Vice-President (Nexus, Atlanta Georgia); Lynn Schuette, Secretary (SUSHI, San Diego, California); Marilyn Arsem, Treasurer (MOBIUS, Boston, Massachusetts); Claudia Barker (Contemporary Arts Center of New Orleans, Louisiana); Michael Peranteau (DiverseWorks, Houston, Texas); Jackie Battenfield (Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York); Biff Henrich (Hallways and CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York); Gere Baskin (Urban Institute for Contemporary Art of Detroit, Michigan); Susan Wyatt (Artists Space, New York City); Alan Millar (San Francisco); Judith Thorpe.

JUNE 1989 Inverna Lockpez, President (INTAR Multicultural Art Gallery, New York City); Michael Peranteau, Vice President (DiverseWorks, Houston, Texas); Marilyn Arsem, Treasurer (MOBIUS, Boston Massachusetts); Dan Wail, Secretary (San Diego); Claudia Barker (Arts Council of New Orleans); Gere Baskin (Detroit Focus, Detroit, Michigan); Jackie Battenfield (Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York); Roberto Bedoya (Intersection for the Arts of San Francisco, California); Sherman Fleming (Washington Project for the Arts, DC); Rudy Guglielmo (Arizona Council for the Arts, Phoenix, Arizona); Biff Henrich (CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York); Alice Lovelace (The Arts Excharge, Atlanta, Georgia); Alan Millar (THE LAB/the.art.re.grup, San Francisco, California); Jason Tannen (C.A.G.E., Cincinnati, Ohio); Susan Wyatt (Artists Space, Inc., New York City).

APRIL 1990 Roberto Bedoya, President (LACE, Los Angeles, CA); Holly Block, Co-Vice President (Art in General, New York City, NY); Pat Murphy, Co-Vice President (Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago, IL); Rudy Gugheimo, Treasurer (Arizona Commission for the Arts, Phoenix, AZ); Dan Wasil, Secretary (San Diego, CA); Marilyn Arsem (Mobius, Boston, MA); Cee Brown (Creative Time, New York City, NY); Sherman Fleming (WPA, Washington, DC); Biff Henrich (CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY); Alice Lovelace (The Arts Exchange, Atlanta, GA); Katherine Marczuk (Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA); Betty Napolitan (Florida Center for Contemporary Art, Tampa, FL); Sylvia Orozco (MEXIC-ARTE Multi-Cultural Works, Austin, TX); Jason Tannen (CAGE, Cincinnati, OH) followed by Paul Wittenbraker (Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI) after Jason’s relocation to the West Coast; Fred Wilson (Bronx Council on the Arts, Bronx, NY).

OCTOBER 1990 - MARCH 1991 Roberto Bedoya, President (LACE, Los Angeles, CA); Holly Block, Co-Vice President (Art in General, New York City, NY); Pat Murphy, Co-Vice President (Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago, IL); Rudy Gugheimo, Treasurer (Arizona Commission for the Arts, Phoenix, AZ); Dan Wasil, Secretary (San Diego, CA); Marilyn Arsem (Mobius, Boston, MA); Cee Brown (Creative Time, New York City, NY); Biff Henrich (CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY); Alice Lovelace (The Arts Exchange, Atlanta, GA); Katherine Marczuk (Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA); Betty Napolitan (Florida Center for Contemporary Art, Tampa, FL); Sylvia Orozco (MEXIC-ARTE Multi-Cultural Works, Austin, TX); Paul Wittenbraker (Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI); Fred Wilson (Bronx Council on the Arts, Bronx, NY).

NOVEMBER 1991 - FEBRUARY 1992 Roberto Bedoya, Board President (Los Angeles, CA); Holly Block, Co-Vice President, Executive Director (Art in General, New York City, NY); Pat Murphy, Co-Vice President, Executive Director (Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago, IL); Marilyn Arsem, Director (Mobius, Boston, MA); Cee Brown, Executive Director (Creative Time, New York City, NY); Jeff Gates, Director (ArtFBI, Baltimore, MD); Rudy Gugheimo, Director (Expansion Arts, Arizona Commission for the Arts, Phoenix, AZ); Keith Antar Mason, Advisory Board Member (High Performance, Santa Monica, CA); Joe Matuzak, Executive Director (Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI); Betty Napolitan (Tampa, FL); Julyen Norman, Executive Director (1708 East Main, Richmond, VA); Sylvia Orozco, Co-Director (Mexic-Arte, Austin, TX); Fred Wilson, Curator / Artist (Bronx Council on the Arts, Bronx, NY); Jon Winet, Executive Director (Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA) and Program Consultant (XS Gallery, Carson City, NV).

