STAFF
Sharon Tanenbaum, Executive Director
Sharon Tanenbaum became the executive director of the Artists� Legacy Foundation in 2011. With three decades of executive leadership at visual arts institutions, she served most recently as the Executive Director of SF Camerawork from 2004 to 2010, where she expanded the exhibitions and educational programs, established resources and awards for artists, commissioned the creation of new works, and doubled audience attendance levels. Her career is well rounded through her leadership at diverse settings, including a twelve-year tenure as the director of the Hospitality House Arts Program in San Francisco from 1981 to 1993, where she developed a unique open-door art studio for low-income artists that the State of California recognized as a model program. She is a recipient of the Business Arts Council's Arts Excellence Award and she has served as a grant review panelist for the Center for Cultural Innovation, the California Arts Council, and the San Francisco Arts Commission.
Kelly Lindner, Archivist
Kelly Linder began working with the Artists' Legacy Foundation in 2009 overseeing the development of a comprehensive database for Viola Frey's work. From 2002 to 2008, she was the director of George Adams Gallery in New York and from 1997 to 2000 she was the archivist for the Estate of Robert Arneson, a position she resumed in 2010. Kelly Lindner has served as independent curator and recently organized six-artist projects for Art in Storefronts, a program of the San Francisco Arts Commission.
Diane Frankel, Executive Director Emerita
Diane Frankel became the founding executive director of the Artists' Legacy Foundation in 2005 and served in this capacity for six years. Prior to 2005 she served as the director of graduate programs in museum studies at John F. Kennedy University and as the founding director of the Bay Area Discovery Museum. As an appointee of President Clinton, she headed the Institute of Museum and Library Services in Washington, DC, from 1993 to 1999. Since 2006 she has been an affiliate of Management Consultants for the Arts. Frankel was president of ArtTable (2003—05) and currently serves as chair of the board of the San Francisco Art Institute. She was a member of the Alliance of Artists Communities board of trustees.