Jan Hanvik

Experience

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  Fulbright Commission

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1991

  Senior Scholar

  See previous Fulbright answer.

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  Fulbright Commission

  Jan 1999 - Jan 1999

  Senior Scholar

  From 1990-91, Teaching Advanced Modern Dance, Overseeing construction of the new USAID-funded National Dance School, Decentralizing Dance throughtout El Salvador, Organizing The Year of Dance in El Salvador, rewriting the national dance curriculum.In 1999 and 2001 in Uruguay and Argentina, teaching Arts Administration (in Spanish) through BankBoston Foundation, the National University Institute of the Arts, the Salvador University, and others.

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  Lower Manhattan Cultural Council

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2000

  Former grant recipient

  I implemented programs promoting the lesser-known yet brilliant classical/contemporary non-commercial music and dance of the Americas, predominantly Latin America.

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  Columbia County Council on the Arts

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2008

  Executive Director

  Converted the entire small city of Hudson NY into an art experience during Hudson ARTSWALK each October. Created satellite art activities in every region of Columbia County. Received 6-7 years of steady funding from New York State Council on the Arts to creative Art in a Landscape: The Sculpture & Nature Tour, involving sculpture parks from MASSMoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts to Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens, New York; and the Hudson Valley Arts in Education Roundtable, linking arts education activities throughout 7 counties. Achieved outreach and harmony among arts practitioners and arts enjoyers who were permanent full-time residents of largely rural and poor Columbia County, New York, with the interests of more advantaged weekend artists and arts enjoyers. Gave exposure to internationally known artists such as Richard Artschwager and Stanley Boxer while encouraging art activity of youth, school children, hobbyists, and retired people. Made sure that "the arts were everywhere." Show less

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  Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center

  Jul 2008 - Jun 2016

  Executive Director

  Ended an internecine struggle among resident artists of this 52 member artist residency program. Oversaw renovation of a nearly collapsed building and building systems. Raised approximately $36m in capital funding, architectural fees, and for a Strategic Plan from NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Manhattan Borough President, New York City Council, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. Created Employee Handbook; a rubric for approving visual and performing and visual arts events; created Multicultural Curators & Building Community through the (Performing) Arts programs; created a rubric by which resident artists and organizations were admitted to the building; achieved a 10-year renewable occupancy license from the City of New York; created a Marketing Plan with funds from DesigNYC and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council; eliminated bad debt of approximately $400,000 and built a sustainable surplus; obtained funding for a rebuilt website; achieved recognition from the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, The Lo-Down, the Center for Puerto Rican Studies of Hunter College, BLAC (Black, Latino, & Asian Caucus) of the New York City Council. Show less

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  Community Board 3 Manhattan

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2016

  Arts & Cultural Affairs Subcommittee of the Parks, Recreation, Cultural, Waterfront Committee
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  Self-employed

  Jul 2016 - now

  Founder/Director
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  Pan American Art Research Inc AKA PAMAR

  Jan 2017 - Jun 2019

  Executive Director
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  Mark DeGarmo Dance

  Mar 2017 - now

  Development Officer

  Jan Hanvik, a former Teaching Artist and Board Member at Mark DeGarmo Dance, brings his deep knowledge of the organization and of the field to this position.

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  Crossing Bridges LLC

  Mar 2017 - now

  Founder

  Crossing Bridges LLC was created to facilitate exchanges among artists and art students of all art forms from the countries & cultures of Iberia, the Caribbean, and Latin America. The primary component of this enterprise is the creation of a network among existing artist residencies in these regions. An equally important component is to provide support for new artist residencies in these regions. A vital aspect of this work is the creation of artist residencies in indigenous communities in the United States, Mexico, Venezuela, El Salvador, Guatemala, Chile, and Argentina, and wherever else an indigenous community may express interest in developing such an enterprise, in which the various art forms are not separated from each other, nor separated from nature, history, tradition, & community. Show less

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  Tlacopac International Artist Residency Mexico City

  Jan 2019 - now

  Founder/Director