Mission

The Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts advances the artist’s spirit of critical thinking, risk taking, and provocation in the arts.

Photo by: Grant Mudford

Mike Kelley. 1989. Collection: Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

Board

Elizabeth Armstrong

Connie Butler

Gianna Drake-Kerrison

Ken Gonzales-Day

Lisa Mark

Ed Rada, Chair

Claire Peeps

Cauleen Smith

Pilar Tompkins Rivas

Emeritus

Stephanie Barron

Glenn Kaino

Catherine Opie

Gary Cypress

Miwon Kwon

Jim Shaw

Gary Simmons

Joan Weinstein

John C. Welchman, Founding Chair

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Photo by: Douglas M. Parker

Eviscerated Corpse, 1989.

Staff

Mary Clare Stevens, Executive Director

Rochele Gomez, Grants Manager

Mary Haberle, Director of Archives

Mark Lightcap, Collections Manager 

Amy Via, Registrar

Chanel Von Habsburg-Lothringen, Office Administrator

Last Tool in Use, 1977.