Who We Are

Fresh Artists was established in 2008 with a unique mission to empower and embolden the rising generation of young artists.

A collage of a woman's face on a red background
Featured Artist
Elias Gillard
, Grade
5
Featured Artist
Elias Gillard
, Age
10

About Us

Fresh Artists creates real-life opportunities for kids to engage in philanthropy, exhibit their artwork, and support art programs for public schools-in-need.

We prominently showcase their artwork in highly visible and unexpected locations, making voices heard. Simultaneously, we provide essential, quality art supplies and deliver innovative programs to severely underfunded public schools, to ensure that art is universally accessible.

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Our Story

Fresh Artists was founded in 2008 out of the necessity to keep art alive in underfunded public schools by engaging the children being served in the solution.

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Our Founders

Fresh Artists is a collaboration between a designer and a fine art collections manager with relentless commitments to provide kids with access to quality public education.

A close up of a paint palette and a paintbrush

Studio Space

Occupying over 6,000 sq ft, Fresh Artists' studio is a maker’s paradise with commercial printers, art studios, technical workshops, and gallery spaces for endless creative outlets.

Our People

“We’ve assembled a group of passionate individuals that have come together out of a common cause: delivering public art programs to the next generation of young artists.”

Barbara Chandler Allen, President, Fresh Artists

Team & Staff

A woman with red glasses sitting in front of a paintingA painting of a woman with glasses and a blue shirt
Barbara
Chandler Allen
Founder & Board President
Fresh Artists
A man wearing glasses and a gray shirtA close up of a mosaic of a man's face
Roger
C. Allen
Co-Founder, Executive Director
Fresh Artists
A man with long hair standing in front of a colorful wallA painting of a woman with blue eyes
Jacob
Wiegmann
Program Manager
Fresh Artists
A woman with short hair smiling at the cameraA drawing of a person made out of strips of paper
Shellie
Straub
Business Manager
Fresh Artists
A woman smiling in front of a paintingA picture of a woman made out of pieces of paper
Nina
Pauciulo
Printer and Studio Manager
Fresh Artists
A woman with a tattoo on her arm standing in front of a wallA painting of a woman with a large afro
Ami
Glazer
Media Specialist
Fresh Artists

Board & Counsel

Barbara
Chandler Allen
Founder / President
Fresh Artists
Kenneth
Burns
President/CEO
Axis Graphics Installations
Keisha
Hudson
Chief Defender
Defender Association of Philadelphia
Caralyn
Spector
Interim ED, Philadelphia Cultural Fund
Kim
Sedmak
Policy Outreach Director
AARP’s Policy, Research and International Division (PRI)
Jim
Pinheiro
Manager of Sales
ANRO, Inc.
Christine
Kochevar
Strategy Manager
Apple One Employment Services
Jason
James
Creative Director
Fig Industries
Rosemarie
Fabien
Board Member, Phila. Museum of Art, COLLAB
Fabien Communications
Adam
Aquino
Manager of Manufacturing
BEHR Paint Company
Susan
Yeager
FA Board Treasurer
Bright Solutions

Our Partners & Friends

Our corporate partners demonstrate their social responsibility in a variety of ways: through substantial gifts of in-kind goods, equipment and consumables, to generous financial contributions.

These corporate friends and many Fortune 500 companies, make a strong commitment to Fresh Artists every year and to our goal of delivering robust art education in public schools.