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About Us
Inspiring Creativity in Everyone We Meet!
K12/TEJAS Gallery is a regional center for artists, aspiring artists and art patrons to connect through art experiences, education, public outreach, collaborative projects and gallery exhibitions for children, youth, and adults. These programs include summer art camps, field trips, professional exhibitions, workshops, art parties, after school, evening and Saturday classes. K12 Gallery/TEJAS, a nonprofit arts organization, is located in the Cannery Building, in the heart of downtown Dayton. K12’s 6,000 square foot space gallery and studio space is a vibrant art gallery with glass doors opening up to Third Street. We have two main spaces, the K12 side which offers programs for youth Pre-K through 6th grade, and the TEJAS side, which offers classes, exhibition and workshops for teens and adults.
K12 Gallery has been in operation for 19 years thanks to the generous support of individual donors, corporate sponsors and foundation support.
K12 Gallery holds 16 exhibits per year and is the only continuous exhibition space for children’s artwork in the state of Ohio. K12's emphasis on displaying completed artwork distinguishes us from most other children's art programs. Here, young people participate fully in selecting, mounting, organizing and hanging art.
Staff Members
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Jerri Stanard, Founder & Executive Director |
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Jerri began K12 Gallery for Young People in September 1993. She holds a MA in art education from the University of Dayton and a BFA from Wright State University. Jerri loves children and everything connected to creative intelligence. She is a regular attending member of the Downtown Dayton Rotary Club and began in the fall of 2008. She's also a board member of The Cannery Art and Design Center since 2005, and a strong advocate/volunteer for Five Rivers Metro Parks and St. Helens Elementary School, where her kids go to school. In 2008, Jerri won the honors of the Pamela Houk award in 2008 from The Dayton Art Institute for her tenacity for furthering art education. In 2002, Jerri was recognized as one of the Dayton Daily News Top Ten Women of Dayton for K12 Gallery for her community contributions and her numerous art awards. In 2000, Jerri won the Ohio Arts Council’s Emerging Leader Award. Jerri began her artist career as an art teacher for the Dayton Public Schools and later joined the Sinclair Community College staff as a gallery coordinator. She worked as a full-time art teacher, was a graduate student at the University of Dayton and volunteer for three years working anywhere between 20 – 40 hours a week developing K12 Gallery for Young People. |
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Kelly Sexton, K12 Gallery Program Director |
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Kelly has a B.F.A. with an emphasis of Painting and a minor in Women’s Studies from Wright State University. She has also taken art classes at The Ohio State University. Kelly has worked with K12 Gallery since 2003. Starting as a volunteer, she worked her way from interning to teaching Saturday Classes, After School Programs, Summer Camps and coordinating Community Outreach Projects. She now serves as Program Director and teaches K12’s Artist In Training Program. |
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Rebecca Sargent, TEJAS Coordinator |
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Rebecca received her MFA from the University of Pennsylvania and her BFA from Wright State University. Rebecca joined the K12 Gallery/TEJAS team full time in 2012, after teaching part time since 2000. In addition to Coordinating TEJAS exhibitions and programming, Rebecca also teaches the Artist in Training Afterschool Program as well as painting and drawing classes here at TEJAS. She also teaches at Wright State University. Interested in the theme of transformation, she investigates urban spaces and landscapes in her own paintings and drawings |
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Ann Gross, Financial Director |
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Diana Cordero, Membership Director |
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Diana served as lead artist for the following K12 Gallery murals created by Artist In Training students: Second Street Market mural, “Market Days”, “It’s Great In Dayton” mural on the side of Mendelson’s building facing Monument, "All That Jazz" Wright Dunbar mural, "Creating Community Habitat for Humanity" mural on South Patterson, and the mural painted inside of the Glen at St. Joseph’s. She has also taught Saturday Art Classes for K12. |
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Walt Hoy, President Mark Donaghy Sandy Garber Nick Davis Eric Geiger Len Roberts Charlie Shoemaker Oksana Cerny |
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