About the Arvada Center
What We Do
Our Mission
The Arvada Center celebrates and elevates the human condition with engaging arts, humanities, education, and entertainment that expand the cultural landscape for everyone who visits us.
Our Story
There’s something special about the arts and humanities. Something transcendent. They can enrich who we are and inspire who we want to become. Ultimately, they appeal to the best in all of us, exciting our senses and enhancing our state of mind.
The Arvada Center produces, curates, and creates national-caliber arts, humanities, education, and entertainment that are designed to help you see, hear, feel, and think a little deeper. Here, there’s truly something for everyone. You’ll find something you can not only relate to, but something that resonates—no matter who you are, no matter where you’re from.
Our Vision
The Arvada Center will be a nationally-recognized leader in creating high-quality arts and humanities experiences that nourish the ability to explore and express the full range of human emotion.
Land Acknowledgement
The Arvada Center acknowledges that our facilities stand atop ancestral lands that include the Tsétsėhéstaestse (Cheyenne), the Hinono’eiteen (Arapaho), Nuche (Ute), and Oceti Sakowin (Lakota) nations. We offer respect to people of these nations—past, present and future. As we strengthen our resolve to honor their legacies we ask that you do so as well by giving pause to acknowledge the history of deceit, wrongdoing and Western settlement on their lands as well as the beauty of their languages, knowledge and strengths that informs our human experience today.
Visit the Center
The Arvada Center is located at 6901 Wadsworth Blvd, Arvada, Colorado.
To make a general inquiry, ask a question or update your account send an email to info@arvadacenter.org, or call our Box Office at 720-898-7200.
Core Values
There’s never a substitute for excellence—especially when it comes to enlightening and entertaining a discerning audience. The Arvada Center consistently elevates all of our arts and humanities offerings in a fiscally responsible way that ensures our long-term sustainability.
For us, the old adage about “love what you do and you’ll never work a day in your life” is spot on. We LOVE what we do and it shows. We truly cherish the opportunity to create world-class arts and humanities for all.
Knowing the arts and humanities are for everyone, we embrace the big IDEA (inclusion, diversity, equity and access). At the Arvada Center, everyone is welcomed. Whether you come to laugh, cry, think or escape, there’s something for everyone. Every time.
At their core, the arts are about creating something special. Something memorable. Something shareable. The Arvada Center applies our creativity to develop and deliver truly innovative arts and humanities offerings that touch the heart and enrich the mind.
Board of Directors
Ken Fellman I Board Chair
Alan Hines I Vice Chair
Craig Kocian I Treasurer
Stephanie M. Tuthill I Secretary
Nancy Bentzen I Sheila Carrigan I Denise Delgado
Bob Dyer I Justin Fales I Greg Francis I John Fraser
Nancy Gary I Sandy Hartgens I Arnulfo Hernandez
Lisa Landis I Rita Lawrence I Gene Lucero I Lynn McDonald
Lauren Simpson I Daniel Trujillo I Carolynne White
Ex officio members: Lorie Gillis, Philip C. Sneed
Staff Directory
Philip C. Sneed, President and CEO
Keisha Makonese, Director of ACES (Arvada Center Event Space)
Jackie Mendenhall, Sales Account Executive
Erick Delgadillo, Event Supervisor
Victoria Gardner, ACES Event Sales Coordinator
Contact ACES about event rentals and more.
Clark Johnson, Chief Operating Officer, 720-898-7212
Andy Terek, Director of Finance, 720-898-7221
Libby Zambrano, Human Resources Manager, 720-898-7274
Alma Vazquez, Senior Accountant, 720-898-7213
Sara DeHerrera, Administrative Coordinator, 720-898-7205
Jarrod Markman, Director of Individual Giving and Patron Experience, 720-898-7226
Amber Gale, Box Office Manager, 720-898-7260
Steven Cogswell, Audience Services Manager, 720-898-7262
Michelle Peterson, Volunteer Services and Accessibility Manager, 720-898-7211
Krishna Lund-Brown, Assistant House Manager
Amber Gale, Box Office Manager, 720-898-7260
Senior Patron Services Representatives: Krishna Lund-Brown
Patron Service Representatives: Kennedy Russell, Gabriel Morales, Jeff Smith, Melissa Larsen, Rebecka Lovisone, Chris DiRenzo.
