Our Mission:
To strengthen the health of the arts in San Diego County for the benefit of the community as a whole.
Meet the Art Pulse Board and Staff
Board of Directors:
Chris Williams – Chairman
Chris is the COO of MicroPower Technologies in La Jolla. Prior to joining MicroPower, Chris led product development teams at companies such as Apple, Intel and Harman International. He delivered complex system products including laptop computers, interactive TV systems, streaming media, networking and internet-based technologies. Chris has deep technical and management experience in a variety of areas such as embedded software, firmware, hardware, application and systems software as well as consumer products. Christopher currently has 26 granted patents and holds a BSc from Kings College, University of London, UK.
Henry Moon
Henry has been associated with Art Pulse from its inception, and was friends with April from when he was a client at her gallery in Los Angeles before her move to San Diego. For the last thirty five years Henry has been a consultant in design, technology and computer systems for the architecture and structural engineering firms Moon, Winter and Chew, and R. J. Moon, inc. Presently is a consultant with Frick, Frick and Jette, inc., Architects and Engineers, Victorville, California. Henry consults in statically analysis and imaging with Dr. I. J. Hildebrandt, PhD., Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA. He has a Bachelors of Science in Mathematics and Physics from California State University at Los Angeles; MBA from University of Phoenix. He is an associate of The California Institute of Technology, and a fellow of The Natural History Museum of the County of Los Angeles. Henry’s ties to San Diego go back 40 years, as he was once stationed at the Naval Training Center that is now NTC, where Art Pulse has its gallery and offices. An artist himself, he is active in support of the arts socially, politically, and philanthropically, Henry is an invaluable asset to the Art Pulse board.
Bob Alden
Bob graduated from the United States Naval Academy and served as an officer in the Navy for twenty years before becoming a Senior War Games Specialist for L-3 Communications, where he is responsible for the operation of two computer training systems at Tactical Training Group, Pacific that are used to train senior decision makers in the Pacific Fleet. He is a LEAD San Diego Impact graduate and has received numerous awards including the President’s Call to Service Award for attaining 4,000 hours. Bob served as Chairman of the Board of Volunteer San Diego from 2002-2008 and is passionate about service and volunteerism. He also serves on the boards of the San Diego Council on Literacy and the Women’s History Museum.
Steven Saslow
Steven has over thirty years experience in the radio and media industries. In 1985, he founded SJS Entertainment Corporation, which produced and sold network radio programming and services as well as live concert programming and events. Steven sold SJS to SFX Entertainment in 1997. He then joined SFX as Executive Vice President to help grow SFX Network Group. SFX was then sold to Clear Channel Communications in 1999. Steven also created the first interactive music service, “1-800-MUSICNOW”, which he sold to MCI Telecommunications in 1995. Before forming SJS Entertainment, Steven served as Director of Special Programming for NBC, and was responsible for all NBC Radio and Entertainment special programming. Prior to NBC, Steven served as Director of Marketing for Group W Satellite Communications. Most recently, beginning in 2003, Steven was Vice-Chairman and CEO of Verance Corporation a leader in Watermarking technology for the media and filmed entertainment industries. Steven serves on the Board of Directors of the International Radio and Television Society.
Art Pulse Staff:
April Game – Executive Director
April has been passionate about art, and especially art business for all of her adult life. Before founding Art Pulse, April had ten years experience as an art consultant, gallery director and fine art researcher for Sotheby’s in Beverly Hills. She studied English Literature at Connecticut College and Appraisal Studies at University of California, Irvine, but her real credentials are in the people she’s helped flourish and the community she’s helped create.
Aaron Rix – Creative Director
Aaron’s role consists of everything from brand management and graphic design to worsmithing, exhibition ideas and program advising. Aaron helped found Art Pulse with April Game in 2007. He is the founder and curator of an online artist community and has fifteen years experience as an artist for the video game, comic book and apparel industries. He is a trained illustrator, graphic designer and photographer.
Ansley Pye – Gallery Director
Ansley is the Director of Pulse Gallery. Ansley worked for several years as the curator of Timmons Gallery in Rancho Santa Fe and pursued a career as painter. She has always been fascinated with the process of creating. She joined the Artist Mentor Program for an intensive 18 months in 2009. Her artwork explores the imperfections of shape and texture and finds the unique and original in the torn, tarnished or blemished. In addition to running the gallery, her courage, insight and experience as an artist and art dealer have been extremely helpful in the continuing development of the Mentor Program.
San Diego County Arts Council Development Consulting Team:
Richard Stein, Executive Director, Arts Orange County - Prior to his appointment at Arts Orange County in August, 2008, Rick transformed the Laguna Playhouse in Laguna Beach into a major resident professional theatre over the course of 17 years as its Executive Director, growing it from an annual budget of $700,000 to $7 million, and producing more than 100 plays, including two national touring productions. There he also directed many notable productions, including several premieres. Rick came to Orange County in 1987 to serve as Managing Director of the Grove Shakespeare Festival in Garden Grove following a five year stint as Director of Lincoln Theater at the University of Hartford (Connecticut). He holds degrees from Columbia and Syracuse Universities and returned to Columbia for post-graduate study on a National Endowment for the Humanities summer fellowship. Rick was sent to Korea on a cultural exchange by the International Theatre Institute-US, has served on the executive committee of the League of Resident Theatres, and is a contributing writer to AMERICAN THEATRE magazine. He’s a past Chair of the John Wayne Airport Arts Commission, past President of the Association of Fund Raising Professionals-Orange County Chapter, and past co-Chair (twice) of National Philanthropy Day-Orange County. He serves on the board of California Arts Advocates, a statewide organization promoting the interests of the arts community. He has been a guest lecturer at University of California, Irvine and California State University, Fullerton, and was a commencement keynote speaker at the Laguna College of Art and Design. He has served as a panelist or site visitor for the New England Foundation for the Arts, California Arts Council, Western States Arts Federation, and the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, for which he also produced its State Arts Awards. Although his career has largely been in the theatre, Rick’s first post after finishing graduate school was as Executive Director of a local arts agency, Oswego County Council on the Arts, located in Fulton, New York
Pat Wayne, Director of Programs and Arts Education, Arts Orange County Pat has been the Director of Programs and Arts Education for Arts Orange County, the county-wide arts council, since 2005. She holds a Masters degree in Performing Arts Administration as well as a multiple subject teaching credential. She has served as Manager of Community Programs for the Orange County Performing Arts Center, Deputy Director of the Columbus Arts Council (Ohio), Managing Director of MoMing Dance Center (Chicago) and Managing Director of Merrimack Regional Theatre (Boston). Her work in arts education includes curriculum design, after-school arts programs, training of teachers and artists, design of arts residencies, and coach of school district arts plans. Pat guides the programs of Arts OC including Imagination Celebration and the Creative Edge – a partnership with the California Alliance for Arts Education to build local alliances in each community that can advocate for arts education and support districts as they implement their arts plans.
