COMMITTEE STRUCTURE
Role of the Steering Committee
The Steering Committee, with the guidance and support of the Project Director, determines the strategic directions and emphases for AWAKE, and sets the agendas for the Consortium meetings. It also assesses suggestions and proposals that arise during Consortium meetings and evaluates projects proposed for the public program phase.
The Steering Committee monitors other aspects of the program such as fundraising, the website, the development of a national program, and program publications.
Role of the Content Consultant Committee
The Content Consultant Committee suggests topics for consideration by the Steering Committee, monitors the results of the Consortium meetings for balance and thoroughness, and evaluates Consortium white papers for development into essays for scholarly publication.
Role of the Consortium Members
Consortium Members attend meetings, hear and discuss white papers and presentations by other members and invited speakers, refine and elaborate program topics, generate new ideas for the Steering Committee, and propose projects for the public program.
Role of the National Associates
The Consortium is complemented by National Associates, arts professionals and other specialists interested in contributing to the project’s resources. They participate in Consortium meetings as their schedules allow.
STEERING COMMITTEE
- Jacquelynn Baas, Project Director and Chair
E-mail: jbaas@mcn.org
- Linda Duke, Director of Education, UCLA Hammer Museum
E-mail: lduke@arts.ucla.edu
- Mary Jane Jacob, Independent Curator, Curator for Project Development
E-mail: mjjacob@ameritech.net
- Yvonne Rand, Resident Teacher, Goat-in-the-Road Buddhist Practice Center, Muir Beach
E-mail: goats@infoasis.com
- Michael S. Roth, President, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland and San Francisco
E-mail: mroth@ccac-art.edu
- Jordan Simmons, Executive and Artistic Director, East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, Richmond
E-mail: jordan@eastbaycenter.org
BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Jacquelynn Baas
Jacquelynn Baas received her B.A. in Art History from Michigan State University and her M.A./Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Michigan. Her specialties include the history of prints, nineteenth-century French art, and twentieth-century art and architecture.
She has held positions at the University of Michigan Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, and the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Since 1999, she has focused on writing and consulting.
Linda Duke
Linda Duke is Director of Education at the UCLA Hammer Museum and an art historian. She studied tea ceremony with Shozo Sato and Chinese painting theory with Kiyohiko Munakata.
She has taught Western and Asian art history, curated the NEH-funded exhibition Sacred Mountains in Chinese Art, and works closely with the creators of Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS). She focuses on the links between aesthetic experience and compassion in Buddhism.
Mary Jane Jacob
Mary Jane Jacob is an independent curator who has organized major retrospectives and surveys at the Museums of Contemporary Art in Chicago and Los Angeles.
Her projects include Places with a Past, Culture in Action, and Conversations at the Castle. She teaches at Bard College and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Yvonne Rand
Yvonne Rand is a Zen Buddhist priest and meditation teacher. She studied under Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, was ordained in 1973, and received Dharma transmission in 1989.
She has trained with leading Buddhist teachers, including the Dalai Lama. Rand leads retreats at Redwood Creek Dharma Center and is active in Buddhist teaching, art, and women’s issues.
Michael S. Roth
Michael S. Roth, President of the California College of Arts and Crafts, is a historian with degrees from Wesleyan University and Princeton.
He has authored books such as The Ironist’s Cage and curated exhibitions including Freud: Conflict and Culture. He was previously Associate Director of the Getty Research Institute.
Jordan Simmons
Jordan Simmons, Artistic Director of the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, is a graduate of Reed College with postgraduate studies in Ethnomusicology.
He has taught music, dance, and composition, worked with diverse ensembles worldwide, and is recognized internationally as a contra-mestre of Capoeira and shakuhachi teacher.
