STAFF:
Executive Director:
Kelly Alison Plainview
Assistant Director:
Madeline Alison Plainview
Executive Volunteer:
Robyn Barrett Kress
Board of Directors:
Jon Revett Amarillo
Erin Rea Lubbock
BC Gilbert Wichita Falls
Jeff Wheeler Slaton
Kathy Sterling Kelley Lubbock
Josiah Herrera Plainview
Debbie Herrera Plainview
Robyn Barrett Plainview
Blair Willson Plainview
Preston Alison Plainview
Brent Lemons Plainview
Kelly Alison Project Manager for Houston International Performance Art Biennale 2012 and 2014, founding member of HIVE Houston and instructor at Art League Houston, Alison's artwork has been exhibited nationally and internationally, most notably at the Shanghai Art Museum in China, the National Museum of Art in Lima, Peru and The Fine Arts Museum in Houston Texas. She has been published in books, catalogs and magazines such as Art in America and Texas Monthly. Alison is currently living in Plainview Texas.
BC Gilbert Born and raised in the Texas Panhandle, Gilbert creates paintings, block prints, and drawings that are inspired by the wild west and cowboy life. The Wichita Falls-based artist was recently named the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Great Plains Art Museum 2016 Artist-in-Residence where he created a new piece for the museum’s permanent collection. In the past few years, Gilbert has shown at The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center For The Arts in Lubbock and Grindstone Gallery in San Antonio.
Jeff Wheeler Pioneer and mentor artist of Lubbock, Texas. He is now the Co-Director of the legendary studio compound owned by James Surls and Charmaine Locke in Splendora Texas called Splendora Gardens. He will run it alongside their daughter Ruby. Jeff and his brother Brian are well known for their collaborative traveling exhibitions called Ulterior Motifs which began in 1999 and feature Texas artists. They just launched the 14th in the series.
Kathryn Kelley Founding president of BOX 13 ArtSpace in Houston, her solo exhibitions include Art League Houston, Women and Their Work, Lawndale Art Center and she was Invited to create an installation for the Texas Biennial in 2011. Numerous fellowships for artist residencies include Vermont Studio Center, I-Park and Darke Gallery and she has shown work in Mexico, Peru, and Spain. Kelley holds a MFA from the University of Houston and currently inhabits the Fine Arts Doctoral Program [Critical Theory + Artistic Practices] at Texas Tech University in Lubbock
Josiah and Debbie Herrera Josiah is a Mastor Mason serving as a Senior Deacon and proud member of the Plainview Masonic Lodge. At 27 years old Josiah has worked with area youth and the City of Plainview to design the Plainview Skate Park. Herrera also runs a social media platform for a professional skateboarding brand called Toy Machine. Debbie is a mixed media assemblage and piercing artist with experience operating local art venues. She has two giant tortoises that hibernate in her refrigerator !
Blair Willson Native of Plainview Texas and 1980 Texas Tech graduate, Willson has thirty years of experience in project management, industrial, commercial and residential construction with skills in architecture and engineering. Recently Blair and wife Gayle have seen the need to give back to their hometown, and have established a philanthropy dedicated to restoration of buildings and businesses in downtown Plainview called Plainview Downtown Restoration. They are currently working to restore the old Skaggs Building.
Preston Alison Collector for over thirty years with collections including names like James Surls, Luis Jimenez, The Art Guys and Dorothy Hood just to name a few. "CAMP was Preston's idea" says Executive Director, Kelly Alison. He just thought we would start with his collection and see where that took us. Alison's other projects include a 12 pod studio compound in the Near Northside area of Houston Texas.