Box Office phone line: 720-898-7200
Sarah Kolb, Director of Marketing and Communications, 720-936-9427
Leslie Simon, Content and Grant Writer, 720-898-7202
Collin Sanders, Communications Videographer
Lisa Leafgreen, Director of Education, 720-898-7236
Teresa Cirrincione, Assistant Education Director, 720-898-7241
Molly Berger, School Programs Coordinator, 720-898-7240
Scottie Woodard, Education Associate, 720-898-7247
Shaylyn Hubbell, Education Assistant
Bebe Alexander, Ceramics Coordinator, 720-898-7239
Julie Payne, Front Range Youth Symphony/Theatre Education Coordinator, 720-898-7238
Christina Noel-Adcock, Dance Coordinator, 720-898-7237
Patty Carrico, Facilities Manager
David Crespin, Maintenance, Leadworker, 720-898-7685
Maintenance: Brian Bessey, Nathan Robledo.
Custodial: Zophia Debski, Anna Kozlowska, Bronislawa Pena, Julian Castro.
Collin Parson, Director of Galleries and Curator, 720-898-7252
Emily Grace King, Galleries Exhibition Manager and Associate Curator, 720-898-7251
Artistic
Lynne Collins, Artistic Director, 720-898-7305
Lisa Hoffman, Artistic Associate, 720-898-7291
Brian Mallgrave, Director of Scenic Design, 720 898-7294
Production
Jacob Kenworthy, Director of Production, 720-898-7306
Elizabeth Jamison, Production Manager, 720-898-7299
Christine Moore, Production Stage Manager, 720-898-7287
Scene Shop
Nick Cimyotte, Technical Director, 720-898-7290
David Cimyotte, House Foreman, 720-898-7289
Tim Krueger, Shop Foreman
Korri Marshall, Lead Scenic Artist
Ally Lacey-Kachelmeier, Lead Carpenter
J.C. Williams, Black Box Lead Stage Hand
Scenic Painter: S. Layne Ely
Scenic Carpenters: S. Layne Ely, Matt Granelli, Taber Lathrop, Kenneth Stark, Joel Chavez, Vinni Alfonso, Connor Robertson
Prop Shop
Melissa Green, Properties Shop Manager, 720-898-7293
Jalana Sloatman, Assistant Prop Shop Manager
Props Artisan: Ryan Rouillard, Corey Exline, Rich Cadwallader
Costume Shop and Wardrobe
Sarah Stark, Costume Shop Manager
Crystal McKenzie, Assistant Costume Shop Manager
Samantha R. De La Fuente-Meche, Costume Shop Lead
Nicole Watts, Costume Design Assistant/Artisan
Olivia Murrow, Costume Crafts
Wardrobe Supervisors: Jessie Page, Anneke Ciup
Stitchers: Jonathan Kimbell, Faylo Kennedy. Erika Duan, Anthony Mattivi
Dressers: Reba Barker, Elizabeth Woods
Jocelen Barrett-Smith, Wig Assistant
Electrics
Jon Olson, Lighting Director, 720-898-7298
Alex Ostwald, Assistant Lighting Director
Master Electricians: Shaye Evans, Riley Nicole
Electricians: Carrie Smith, Lauren Hergenreter, Calli Lavarnway
Sound
Grant Evenson, Audio Director, 303-987-3214
Morgan McCauley, Audio Engineer
Weston Rutherford, Audio Engineer
Teresa YoKell, Vice President of Advancement, 720-898-7225
Kathy Blegen-Huntley, Director of Institutional & Capital Giving, 720-898-7227
Taylor Hicks, Stewardship Coordinator, 720-898-7215
Jenny Sines, Individual Giving Coordinator, 720-898,7222
Careers at the Arvada Center
At the Arvada Center, we truly love what we do. If you're looking for a meaningful career in the arts and humanities, check out the job opportunities listed below.
Annual Reports
Use any link below to download the Arvada Center's annual reports.
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