PT Artscape Advisory Committee
Libby Reid
Libby is the past director of PT Artscape(2000-2007) and the current President of the Board of Directors, Centrum. She is a retired Elementary Teacher with the Port Townsend School District and always loved infusing art into the curriculum.
Susan P. Hill-Doyle
Pt Artscape’s program manager, grew up on a barrier island and the marine environment has been a constant inspiration for her Art work. Susan paints in oils, acrylics, and watercolor.
She graduated from University of California, Santa Barbara with a degree specializing in Art Studio-Painting and Drawing. She is certified in Elementary Education and Visual Arts, she has taught Art K-8th grade, and 5th and 6th grade in public schools. She is the seventh and eighth grade Blue Heron Middle School Visual Arts Teacher.
Her published photography work is in magazines, books, and greeting cards.
The Arts-Music, Drama, Visual Arts and Dance are a core subject in Washington State. We are fortunate to have support from the Washington State Arts commission, as well as other local partners such as Port Townsend School District, Port Townsend Arts Commission, Main Street Program, Centrum, and P.T.S.D. PTA to continue to provide creative experiences for our students.
Martha Worthley
Martha joined Centrum in 2007. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, she studied at the San Francisco Art Institute (BFA 1977) and also studied textile design and printing at the Rhode Island School of Design and Oregon College of Arts and Crafts. Worthley recently returned from a year in Mexico where she lived in Guadalajara and taught at the American School Foundation. While there she took the opportunity to travel in order to pursue her interest in Mexican arts and crafts.
Meredith Essex
Meredith Essex is a visual artist who has exhibited her art throughout the region for over 25 years. She has inspired many diverse people to discover their creative selves and find confidence in making and teaching art. She has a long history as teaching artist, teacher trainer and mentor, and teaching artist trainer. She has been lead visual artist for Arts Impact, an organization training teachers to teach the arts, for 9 years and has worked as an arts assessment specialist within that organization. She serves several organizations including the Washington State Arts Commission, ArtsEd Washington, and Port Townsend’s Artscape. She has written arts-infused curriculum materials for the Lake Washington, Enumclaw, South Kitsap, and Tacoma school districts as well as the Tacoma Art Museum, Museum of Glass and the Washington State History Museum.
Mari Mullen
Executive Director, PT Main Street Program, Business-Community Partner, public relations community events and activities, Non-Profit umbrella organization.
Kim Nunes
Community member, Arts Education advocate, volunteer, project manager, events
Connie Welch
Connie is an educator currently teaching in Port Townsend public school. She has a BA in Education from Washington State University and holds a Masters Degree from City University in Educational Technology. She is an Olympic Peninsula native, an enthusiastic advocate for Environmental Education for children, an avid gardener, and arts supporter.