The Council is a body of fifteen members appointed by the Governor for six-year terms to help promote the arts statewide.  A primary responsibility of the Council is to make decisions on grants awarded to support art programs and arts education throughout the state.  Members come from diverse areas of the state and backgrounds, ranging from arts educators, to professional artists, to community arts volunteers.

Click on a Council Member's name to view biography.

Chairmen and Council Officers

• Jim Harrison III, Chair, Tuscaloosa
• Dr. Henry Panion III, Vice-Chair, Birmingham (Chair, Grants Review)
• Lisa Blach Weil, Secretary Montgomery (Chair, Long Range Planning)

Members of the Council

• John C. Coleman, Dothan
• Warren Duncan, Tuskegee
• Sharon Delmar, Atmore
• Dr. Rachel Brown Fowler, Birmingham
• Julie Hall Friedman, Fairhope
• Tina Naremore Jones, Livingston
• Kim Mitchell, Decatur
• Barbara Patton, Opelika
• Ceil Jenkins Snow, Birmingham
• Sontonia T. K. Stephens, Northport
• Lynne Berry Vallely, Huntsville
• Mary Wadsworth White, Florence

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