Open Satellite Staff and Advisors
Staff
Yoko Ott, Director
Yoko is a curator, educator and facilitator with a depth of experience in visual arts programming. Her background includes being curator for the Hedreen Gallery at Seattle University and the visual arts program within Seattle’s Bumbershoot festival (2002-2006), in addition to developing programs at the Frye Art Museum while serving as its manager of youth and community outreach programs. Yoko has also maintained an active independent curatorial practice producing exhibitions in conventional and unconventional venues throughout the Northwest.
Annabelle Larner, Manager of Artistic Programs
Annabelle has a wide range of experience working with contemporary artists and implementing exhibitions from the ground up. Her professional experience includes positions as registrar at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, registrar at Independent Curators International in NYC, and exhibitions manager at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
Advisory Board
- John Su, Su Development, Open Satellite Founder
- Annie Han, Artist and Architect, Lead Pencil Studio, Advisory Board Co-chair
- Daniel Mihalyo, Artist and Architect, Lead Pencil Studio, Advisory Board Co-chair
- Patricia Shetley, Design Director, PSA Designs
- Linda Abe, Assistant Director of Development, Su Development
- J. Mark D'Amato, Principal Engineer, DCI Engineering
Other contributors include:
- Betsey Brock, Associate Director for Communications and Outreach, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
- Eric Fredericksen, Director, Western Bridge, Seattle
- Scott Lawrimore, Owner, Lawrimore Project, Seattle
- Beth Sellars, Curator, Suyama Space, Seattle
