STAFF
Main Gallery & Membership
845-679-2940 extension 100
Permanent Collection + Archives
845-679-2198
info@woodstockart.org
Staff
Nicole Goldberg
Executive Director
Nicole Goldberg has been a non-profit professional for the visual arts for over twenty years, having served as Director of Development at Art Omi in Columbia County and Director of Development at The Drawing Center in SoHo. She also worked for several years as a grant writer at The Jewish Museum and The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Nicole has taught the course Development for the Visual Arts at the NYU M.A.Visual Arts Administration program and holds a B.A. in the History of Art from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. in Modern Art and Critical Theory from Columbia University. She splits her time between her brownstone in Brooklyn and modern farmhouse in Saugerties with her husband, two children, and two dogs. She is a passionate vegan and avid knitter!
845-679-2940
nicole@woodstockart.org
Elizabeth Keithline
Exhibitions Director
Elizabeth Keithline has held director positions in museums and galleries since 2004. Doing business as Wheel Arts Administration, she recently completed a 14-year contract with the Rhode Island State Council On The Arts. During her time there, she founded and managed Rhode Island’s Contemporary Art In State Government and Airport Gallery programs, accessioning and exhibiting over 1,200 pieces through private corporate donations. In addition, she twice served as interim Gallery Director at Wheaton College, where she curated shows, worked in collections and managed loans that came from all over the United States. As an independent curator working in New York City, her clients included SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Mark Miller Gallery and the Governors Island Art Fair. Exhibitions she has curated have garnered reviews in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, Art New England and the Hartford Courant, among others. Keithline has written for Sculpture Magazine, Public Art Review, and the Americans For The Arts. Elizabeth and her husband, bass player Jeff Keithline, moved to Woodstock full time with their dog Polly in 2019. They have 3 adult children.
845-679-2940
elizabeth@woodstockart.org
Tara Foley
Director of Education & Public Programs
Tara Foley was previously the Education Director at the Wassaic Project and has most recently led art education programs at the Starr Library in Rhinebeck, Aldrich Museum, the D.R.A.W, and Children’s Museum of the Arts, Manhattan. Alongside Tara’s new role at WAAM, she is also currently working at Geary, an art gallery in Millerton, NY. She is a practicing artist and has an ongoing music project with her partner. Tara received her MFA from CalArts in 2013.
845-679-2940 x104
tara@woodstockart.org
Emily Jones
Archivist & Collections Manager
Emily Jones is the WAAM Archivist, a position she has held since 2005. She received a Master of Science in Library and Information Science with a concentration in archives from Simmons College in Boston. She is a member of the Society of American Archivists and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference. Prior to her tenure as an archivist, in addition to assorted administrative jobs she served two years as an AmeriCorps*VISTA for a non-profit AIDS service organization.
845-679-2940, ext. 105
emily@woodstockart.org
Emily Gaynor Porto
Marketing Director
Emily Gaynor Porto has worked in the arts for over fifteen years, with organizations throughout the U.S. and internationally. She began her career on the agency side, specializing in visual arts. She later served as Press and Marketing Director at The Drawing Center in New York City before working with Portland Art Museum in Oregon and several west coast galleries and arts nonprofits. Emily holds a B.A. from Vassar College and an M.A. from the University of London.
503-730-5319
marketing@woodstockart.org
Suzy Jeffers
Gallery Manager
Suzy Jeffers has been living in the Hudson Valley as an arts professional for over 30 years. She has spent the bulk of her career teaching at SUNY New Paltz and SUNYUlster, where she also served as the coordinator of the Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery. She is pleased to join the WAAM community as Gallery Manager.
845-679-2940
suzy@woodstockart.org
