The Education & Community Resource Committee ("ECRC") looks at all the aspects of arts education in our community. They have completed their research and produced a report entitled "Status Review of Arts Education".

As a follow up to that report they have produced a brochure with follow up steps entitled "Arts Access for All" (PDF) and are currently engaged in creating the Orange County Arts Education Center ("OCAEC") as a resource for the community.  More detailed information on the OCAEC is available in the documents below:

1. OCAEC Executive Summary (PDF - 43 KB)
2. OCAEC Business Plan (PDF - 344 KB)

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Committee Members:

• John Sinclair, Vice Chair
  Chair of the Rollins College Department of Music, Music Director of the Bach Festival and the First Congregational Church and Director of the Rollins College Community School of Music with students as young as pre-school age.
• Susan Arkin
  Former OCPS School board member and community volunteer.
• Jan Clanton
  Associate Curator of Adult Programs at the Orlando Museum of Art. Chair of the WinterPark Public Art Board and Representative to the Life-long Learning Collaboration.
• Marilyn Doyle-Patterson
  Associate Superintendent for Curriculum and Student Services at Orange County Public School. She is a member of various local and professional organizations such as the Winter Garden Culture Keepers.
• Debbie Komanski
  Executive Director of the Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens. She has been active on various community and school boards for over 25 years, having served on the UCF Foundation Board of Directors, the Orange County School Board Committee and the Orange County Science Fair Board.
• Lawrie Platt Hall
  Consultant who has worked on the Status Review of Arts Education in Orange County and the Arts Education Center Business Plan.
• Becky Stafford
  Life-long member of the Central Florida Community. Member of the Trinity Preparatory School Board and the Central Florida YMCA Board.
• Jackie VanderPol
  President of The Fulcrum International, Inc., partner of Zulu Exclusive gallery (located within the CityArts Factory), member of the Orlando Museum of Art, Council of 101 and the Central Florida Section of the American Society of Highway Engineers, and an ad hoc board member of TEAMFL.
• Royce Walden
  President of Walden Enterprises and Arts and Cultural Affairs Advisory Council member. Former Associate Superintendent of Human Resources with Orange County Publoic Schools and President of OUC.
• Sandy Winkler, CHAIR
  Director of Marketing for Hunton Brady Architects, Sandy Winkler oversees the firm's strategic planning, business development and corporate philanthropy.  She is a graduate of the University of Cenrtral Florida.  Ms. Winkler is an active member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) and serves on the advisory board of A Gift for Music.  She is also a member of the Society for Marketing Professional Services and Commercial Real Estate Women.  She serves on the Arts & Cultural Affairs Advisory Council. 
  

Alternates:

• Carolyn Minear (for Marilyn Doyle-Patterson)
  Fine Arts Program Coordinator within the Orange County Public School System.
• Mary Patrick
• Claire Ponsonby
  

Staff Liaisons:

• Paul Wenglowsky
• Ella Gilmore
• Vernard Batson