Staff

Executive Director: Jay Scott jay@tskw.org
Deputy Director: Elena Devers elena@tskw.org
Program Manager: Martha Barnes martha@tskw.org
Facilities Manager: Lauren McAloon lauren@tskw.org

2010 Board of Directors

Rosi Ware, Chairwoman
Kerry Shelby, Vice Chairman
Sandra McMannis, Secretary
Fred Troxel, Treasurer

George Cooper
Roger Emmons
Peyton Evans
Deborah Goldman
William R. Grose
Lynn Kaufelt
Rita Linder
Susan Rodgers
Anne Sunkel

Advisory Board
Margo Alexander
Lynne Bentley-Kemp
Judy Blume
Barry Briskin
Susan Henshaw Jones
John Martini
Claudia Miller
Steven Selka
Marguerite Whitney
Judith Zabar

The Studios of Key West provides a collaborative and supportive environment for creative experience; we offer low cost studio space, lectures, workshops, residencies, and partnership projects; we nurture the creation of work, build audiences, and support the advancement of established and emerging creative people in the Florida Keys.

The Studios of Key West is a professional non-profit cultural organization now in its third year as a multidisciplinary presenter, arts center, and artist residency provider. The organization is managed by a professional staff of four arts administrators and governed by a board of 13 community leaders.
TSKW is driven by a distinct cultural and educational mission to support creative community development, nurture artists and the artistic process, and forge new collaborations that celebrate and advance Key West’s unique sense of place. After 3 solid years of organizational, facilities, and program development, we have successfully established the organization with a significant place in the cultural life of the island.

The Studios of Key West maintains a growing campus based at the historic Armory building, located in the Old Town neighborhood at Southard and White Streets. The building, originally built in 1900 as the drill hall and armory for the Florida state militia, is the only wood-frame government structure in the Keys. TSKW completed major renovation and historic preservation efforts on the building in 2006, and now the Armory has become a cultural hub for residents and visitors.

Our program season has grown to include dozens of workshops, free lectures and presentations, concerts, and collaborative projects with organizations such as The Arts Council, Friends of the Library, Key West Literary Seminar, The Tropic Cinema, The Red Barn Theatre, and the Bahama Village Music Program.  We are located in The Historic Armory.