Arts Partners


		Executive Director - Katie Lynn Katie Lynn has been the Executive Director of Arts Partners since 2002. She was the recipient of a Scholastic Art Award at the age of 15, and later received a BA degree in communications with an emphasis on television, radio, film and theatre arts. Katie has provided training on nonprofit board management and development and leadership development to several local and national organizations, including a presentation at a Young Audiences national conference. She serves as Regional Director of Kansas Wolf Trap, one of only sixteen programs of Wolf Trap Early Learning.

		Program Director - Lisa Muci As the newest member of the Arts Partners team, Lisa Muci is a Magna Cum Laude graduate (B.M.) of Wichita State University, where she was a recipient of the prestigious Presser Award. She earned her M.M. degree from Northwestern University and has since enjoyed amulti-faceted career as a musician, educator, and administrator. Lisa was most recently Acting Co-Associate Concertmaster of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Orchestra, and Faculty of Advanced Violin at Knoxville’s Community School of the Arts and a Teaching Artist for the Tennessee Arts Commission’s Arts360 arts integration initiative, which is based on Harvard University’s Project Zero and supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

		Program Scheduler - Nancy Lucas Nancy Lucas has worked with Arts Partners programming since 1999. Prior to that, she served as Director of Education at the Wichita Art Museum, where she had worked since 1981. She has served on the board of Kansas Press Women. Nancy has a BFA from University of Kansas.

		KS Wolftrap / Artist Coordinator - Aaron Fowler As one of our founding teaching artists, Aaron Fowler has served as a teaching specialist for the past 13 years, with training as a Kansas Wolf Trap teaching artist. Aaron Fowler draws from 11 years in public school teaching and his life among inner-city youth as he brings entertainment and audience participation to assemblies, class presentations and workshops. His engaging style of folk music, storytelling and discussion, combined with his first-hand street experience, speaks to their life struggles. Aaron has a MME from Wichita State University. He taught choral music in the Wichita public school system from 1984-1995. Aaron held memberships in MENC (Music Education National Conference) and ACDA (American Choral Directors Association). Aaron left classroom teaching to tour full time as a singer/songwriter and educator in 1995.

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