2020 Multidisciplinary & UCCD Specific Cultural Projects

• Executive Director, Grace Arts Center, Fort Lauderdale
• Fine Art Broker/Business Owner
• Past Board Member, Broward Enterprise Zone and Community Redevelopment Area (Fort Lauderdale) sponsoring arts resiliency projects
• M.S.P., Urban and Regional Planning, Florida Atlantic University

Clare Vickery is a Producer, Curator, Writer, and Director of original multidisciplinary projects including visual art exhibitions, documentary film, theater, urban design installations and competitions. A South Florida resident since 1991, she’s an active patron of the arts including sponsoring large commercial art exhibitions, elementary school after-school arts-care, paid internships and scholarships to study abroad for high school students, college fashion, architecture and robotics studios, and created a design and creative arts program for teens in foster care. Prior to developing cultural programming, she was the recipient of multiple awards for land development, planning, historic building preservation and design.

• Director of Development and Marketing, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers
• 12 years’ experience in fundraising and strategic planning. 4 years’ experience in grant writing and nonprofit leadership.
• B.A., Political Science, University of Central Florida (Orlando)

• Chief of Administration, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
• 18 years’ experience in municipal administration in Culture, Tourism, Film and Special Events; 5 years’ experience in feature film development
• Master in Public Administration, Florida International University, Green School of International and Public Affairs ; Bachelor in Fine Arts, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts

• Executive Director, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
• 10 years with Art Center Sarasota as development and marketing coordinator and currently executive director overseeing all operations including exhibitions, art education and public programing
• 14 years, director of design and designer, various apparel companies, NYC
• Fine Arts major at Framingham State University, Massachusetts; BA Fashion Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC, NY
  

• Director of Grants and Foundations, Pérez Art Museum, Miami; and Grants Manager, National YoungArts Foundation
• 18 years of experience in fundraising, grant proposal development and curatorial and project management at cultural institutions and arts organizations.
• Masters Certificate in Museum Studies, Harvard University; B.A. and M.A. (Hons), English Language and Literature, Oxford University (England)