Lisa is the Founder & Principal Consultant at Girl of the North Country, Inc., Artist Educator at Dia Art Foundation, Editorial Board Member at The Teaching Artist Journal, and Board Member at St. Nicks Alliance in Brooklyn. Over the years, she has held various arts administration and practitioner roles at The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, The Acting Company, Community-Word Project, and Queens Council on the Arts.

Treasurer & Interim Board President

, founder and director of Local Project.

Sherwin Banfield is a Queens, NY based mixed-media artist with recent work attempting to explore journeys of identity and ancestry. Sherwin's creative practice tends to deconstruct the imaginative and physical journey of identity within his preferred subject matter, the human experience. While exploring the journey of his subject, he would seek to draw a connection between their personal stories and established culture, frequently imposing mythological and imaginative ideas as accessories within

Board Membner & LIC Arts Open Co-Director

Secretary & Interim Vice President

Gallery & Exhibitions Manager LIC Arts Open Co-Director

Board Member, Fundraising Committee

Board Member, LIC Arts Open Webmaster

Board Member JAIME BAUTISTA Extensive architecture and design experience, construction management. Artist, curator and writer. Jaime’s expertise in architecture and his contacts in the NY construction industry will be of help in addressing LICA’s space needs: locating exhibition venues and working on finding a new home space for our organization. He is also a dedicated LICA member who has participated in many LICA shows. He curated the Unbridled exhibition at Plaxall Gallery in 2019

Board Member

Advisory Board

Advisory Board Member

Advisory Board

Advisory Board

President Emeritus