Wednesday, September 24, 2014

VIP List

Hello everyone! Here is a list of notable people in the area's art community with some short bios.



Cathy Albergo
(239) 590-7374

In 2007, Cathy Albergo started working at FGCU as Director of the Department of Theatre and Visual Art as well as the Bower School of Music. She was formerly Professor of Music and Department of Music Chair at UNC-Wilmington and Professor of Music and Chair of the Music Department at William Rainey Harper College. She specializes in piano pedagogy and group piano teaching and has contributed numerous articles to professional keyboard journals.  She is co-author of the Piano Repertoire Guide. With degrees from UNC, Chapel Hill; Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas; and UI, Urbana-Champaign, Professor Albergo is nationally recognized for her expertise on piano instruction and a frequent lecturer, adjudicator and workshop clinician.

Kathleen Van Bergen
Now starting her third season as CEO and President of Artis—Naples, Kathleen van Bergen was chosen by Gulfshore Life Magazine to be one of its 2012 Men & Women of the Year. In April 2013, she named internationally renowned conductor Andrey Boreyko as the Naples Philharmonic’s Music Director, his first American post; in 2012, she selected Frank Verpoorten to be Director and Chief Curator of the Baker Musuem. She began playing the violin at age 4. She holds a bachelor’s degree in violin performance from the Eastman School of Music and completed the Tuck Executive Program at the Tuck School of Business. Prior to joining Artis—Naples, She was artistic and executive director at the Schubert Club in St. Paul, Minnesota; vice president of artistic planning for the Philadelphia Orchestra, and vice president and director of artistic administration for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

Andrew Owen
Associate Professor and Art Program Leader
Phone: (239) 590-7249

Claudia Goode
Gallery Curator at Arts for ACT, 2013
2265 First Street
Fort Myers, Florida 33901
Gallery: (239) 337-5050
Administrtion: (239) 939-2553


Frank Verpoorten
Director and Chief Curator of The Baker Museum at Artis—Naples, Frank Verpoorten has also curated at the Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY), Snug Harbor Cultural Center and the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, and the Dahesh Museum of Art. Verpoorten’s most recent position was as the Cultural Attaché for the Representation of the Government of Flanders (Belgium). As Cultural Attaché, Verpoorten oversaw cultural programming for the Belgian government, including exhibitions, performance arts initiatives, lectures and film programs. Verpoorten attended the Vrije Universiteit in Brussels, Belgium and received dual masters degrees in art history and cultural studies. Before moving to the United States, Verpoorten held research positions with the Museum for Musical Instruments and the Royal Museum for Fine Arts in Brussels. Verpoorten is fluent in Dutch and French and speaks advanced German and Spanish. He currently resides in Naples with his wife Rachel, who is an artist, and their two young sons.


1 comment:

  1. Carlos,
    I enjoyed your Personality profile and the layout of your page. You and I share a similar theme to our blog so it may be beneficial to keep in contact with each other and share ideas. We also share the mutual contact if Cathy Albergo. She was my original idea for my Personality profile, however, I was unable to reach her. Have you tried contacting her by chance or have you had any luck with that?

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