AUGUST 1992 Roberto Bedoya, Board President (Los Angeles, CA); Holly Block, Co-Vice President, Executive Director (Art in General, New York City, NY); Pat Murphy, Co-Vice President, Executive Director (Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago, IL); Marilyn Arsem, Director (Mobius, Boston, MA); Jeff Gates, Director (ArtFBI, Baltimore, MD); Rudy Gugheimo, Director (Expansion Arts, Arizona Commission for the Arts, Phoenix, AZ); Keith Antar Mason, Advisory Board Member (High Performance, Santa Monica, CA); Joe Matuzak, Executive Director (Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI); Betty Napolitan (Tampa, FL); Julyen Norman, Executive Director (1708 East Main, Richmond, VA); Sylvia Orozco, Co-Director (Mexic-Arte, Austin, TX); Fred Wilson, Curator / Artist (Bronx Council on the Arts, Bronx, NY); Jon Winet, Executive Director (Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA) and Program Consultant (XS Gallery, Carson City, NV).

FEBRUARY 1993 - APRIL 1993 Roberto Bedoya, President (Los Angeles, CA); Holly Block, Co-Vice President (New York, NY); Pat Murphy, Co-Vice President (Chicago, IL); Joe Matuzak, Treasurer (Flint, MI); Sara Kellner, Secretary (Buffalo, NY); Sylvia Orozco (Austin, TX); Michael Freed (Oklahoma City, OK); Patrick O’Connell (New York, NY)Jeff Gates, Director (Baltimore, MD); Jenni Person (Miami, FL); Kathie deNobriga (Atlanta, GA); Keith Antar Mason, (Santa Monica, CA); Jon Winet, San Francisco, CA); Karin High (Los Angeles, CA); Stella McGregor (Boston, MA).

1998 Roberto Bedoya, President; Anne H. Arrasmith; Mike Blockstein; Lisa Grady-Willis; F. John Herbert; Sara Kellner; Nora Kuehl; Rick Lowe; Joe Matuzak; Nalani McClendon; Julio Morales; Patrick O'Connell; Alissa Schoenfeld; Carol Stakenas; Bradley Thompson; Emily Todd; Laura Weathered; A. M. Weaver; M. K. Wegmann.

naao advisory boards

JUNE 1989 Willlam Buckley First Vice President of Equity Syndicate New York City; Kimberty Camp, Director of the Experimental Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; Kim Haddow of Greer, Margolis, Mitchell and Associates, Washington DC; John Moore Washington Project for Arts, Washington DC

APRIL 1990 William Buckley (Dean Witter Reynolds, New York City); Kimberly Camp (The Experimental Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC); Kim Haddow (Greer, Margolis, Mitchell and Associates, Washington, DC); John Moore (WPA, Washington, DC); Susan Wyatt (Artists Space, New York City).

FEBRUARY 1993 - APRIL 1993 Rudy Gugheimo (Phoenix, AZ); Marilyn Arsem (Boston, MA).

naao support

The National Endowment for the Arts, Art Matters, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, The California Arts Council, the Pew Charitable Trusts, Dayton's and Target Stores, the Margaret Cullinan Wray Charitable Lead Annuity Trust, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, AT&T Foundation, Dayton Hudson Foundation, the Texas Commision on the Arts, the Glen Eagles Foundation, Meet the Composer, the Recording Industry Association of America, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, the Virlane Foundation, NAAO members, Jim Fitzpatrick, The Haddows, Marilyn Arsem, Claudia Barker, Jonathan Bowers, Barbara Murphy, Steve Jones, Susan Wyatt, and M.K. Wegmann.