Jill Johns
Publisher
Proud mother of three, Jill Johns recently joined the team after being out of the art scene for several years. Jill was the regional sales manager for Southwest Art Magazine for eight years.
She resigned to go help her husband Tom with the Human Resources Department of National Roofing which Tom started 30 years ago. Jill was educated at the University of Oklahoma and the University of Texas studying fine art and art history. An avid golfer for any one who wants to play a round of golf. |
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Kevin Paul
Production Director
Kevin oversees the print and web offerings of The Collector's Guide. He is also amultimedia artist, writer, designer and director. He has a BFA in Studio Art and an MFA in Dramatic Writing. He is a founder and co-director of Ecotone Physical Theatre. |
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Colleen Franco
Account Executive
Living in Taos, Santa Fe and now Albuquerque, Colleen loves everything about New Mexico’s art world. Having helped establish the Downtown Contemporary Art Center, she appreciates the arts, supports the arts and sometimes, even creates art.
Colleen participates in an annual, 100-mile pilgrimage to the Sanctuario de Chimayo in order to stay in touch with her spiritual side and to remind herself of the beauty in which she lives. |
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Melody Mock
Project Manager
Artspace 116 Manager
After finishing an MA in art history, Melody was drawn to Albuquerque by its culture, art, and geography. She has been involved in various arts organizations around town for the past decade, and has curated and directed numerous art exhibits. Having grown up in a musical family, she now also plays violin with folk music groups Los Viejos con sus Amigos and Tecolote. |
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Dale Wells
Owner, Southwest Circulation
Dale is an art and antiques aficionado who has overseen the careful distribution of almost two million copies of the printed Collector’s Guide. You can also catch him on reruns of the PBS Antiques Roadshow filmed in Albuquerque in 2003. |
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Wayne Carter
Taoseño
Wayne is a long-time Taos resident and Team-Member-on-the-Street. |
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Pamela and Don Michaelis
Founders
Pamela's passions include reading, writing, the visual arts, the opera, cooking, cycling, Wildlife Rescue (with a particular penchant for hummingbirds), the Italian language, her near and extended family,
and New Mexico.
The license plate on Don’s silver VW Beetle says Artsguy.
After ten years in dance and theater management, he decided publishing is a fitting way to honor art and artists. And he’s been at it for 22 years. |
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