# Arts and Culture Advisory Board Members Named

> Source: https://www.charlotteiscreative.com/arts-and-culture-advisory-board-members-named/
> Updated: 2021-11-29T15:32:08+00:00
> Type: Post
> Categories: Creative News | Contributors: The Biscuit Staff

The City of Charlotte has named all 18 members of the new arts and culture board selected to assist Priya Sircar, the City’s arts and culture officer,

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The **City of Charlotte** has named all 18 members of the new arts and culture board selected to assist **Priya Sircar,** the City’s arts and culture officer, develop a comprehensive strategic plan for the arts om Charlotte. The Board will also work with Sircar to allocate approximately $4.4 million in funds from the 2022 fiscal year to support arts, culture, and artists and $12 million respectively in the 2023 and 2024 fiscal years.

Each board member below will serve a three-year term. **Tim Miner**, co-publisher of *The Biscuit* is among them. The Board will meet for the first time in December. **Cyndee Patterson** was appointed Board Chair by **Mayor Vi Lyles**.

### **Appointed by Charlotte City Council**

- Carla Aaron-Lopez, Independent Artist and Arts Educator
- Aisha Dew, Artist/Arts Administrator and Community Activist
- Tim Miner, Co-Founder, Charlotte is Creative
- Shefalee Patel, Independent Artist and Community Volunteer
- Kevin Patterson, Arts and Community Board Member
- Nick Tosco, Musician and Local Government Attorney, Poyner Spruill LLP

### **Appointed by Mayor Vi Lyles**

- Irisol Gonzales, Fine Artist and Muralist
- Lex Kimbrough, Filmmaker, Brave Boy Media
- Corey Mitchell, Arts Educator and Founder/Artistic Director, Theatre Gap Initiative

### **Appointed by Foundation For The Carolinas**

- Cyndee Patterson, President, Lee Institute/The Duke Mansion
- Sandra Fernandes, Global Returnship Program Director, Glide – Relaunch, Wells Fargo
- Su Ping Lu, General Counsel – Securities, Governance and Corporate Finance, Honeywell
- Anna Spangler Nelson, Chair, Spangler Companies, Inc.
- Grace Nystrum, SVP – Strategic Marketing Executive, Global Banking and Markets, Bank of America
- Marisa Thalberg, EVP, Chief Brand and Marketing Officer, Lowe’s
- Charles Thomas, Program Director – Charlotte, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
- April Whitlock, Head of Corporate Citizenship, LendingTree; Executive Director, LendingTree Foundation

### **Appointed by the Arts & Science Council**

- Philip Thomas, Civic Leader