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RAILYARD ART PROJECT COMMITTEE

The RAP committee is a volunteer group that selects temporary art projects in the Railyard and reviews it for inclusion in the Public Art Program. Current members of the committee:

Brandee Caoba is an artist, visual activist and curator at SITE Santa Fe. Her curatorial practice introduces narratives that prompt dialogue on social change, offer alternate ways of seeing and thinking, and cultivate community engagement.

Matthew Chase-Daniel is a photographer and sculptor, working in Santa Fe since 1989. He is co-director of Axle Contemporary and a member of the City of Santa Fe Arts in Public Places committee.

Aurelia Gomez retired from Santa Fe’s International Folk Art Museum, where she spent 25 years creating interactive exhibition components, teaching hands-on projects, coordinating artist workshops and working in administration. In her studio practice, Aurelia creates two and three dimensional work inspired by biomorphic forms and patterns in nature.

Lynn Grimes is a retired Santa Fe Public School teacher and visual artist. She believes that engagement with the natural world is the best inspiration for learning, creating and connecting to place. She lives off the grid in southern Santa Fe County where she engages with the surrounding landscape on a daily basis.

Lillia McEnaney is a museum anthropologist, independent curator, and freelance arts writer living and working in Santa Fe. She has worked on exhibition projects with the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, the Museum of International Folk Art, the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico, and the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts. Lillia has an MA from New York University and a BA from Hamilton College.

Molly Mehaffy – Before becoming a principal partner in a Santa Fe landscape design company, Molly was a practicing artist in Santa Fe, and an assistant art conservator at the Museum of New Mexico. After 10 years co-owning her successful design/build landscape company, Molly got a Masters degree in Landscape Architecture from UC Berkeley.  She practiced landscape architecture in the Bay Area for several years, and then moved back to Santa Fe. Her wide-ranging interests, knowledge and experience in the arts and design worlds are an asset to the RAP committee.

Val Michael grew up in Oxford, England and immigrated to the United States in 1974. A retired middle school art teacher who taught in upstate New York for 30 years, she now divides her time between New Mexico and Maine. Val is a practicing artist, working mostly in acrylic and mixed media, and loves Tai Chi, hiking and yoga.

María Luisa Minjares is an experienced fine arts professional with 6+ years in for profit and nonprofit cultural institutions, and currently serves as the Development & Membership Manager at SITE Santa Fe. She has a background in curatorial and museum work, having worked at the Denver Art Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and holds an MA in Latin American Art History from the University of Houston. With roots in El Paso, TX and Chihuahua, Mexico, María Luisa moved to Santa Fe for work and is thrilled to be in a city where the arts are fostered and encouraged in the community.

Brooke Scarborough is Director of Events & Marketing for the Santa Fe Railyard Community Corporation, where she enjoys working with the Santa Fe community to make the Railyard a local gathering place for arts, culture and entertainment. A native Santa Fean, Brooke earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing at Marymount Manhattan College, and a Master’s Degree in Marketing from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.