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Katherine Dintenfass
Board Member December 2006 - present
Jergens Brand Manager,
Kao Brands Company
Born in Newark, Ohio, Katherine Dintenfass received her B.S. in Psychology at The Ohio State University and her General Management education at The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern. While in Columbus, she was able to take classes at OSU and the Columbus College of Art and Design in the visual arts. Professionally, she has been working brand management and marketing at such companies as Abbott Laboratories, Procter & Gamble, Mentos and Luxottica Retail. In Cincinnati for 8 years now, she joined the Fine Arts Fund Business Volunteers Association (BVA) and was matched with Manifest.
The opportunity to be a steward for the brand and business of Manifest was a way to leverage her professional experience to meet the challenges as Manifest continues to grow. Having managed many different businesses and helping each of them grow, growing Manifest to expand and fulfill its mission is an enriching experience that ties back to her visual arts background.
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Jason Franz
Executive Director/Founder and President
Board Member June 2004 - present
Visual Artist and Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati
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Born
and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jason Franz attended the Art Academy
of Cincinnati in Eden Park and
Mt. Adams,
receiving his BFA
degree with
honors in 1988. During the first ten years of his career as an
exhibiting artist Franz also worked as an exhibition designer and
preparator
at the Cincinnati Art Museum. He returned to academic
life
in 1996 to pursue an MFA degree at the University of Cincinnati’s
College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, receiving his
MFA in 1998. Franz left his museum position at this time and began
his teaching
career. From 1997 through 2002 he taught and developed new courses
for both the Art Academy of Cincinnati, and the University of Cincinnati
in the fields of both art and design. In 2002 Franz received a
full-time appointment to head the painting and drawing programs
at Xavier
University in Cincinnati. He spent two years rebuilding these
programs at Xavier, solidifying his teaching philosophy, and laying
the ground-work for Manifest. While at Xavier, he also served as
the faculty advisor for the founding of the Society
of Visual Arts (a student government organization),
assisted with the planning for a new departmental photography program,
and championed the integration of technology into all the classroom
studios. In
June of 2005 he resigned his title of Assistant Professor in order
to continue on a second year of
paid academic leave at the University while working on the writing
of his first book, and focusing his
energy towards Manifest. He is currently Adjunct Assistant Professor
teaching drawing in the School of Design at the University of Cincinnati.
As an artist and professor he is the recipient of numerous grants
and awards, including an Ohio Arts
Council Fellowship,
a Xavier
University
Faculty Development Grant, and three Summerfair Individual Artist
Grants.
Jason Franz merges a passionate, motivated sense for quality developed
in his ten years experience at the Cincinnati Art Museum and in
his own studio work, with his dedicated and intuitive techniques
of
fine art and design
education developed at the Art Academy, UC, and Xavier. His philosophical
approach to the pedagogy of creativity, community, and art exhibition
helps fuel the mission of Manifest.
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Tamera Lenz Muente
Board Member July 2007 - present
Freelance Writer and Curatorial Assistant, Taft Museum of Art
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Born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Tamera Lenz Muente has lived in the Cincinnati area for eight years. She holds an M.A. in art history from the University of Cincinnati and a B.A. in English from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Muente is also a freelance writer and poet, and regularly contributes articles on the visual arts to CityBeat.
She has served on the board of the Artery, a now defunct non-profit art gallery in Newport, Kentucky, and has worked in the fields of marketing, public relations, and fundraising for the non-profit arts sector as well as in higher education.
Tamera Lenz Muente brings a world-class museum viewpoint to the Manifest board. This, along with her literary skills and insights into the realm of criticism and art history, delivers another important element of balance and professionalism to Manifest's oversight.
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Brigid O'Kane
Board Member June 2004 - present, Secretary/Founder
Associate Professor of Design, University of Cincinnati
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Born
in the Detroit, Michigan area, Brigid O'Kane received her Associates
Degree in Graphic Design from Macomb College, her BFA in Industrial
Design from the College for Creative Studies in 1990, and her MFA
in Drawing from the University of Cincinnati in 2005.
Since 2001 Brigid
O’Kane
has held the position of Field Service Associate Professor of Design
in
the
University
of
Cincinnati’s
College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning. Professor O’Kane’s
primary focus in the School of Design is Transportation Design,
and has recently finalized the establishment of a Transportation
Design Track
within the Industrial Design program at UC.
O’Kane came to UC following ten years working for General Motors
as a Senior Lead Creative Designer. While at GM, Professor O’Kane
received a broad range of experience working in numerous brand character
centers. O’Kane also worked at the General Motors Advanced
Concept Center in California developing running prototypes of advanced
concept
vehicles. In 1998 she received the GM Award of Excellence for Outstanding
Creativity and Leadership.
She has contributed extensively to several additional organizations
such as Eyes on Design for the Detroit Institute
of Ophthalmology,
Concept Cure, Women in Design and Design Educators Committee.
Throughout her career Professor O’Kane has been actively teaching and
tutoring at institutions such as the College for Creative Studies,
Art Center
College of Design, and the Cleveland Institute of Art. Professor
O’Kane
has been featured in articles of several publications including
USA Today, Car Styling, and an appearance on The Joan Lunden
Show.
Brigid O’Kane merges her interest and study of Fine Art
with her noteworthy experience in a mass-consumer oriented design
field and her
expertise in the academic arena of design education. With this
she brings the promise of an open minded and broadly informed
view of
art and design
to the vision of Manifest.
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Andrew Schaub
Board Member January 2007 - present
Vice President, Director of Design, ArchitectsPlus
Born in Mount Vernon, Ohio Andrew Schaub attended the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, receiving a Bachelor of Architecture Degree in 1989. He is a Registered Architect and has been licensed to practice in the State of Ohio since 1991. Before taking the position of Senior Project Architect with ArchitectsPlus in Blue Ash, Ohio he maintained his own practice in Mariemont, Ohio for Ten years. He is a 2006 graduate of the Business On Board program offered by The Fine Arts Fund and is also an active member of the American Institute of Architects.
Andrew brings to Manifest a strong interest in the visual arts, small business experience, the paradigm of sustainability and a vivid belief in the necessity of redeveloping our city’s neighborhoods.
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Past
Board Members
Elizabeth Kauffman
Board Member, Co-founder, Treasurer: 2004-2007
Trevor Ponder
Junior Board Member: December 2006 - December 2007
Jeffrey Salter
Junior Board Member: December 2006 - November 2007
Sandra Sharp
Board Member: April 2006 - October 2006
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