ABOUT
EASL
Learn more about our mission to support creativity.
OUR HISTORY
Established in 1992, EASL supports North Texas visual artists and arts professionals with emergency grants.
Our mission is to be there for artists and arts workers when they require aid, so that they can continue to create and enrich our community. We hope to assist the visual arts community in North Texas and make this a more sustainable area for artists to live and create.
OUR FOUNDERS
A small group of prominent artists and art professionals started EASL in 1992 to raise money for artists needing dire emergency funds in the North Texas region. EASL partnered with the Communities Foundation of Texas which allowed EASL to concentrate on fundraising while CFT handled the process of grant making.
EASL’s Founders:
EDITH BAKER
PATRICIA MEADOWS
SHERRY OWENS
PAMELA NELSON
FRANCES BAGLEY
NANCY WHITENACK
We are grateful to the many volunteers and former Board members who have championed EASL since our founding almost 30 years ago.
2025 BOARD MEMBERS
CAROL BENSON
CHERI CETTO
JOAN DAVIDOW
LAURA ELCOCK
PAUL GREENBERG
MR.& MRS. CHARLES B. MONCRIEF
PAM NELSON
LARRY NEWMAN
SHERRY OWENS
NANCY WHITENACK
MARLA PRICE
HOWARD E. RACHOFSKY
MARTY RAY
JOHN REOCH
DEEDIE ROSE
EMILY SUMMERS
DR. MARK THISTLEWAITE
ELLEN FRANCES TUCHMAN
L. CHARLES WEATHERBY
KATHY WINDROW
ADVISORY BOARD
Laura Allen
Brenda Ciardiello
Ariel Davis
Karla Garcia
Nell Langford
Julie Libersat
Leslie Sakal
We are grateful to the many volunteers and former Board members who have championed EASL since our founding almost 30 years ago.
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