The Paseo Arts Association is pleased to announce the addition of four new members to the Board of Directors. Kelley Barnes, Angella Elwell, Janice Mathews-Gordon and Josh Vaughn. The board provides leadership for carrying out the Paseo Arts Association’s mission to enrich, educate and inspire the public through the arts.
Kelley Barnes
Kelley Barnes was born and raised in Oklahoma City and is a passionate advocate for charitable causes. She has devoted her career to leading nonprofits to craft and implement fundraising strategies and teams that have raised millions of dollars for capital, endowment and general operations. Currently serving as the Vice President of Community Engagement at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation, Kelley oversees the foundations community programs and grant initiatives to identify and link opportunities with resources as well as connecting donors to causes they care most about. Kelly volunteers for several non-profits including a charter high school for the arts, an animal rescue group, and a historic arts district. Kelley enjoys traveling, art and the great outdoors with frequent trips to Santa Fe, New Mexico where she lived for 10 years working as the director of advancement and administration for the National Dance Institute of New Mexico.
Angella Elwell
Angella Elwell was born and raised in Chicago and as a teenager, had taken a keen interest in the arts. She was a member of the choir, took advanced music lessons and taught art to children at the Monongalia Art Center. While receiving her undergrad at West Virginia University, she interned at two non-profits where she was responsible for fundraising and community outreach.
Angella draws on her 15 years of business experience in the oil and gas industry as well as more than five years of owning her own company. She currently serves as the business and property manager for Heritage Property Management, Cityscope Construction, and Paseo Village. Angella is committed to the Paseo community and the Paseo Arts District and looks forward to serving on the board of the Paseo Arts Association.
Janice-Mathews Gordon
Janice Mathews-Gordon graduated from Westminster College in Fulton, MO in 1981 where she was the first women graduate of a historically all-male college. After graduation, Janice worked as a graphic designer in St. Louis and then Oklahoma City. In 1988 she opened JMG Design Inc., and award-winning agency specializing in innovative marketing approaches, graphic design, and creative writing.
In 2008 Janice began painting full time. Since, she has exhibited paintings in numerous regional and national shows including solo exhibits at the Oklahoma State Capitol, Leslie Powell Gallery in Lawton, as well as the Paseo’s Contemporary Art Gallery and In Your Eye Gallery. Currently Janice is represented by JRB at the Elms in Oklahoma City and Joseph Greek Fine Art in Tulsa.
As a volunteer, Janice was active in public schools for twenty years, including three years on the Governance Board of Independence Charter Middle School, the third year serving as the president. She is a member of multiple arts organizations including OVAC and the Paseo Arts Association. She currently serves on the PAA’s gallery committee where she helps select exhibitors and jurors and installing monthly shows. When she finds time for herself, Janice enjoys reading, journaling, and Zumba. She also passionately contributes time (and money when possible) to the political campaigns of strong women.
Josh Vaughn
Josh Vaughn is an OKC photographer, writer, and designer currently working for the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber. His responsibilities at the Chamber include creating media to promote OKC locally, regionally and internationally. Alongside his design work, he also captures the ever-changing face of OKC through photography and writes art and culture pieces for the Chambers VeloCityOKC website and the Official Oklahoma City Visitors Guide.
Josh earned his bachelor’s degree in business and administration with a focus on non-profits. He is a self taught graphic designer and has served in the role of administrator, media director, assistant instructor, creative director and foreign missionary.
Since 2006 Josh has been pursuing photography as a creative outlet. His work has been published in local and regional publications and he has participated in numerous exhibits over the years. In 2017 he founded, directed and curated Hojas Artspace just outside Norman, OK. Josh is a member of the local artists collective, The Internationalist and has recently started an OKC-based analog photography group. Currently most of his creative endeavors revolved around supporting other artists exploring analog photography in his darkroom.
Paseo Arts Association 2020 Board of Directors
Officers:
Lea Morgan, President
Laurie Stansbury, Vice President
Joe Jeldy, Secretary
John Seward, Treasurer
Members:
Kelley Barnes
Candler Barnett
Kim Dansereau
Joel Dixon
Angella Elwell
Janice Mathews-Gordon
Bob McGinley
Christina Pickard
Josh Vaughn
Joy Reed Belt, Founding Member
Collin Rosebrook, Lifetime Member