About Sue

Sue (Schaefer) Wittman is a native of Middletown, Ohio. Her career includes work in art museums, galleries, and in the custom framing industry since 1985.

While attending the university, Sue worked at the University of Kentucky Art Museum in several capacities including Assistant Show Preparator. This position exposed her to conservation framing techniques, as well as honing proficiency for exhibition installation. Sue managed galleries in Lexington, KY and Cincinnati, Ohio before moving back to Middletown where she opened an art gallery/custom frame shop. She has owned and operated Artique Gallery in Middletown since 1989.

Upon return to her hometown, Sue continued her passion for community service by volunteering for several organizations. Her entrepreneurial spirit led her to help form the Art Central Foundation in 2005, growing the organization as a volunteer, and is now employed as the Director. Sue was awarded the 2007 Mary Maurer Volunteer of the Year selected via nomination by the Middletown Community Foundation.

Under her leadership, the ACF has shown the work of hundreds of artists in downtown Middletown in many public venues; sponsored, organized, and managed five day-long music festivals showcasing the talents of regional musicians; offered free visual art instruction to over 1,500 local children from 9 school districts; and has produced 11 pieces of public art that brought together young student artists, professional artists and international artists from Cuba to create these works.

Sue holds a Bachelors of Arts in English Literature and did graduate work in Art History at the University of Kentucky.

About Maura

After volunteering for a number of projects and teaching for ACF, Maura officially joined the board in 2018. Her background was a perfect fit to quickly assume the role of President. She is an accomplished abstract artist working with plaster, acrylics, and mixed medium who has a working studio in the Pendleton Art Center, Middletown, Ohio. Maura has first-hand knowledge of blending the creative artistic process with business to transition from hobbyist to professional. Understanding this process is one of the objectives of the ACF Artist @ Work program.

Maura’s entire career has been in service to others. In addition to raising her children, she worked for 13 years for the Warren County Board of Developmental Disabilities in Lebanon, Ohio. She provided training, supervision, and habilitation services to clients in a supportive/adaptive workplace setting. She also worked behind the scenes to establish programs and process improvement initiatives. Classic and eclectic influences are not only apparent in her art, but also in her love of cooking. Maura and husband, Ken, are now grandparents, great-grandparents, and have enough love left over for a dog and cats.

Maura has continued teaching classes in our Summer Art Workshop program. As President, Maura is leading charge to implement structure and process improvements to strengthen the backbone of ACF.

Maura holds an MBA in Management, Foundations of Business Administration Certificate, and Bachelor of Arts in Humanities from Antioch University.

About Roy

Roy joined the Art Central Foundation board in 2020 and serves on the Marketing and Fundraising Committee. He is a licensed and certified pharmacy technician, employed by Humana Pharmacy. He holds an A. A. degree from Sinclair Community College and a B. F. A. from the University of Cincinnati.

Besides teaching classes for ACF, he has led instruction in both team-building and engagement exercises. For Roy, “art is a human pursuit that should be available to everyone.” In accepting the invitation to be a part of the ACF board, he says that he decided to join so that he “could play a small part in making art available to everyone outside of my own art practice.”

He and his partner of five years have two dogs, Loki, a Yorkie / Shih Tzu mix, and Tucker, a Dachshund.

About Jim

Jim joined the Art Central Foundation board in 2021 and serves on the Resource Management Committee. About wanting to become a part of the Art Central Foundation, he says, “I love art and its positive power. I also like to help when asked. It came together.” He holds a B. S. degree in Accounting from Lake Superior State University and a J. D. degree from the University of Dayton School of Law, and serves as an attorney with Hurley Law Forum and as Controller / Counsel for Olympic Lawns. Jim likes to say that there is no job he hasn’t done, a claim supported by a long list of tasks he has undertaken, “from muscle, to grill time, to garbage pickup, to treasurer to president.”

Jim has been married to Maria, Middletown Community Foundation Volunteer of the Year, for 23 years. The Langendorfs have two children, both at Ohio State University, a first-year and a junior, and a fine dog named Alli.

About Samantha

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About Nancy

Nancy joined the Art Central Foundation board in 2018 and serves on the Resource Management Committee. She joined the ACF board because she “loves Joe and Sue.” She is well known to Middletonians as the owner- operator of Mockingbirds Café, located in the 1000 block of Central Avenue in downtown Middletown. She volunteers at the Sorg Opera, where she serves as Board President.

Nancy is married with a “bunch of kids and pets,” and is an avid knitter and cook.

About Eber

Eber is a member of the Art Central Foundation board, joining ACF in 2015. He serves on the Resource Committee.

He is a graduate of Miami University with a degree in Integrative Studies and is the owner of Flores Leather Works, a company that makes high-quality leather goods that are 100% handcrafted. Eber is married and has two children, a four-year-old daughter, and a two-year-old son.

About Teresa

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About Ciara

Ciara joined the Art Central Foundation in 2013 and became a board member in 2015. She became an instructor for ACF because she “loves the mission of the organization.” For her, “art is universal” and is “so important for our community.”

Ciara is a Visual Arts Teacher, grades 9-12, at Trotwood Madison High School and, before that, an Art teacher at Horizon Science Academy Dayton Elementary School. She graduated from Miami University with a B. S. A. in Art Education.

She is married to wife Danielle and has an 11-year-old daughter, Adalyn, who loves taking classes at Art Central Foundation. Ciara loves coffee and yogurt, lives in Franklin, Ohio and has two cats and two dogs.

About Donivan

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About Xena

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About Jimmy

"Volunteerism" is practically Jimmy's middle name. He loves to help others with anything needing to be done. His willingness to donate time and effort won recognition as the 2017 Mary Maurer Volunteer of the Year selected via nomination by the Middletown Community Foundation. Jimmy is the second board member to win this award.

Jimmy joined the ACF board in 2016, and serves on the Resources Committee. He routinely participates in our event preparation.

Jimmy works in shipping and receiving for Woodhull LLC in Springboro, Ohio.

About Deborah

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About Trey

Trey is a professional artist working in several mediums, including photography. Like several other board members, he is a Middletown native who lived elsewhere for years only to follow his heart and return.

Now retired from working outside of art, Trey devotes a great deal of time serving the community. In addition to serving on the ACF Board for a total of 5 years, he serves on the Downtown Middletown Inc. Board of Directors. He is a member of the Masons - Jefferson Lodge #90 and the American Legion Post 218. Trey enjoys giving back to the community and helping to make Art accessible to its residents.

Trey holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music.

About Maria

Maria joined the Art Central Foundation board in 2020 and serves on the Education Committee. She joined the ACF board because she loves the organization and what it does for the community and for her. She is a graduate of Middletown High School and lives In Middletown. Maria is a sophomore at Miami University, studying art and microbiology, and works at Walmart, where she is a certified pharmacy tech. She is a self-described “science nerd.”

She has served ACF as a student teacher and student learner and has volunteered her time to Earth Day activities and mural-painting projects. Maria would like to “see more integration of cultures come to Middletown.”

About Jamie

Jamie joined the Art Central Foundation board in 2021 and serves on the Education Committee. She states that she wanted to become a part of ACF upon being “shamelessly recruited” by Nancy Griffith.

She holds a BS degree in Biology with a minor in History from Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky, and is employed as a Team Lead at Humana.

She is married, has dogs, and is a member of the South Main Historic District. She likes to crochet. Knit, and sew, and enjoys doing crafts and reading.