Tuesday, August 12, 5pm PST

Kendall Warson is the CEO and Co-Founder of Cohart a digital platform that brings the art world online by combining powerful backend business tools with a social marketplace front-end experience. Like Shopify for the art industry, Cohart provides artists and galleries with the backend infrastructure they need to manage inventory, process sales, and streamline operations.

Prior to Cohart, Kendall was Creative Director at Wonderspaces, where she designed immersive art experiences that attracted 120k+ visitors. She worked as an independent curator and artist manager with 15+ international artists in museums in the US, UK, and China.

Tuesday, September 9 , 5pm PST

Meghan Joy O’Keefe (aka MOJO) is a singer-songwriter, interdisciplinary artist, and teaching artist. In 2018, they were appointed to Executive Director of the Amador County Arts Council, a 501c3 field office of the California Arts Council.

O’Keefe’s approach is rooted in devised theatre, social practices, method acting, organic humor, and trash. Their main creative values are positivity, collaboration, and authenticity. She is obsessed with stories of heartbreak, ghosts, and life on the open road—to weave soulful works that haunt and inspire. Essential to their work is a responsibility to inspire creative practice in others because the arts have saved their life more than once. 

Tuesday, October 7, 5pm PST

Allison Wyper is a performance artist, consultant, and arts entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience providing administrative, marketing, and production support for individuals and organizations. She specializes in thoughtful professional development program design and facilitation, one-on-one coaching, and collaborative website design. She founded Rhizomatic Arts in 2014 to help creative people work independently, not alone.

​Allison is a Master Facilitator of the Business of Art curriculum created by the Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI), facilitated 17 Business of Art bootcamps from 2017-2024. She is the author of CCI’s Business of Art Facilitation Guide (forthcoming).

Tuesday, November 11, 5pm PST

Rachel Mijares Fick (she/her) is the Co-Founder of Future Fair, together with Rebeca Laliberte. Based in New York City, Rachel has organized 20+ art fairs in New York, Switzerland and Germany. Prior to a career in art fairs she has worked in the curatorial departments of Exit Art, New York and the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC. Rachel has been interviewed in the New York Times, Inc., The Observer, ArtNews, and Vogue Philippines; and has spoken about Future Fair at the United Nations, Praxis Roundtable, and Curatorial Program for Research. She holds a BFA in Fine Art from the Corcoran College of Art + Design in 2009. 

Tuesday Feb 10, 2026, 5pm PST

Join us for a facinating talk with Deborah Munk of Recology SF. Deborah has been the Director of the Artist in Residence Program (AIR) at Recology San Francisco since 2007. She also manages the Environmental Learning Center where the company provides educational tours about resource conservation to thousands of children and adults annually. Munk played a key role in establishing other art programs at Recology including the GLEAN Program in Portland, OR, the COAR Program in Astoria, OR, and the King County Recology AIR Program in Seattle, WA. She has also helped guide the implementation of several other AIR programs at Recology facilities in California and Oregon. Prior to joining Recology as AIR Program Coordinator in 2000, she was the assistant editor of Art/Women/California 1950-2000: Parallels and Intersection, published by UC Press. She has been on the board of Cultural Connections since 2023 and is a graduate of San Francisco State University and holds an MA in Educational Technology focusing on art and media.