RedLine Board of Directors
Dr. Ella Maria Ray is an associate professor of African American studies and visual anthropology, a student of the Jamaican Rastafari movement, and a visionary creator of material culture. She creates a relationship between ethnographic data and visual art as a tool for understanding our human experience. Thus far, Dr. Ray’s sojourn has led her to Cortona, Italy, as an artist-in-residence for the University of Georgia’s Study Abroad Program and to fellowships at the University of California, Davis, and Colorado College, Colorado Springs, to analysis ethnographic data, and explore humanity through visual art.
Mark Bell has practiced law in Colorado for 25 years emphasizing business, finance, and real estate transactions and litigation. He holds the designation of a Best Lawyer in America, preeminent ranking in each of his practice areas, and is currently a partner with the national firm, Stinson LLP. Mark's passions are alternative music, art, and literature.
Mark is an avid but mediocre visual artist and writer of poetry and dark fiction. His favorite haunts are Mission Ballroom, the Tattered Cover on Colfax, and the Continental Club in Austin, Texas where he attended college. His community involvement is extensive and focuses on furthering the arts in Denver and assisting those suffering from addiction.
Mark also supports Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Colorado's literary hub, and Recovery Dharma, an international addiction recovery program based on Buddhist principles. Mark has two amazing daughters and enjoys an urban lifestyle, living and working in downtown Denver.
Marlene Price’s appreciation for and commitment to the diversity, complexity, and beauty of our world formed early as the youngest of a world-traveling military family. After she graduated from the University of Colorado, with a degree in Chemistry / Biochemistry, she took advantage of experiencing the variety of the US, through numerous work assignment locations, during her 30+ engineering and leadership career. Marlene’s commitment to proactive community support and engagement has included volunteerism and board membership for numerous art and cultural organizations and museums, as well as working with organizations focused on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). Her recent relocation back to Denver CO is providing her opportunities to leverage her skills and experiences in her hometown.
Patricia (Patty) Ho is a Seattle-area native that made her way to Boulder and then Denver as an attorney. Practicing in the areas of intellectual property (copyright, patent, trademark) and commercial litigation at Denver-based Sheridan Ross P.C., she provides counseling and litigation services to a range of clients, from individual business owners in Denver to large corporations. She values connection to her local community, and is committed to providing her experience and legal mindset in furthering RedLine's mission.
Karla Dakin is a landscape architect and an artist. Her practice focuses on plant-driven design of landscapes, food gardens and green roofs for private residences, museums and public spaces, as well as commercial projects. As a leader in the field, Dakin creates green spaces that push our expectations of landscape and engage all five senses, making places that are both ecologically sound and aesthetically resonant.
Since founding K. Dakin Design in 1997, Dakin has completed over 100 residential landscapes, two major museum roof gardens and dozens of commercial and public projects. She co-authored The Professional Design Guide to Green Roofs (published by Timber Press in 2013) and lectures internationally on subjects ranging from the future of green roofs to food gardens and the relationship between art practice and landscape architecture. In addition to being a licensed landscape architect, Dakin has studied permaculture and biodynamic gardening, giving her a level of horticultural knowledge that is rare in the field.
Dakin brings over 20 years of experience in landscape architecture to each project as well as a professional background and aesthetic sensibility polished by her early years working in the international art worlds of New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Her practice hinges on the understanding that each project has a unique context, both human and ecological. For Dakin, the design process is a collaboration between landscape architect, client and site: both a discipline and an art.
Terry Dowd, trained artist and architect, President of Terry Dowd, Inc., in Chicago and former Partner in Ship Art -Terry Dowd LLC in Denver. Established fine art services company in 1978 in Chicago to provide comprehensive services to the arts community. Terry Dowd directed the growth of TDI to become the premier service provider in the Midwest Region specializing in the handling of art and artifacts. In 2001, established and developed the Denver office to serve the Mountain/Plains Region.
Terry continues to orchestrate the secure handling of thousands of sensitive objects of all sizes and shapes. Working with institutional, corporate and private clients, complex installation or transportation projects are planned and managed to address unique obstacles and circumstances. He has participated in numerous panels and sessions focusing on best practices for handling and caring for fine art and artifacts.
He has also been involved in commercial real estate investment, development and management since 1985 focusing on repurposing underutilized commercial property. In 2022, Terry began investing and engaging with the digital mining industry to seek and explore new opportunities.
His personal interests include travel, motor sports, snow skiing, surfing and cycling.
Thomas Evans, a.k.a. Detour, is an all-around creative specializing in large scale public art, interactive visuals, portraiture, immersive spaces, and creative directing. His focus is to create work where art and innovation meet. With his ever-evolving approach to art, Detour’s focus is on expanding customary views of creativity and challenging fine-art paradigms by mixing traditional mediums with new approaches—all the while opening up the creative process from that of a singular artist, to one that thrives on multi-layered collaboration and viewer participation.
Anthony Garcia Sr. was born and raised in Denver in the Globeville community. Starting off as a graffiti writer, his knowledge of the Denver art scene and his go-getter attitude molded him into a force to be reckoned with early on. He is currently programming with at-risk youth and trying to bring more fine art to the streets of Denver. He is also the co-founder of Birdseed Collective (a DIY group of artists working together to create a more accessible platform for up and coming talents to express themselves). His artistic training was molded by Denver “Art Street” program and the Center for Visual Arts.
Doug Kacena, the highly-regarded gallery owner of K Contemporary, is a studio owner, an art therapist, a provocative curator, a podcast host, a collector and a passionate advocate for other artists. Doug is a member of the Denver Art Dealers Association (DADA) and is on the Contemporary Collections Committee of the Denver Art Museum.
Agnes Ma is an Illinois native who relocated to Colorado in 2016. She is currently an Assistant Professor and 3D Studios Coordinator in the Fine Arts + Foundations Department at Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design.
She received her M.F.A. in Metalwork, Jewelry Design, and Digital Fabrication as well as a Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies from Northern Illinois University and has a B.S. in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Her work combines traditional craft and modern methods of fabrication to examine the relationship between humans and their surrounding environment.
Agnes was the Artist in Residence for Metalwork and Glass at Lillstreet Art Center (Chicago, Illinois) in 2015-2016 and took part in a 4-week artist residency at Yellowstone National Park in the summer of 2018. Her artwork has been exhibited nationally, including at the Metal Museum in Memphis Tennessee. Her museum and curatorial endeavors have extended as far as Sicily.
Yael Nyholm graduated from Pratt Institute with a degree in Architecture, she started her career going down a more traditional path of design and construction. She has since found herself immersed in a variety of peripheral influential supportive roles. Including founding Radian, a Community Design Center, she successfully transitioned the organization after acting as the Executive Director for 5 years. She currently works as a consultant in the realm of community development, with a focus on affordable housing. Yael brings the perspective of private business and non-profit management to the board.
Laura Merage is an artist/photographer with works in public and private collections nationally and internationally. She has launched several philanthropic organizations, including RedLine and Black Cube, experimental art museums that operates nomadically and works with artists to produce pop up exhibitions in unexpected places. Laura serves on the Anti-Defamation League Board of Directors (Mountain States Region and National), and is deeply committed to their mission of promoting justice and fair treatment to all.
Susan Young Lewis is a self-employed interior designer, home renovator, and proud Redline volunteer. She has spent time on the boards of Academia Ana Marie Sandoval and Lazos Education Fund and is passionate about arts and education. She has always been drawn to art and feels deeply connected to Redline’s mission to create positive social change in the community through art. For fun she loves to study Russian, play harp, travel, and throw weird theme parties.