Staff

Mary Ann Racin  Executive Director 

Mary Ann Racin is the Executive Director of Riverviews Artspace, one of Virginia’s leading contemporary multi-disciplinary in Lynchburg, VA.  Riverviews Artspace supports artistic innovation, and connects artists and community.   Programs include visual arts, spoken word, and film.

Since 2005, Racin has overseen the growth of Riverviews Artspace, a place for art, artists, ideas and social interaction, which includes a beautifully renovated Craddock-Terry Gallery, a comfortable screening room (dvd, video; also used for live arts), multiple artist studios, the Jefferson Avenue Gallery and the Reading Room.   During her tenure, Riverviews has developed and expanded many programs, including CINEviews, an annual Film Festival, the Annual Juried Art Show, and On-Screen-In Person, a touring program of the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation.

Racin served on a grant panel for the Virginia Commission for the Arts and was inducted into the YWCA’s Academy of Women for Excellence in the Arts in 2008.   Before moving to Lynchburg, Racin developed public programs and funding for the Humanties Council in the Office of Institutional Advancement at NYU and conducted public policy research at the International Monetary Fund.  Racin has a BA in English Literature from Wellesley College, a MA in Cultural Studies from NYU, and a Certificate in Textile Design from FIT.     Prior to coming to Riverviews, Racin was a full-time Procreative Producer/Manager.

Erin Stover-Zumwalt, Exhibitions and Program Manager

Erin earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (with honors) from Illinois State University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from James Madison University. She has served as the Exhibition and Program Manager for Riverviews Artspace for the past six years and worked with  several other art-related nonprofits throughout the area. In addition to her work at Riverviews, Erin is also currently an Adjunct Faculty member in the Randolph College Art Department. She is an active volunteer for the Central Virginia SPCA and a cheerleader for the revitalization of downtown Lynchburg. In 2010, Erin received the Mayor’s Award of Excellence for Community Service.

T Upshur Office Manager Rentals Manager Extraordinaire since 2005.

T promotes and handles both Residential/Studio and Special Events Rentals in addition to supporting Riverviews arts mission and program.   When not TP’ing the offices, T is hiking.

Hanna Crespo  Gallery Sitter

Mikah Ramos Docent of Adorableness