Terri Schorzman,  Director

Terri has spent the majority of her career creating and managing program activities for cultural organizations, including as a program manager at the Smithsonian Institution where she was responsible for all operations and activities of an international research program in the history of science and technology. She has also led the communications effort for a regional planning agency, where she was responsible for public information, education, media relations, and public involvement, and worked in public programming and development for a local science museum. As a volunteer, she is the current state Advisor to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and held leadership positions in statewide and regional non-profit preservation and history organizations. She is also a former commissioner for the (former) Boise City Arts Commission, where she served on the executive committee for several years. She holds a Masters of Arts degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara in American History and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colorado State University in American History and Social Studies Education.

Amy Fackler, Cultural Programs Manager

Amy manages the Performing Arts and Cultural Celebration Community (PACC) Grant program, Professional Development Workshops, RE-ART children's collaboration art program, the Cultural Resource Guide, and other special projects. Amy's related professional experience includes working and volunteering at the Idaho State Historical Society, Boise Art Museum, City Arts Celebration committee, Wasco County Historical Museum, and Horner Museum (Oregon State University). Amy completed a Master's degree in Museum Studies at Oregon State University; she also earned a Bachelor's Degree in English and Anthropology (double-major) from the University of Washington.

Karen Bubb, Public Arts Manager 

Karen consults and provides workshops statewide for municipalities and arts organizations regarding public art, creativity and cultural policy. In 2008 she completed her Masters in Public Administration and Graduate Certificate for Regional and Community Planning at Boise State University. Bubb is also an active visual artist who graduated from University of Oregon in 1990 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. She works in many mediums including stained glass, encaustic painting, printmaking and collage. She shows her artworks at the Linen Market every third Sunday of the month at the Linen Building on Grove and 14th in downtown Boise.

Josh Olson, Public Art Education & Conservation Specialist

While in this position he provides services such as guided public art and cultural tours, web site and promotional development materials, and classroom resources. Josh also keeps busy preserving Boise's public art collection through regular assessment, maintenance and conservation efforts. By managing both of these large programs the cultural significance and the aesthetics of this three million dollar city treasure are sustained. Josh earned his B.A. in Fine Arts from Western State College in Colorado in 1994, and is currently a member of the National Association of Interpretation.

Rachel Reichert, Communications Manager

Rachel manages communications for the Department, which includes social media, digital newsletters, A&H blog, website development and all other media campaigns. She consults on arts marketing and communications for artists and arts organizations. Rachel is an active visual artist who studied silversmithing at the Oregon Collage of Art & Craft, Boise State University and Penland School of Craft. She works in many mediums, including silversmithing, installation & performance art. Her most recent project, Searching for Quartzburg, investigates the lives of Idaho outsiders through short audio/visual documentaries.

Brandi Burns, Historian

Brandi has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Idaho State University and a Masters of Applied Historical Research degree from Boise State University. She grew up in Centerville, Idaho, where her first car was a 1960s mustard-yellow VW Rabbit which fortunately would not run no matter how many new parts went into it. Unfortunately, her Dad was able to replace it with a powder-blue 1980s Ford Mustang that had a fickle temperament. Oddly enough as a youth Brandi did not dream of being a historian...all she wanted to be was Laura Croft, and if that didn't work out, a WWE wrestler married to Brock Lesnar. Once she settled down and became a historian, she focused her attention on urban and rural history, sprinkling the serious with the fun, such as her current project researching the romantic lives of Boiseans. Since being in the Department, she has established the first oral history program for the City of Boise, managed historical donations, and prepared the successful nomination of Boise as an Idaho Heritage City. 

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