COLLEEN KENYON - Leadership Honoree
Colleen Kenyon became the CPW’s first Director Emeritus in October 2003, after a twenty-five year commitment to the organization. Beginning as a volunteer in 1978, she served as the Executive Director from 1981 until 2003. During her tenure, her outstanding leadership and devotion to the community of artists and audiences resulted in the CPW becoming one of the country’s premiere arts organizations. Doug James, a member of the CPW’s Advisory Board and President Emeritus of the Woodstock Guild said of Kenyon’s directorship, “Colleen turned a small local gallery into a world-class, internationally known arts giant, bringing top artists to teach here, discovering talent whose names are now celebrated, and astonishing critics. The achievement is nothing short of monumental.”