People in KSMoCA
Founded during the 2014-2015 academic school year, Dr Martin Luther King Jr School Museum of Contemporary Art (KSMoCA) is an artist-run project in the form of a museum. The project sits at the intersection of social practice, art education, and museum practices.
Founders and Co-Directors
2023-24 KSMoCA Team
Dr. Kiara Hill, James DePriest Visiting Professor, Portland State University
Laura Glazer, Program Manager
maximiliano, Lead Preparator
Matt Perez, Preparator
Amanda Leigh Evans, Web designer/developer consultant
Photography
Paulina Reyes Lara
Design
Laura Glazer, Publishing and Design Director
Sophia Mick, Graphic Designer
A+D Projects at Portland State University
Portland state university graduate assistants
Luz Blumenfeld, Fall
Midori Yamanaka, Fall + Winter
MLK Jr School Support Team
Teresa Seidel, Principal
Nancy Rios, Secretary and Project Coordinator
Michelle Peake, Counselor
Megan Kohl, Secretary
Alex Montfort, Positive Behavior Coach
Jill Sage, Principal (until 2020)
Yolanda Coleman, Vice-Principal (until 2018)
Claudia Egan, Secretary (until 2019)
…and all of the other teachers and staff at Dr MLK Jr School
Past Collaborators
Akasha Lawrence Spence, Who Gets to Decide? Architecture Course (2019)
Amanda Leigh Evans, Program Director and Special Projects (2014-2021)
Amenta Abioto, KSMoCA Presents Podcast (2018)
Anke Schuettler, Photographer (2017-2019)
Ariel Fogden, Designer (2019-2021)
Ella Ray, General Program Coordinator including Permanent Collection + Publications
Illia Yakovenko, International Art Acquisition Committee (2021)
Jordan Rosenblum, RECESS! MLK Jr School Design Lab (2018-2021)
Kimberly Sutherland, RECESS! MLK Jr School Design Lab (2018-2021) and Designer (2016-2020)
Maggie Heath, Preparator (2017-2019)
Mandee Schroer, Contract and Hiring Coordinator
Master Artist Michael Bernard Stevenson Jr., MFA 1st/2nd Year Experience Program Coordinator
Mel Shea, Now We’re Cooking! Class (2019)
Nora Colie, KSMoCA Presents Podcast (2018)
Roshani Thakore, After School Art Program (2017)
Roz Crews, Program Director and Special Projects (2015-2020)
Saint James, KSMoCA Presents Podcast (2018)
Spencer Byrne-Seres, Preparator (2018-2019)
Zaneta Taylor, Graphic Design Lead
Click below to listen to a statement from PPS Superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero on KSMoCA’s work and impact.