BUCKHAM GALLERY
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  • Exhibitions
    • Late Winter Exhibitions >
      • Chad Erpelding: Gains and Losses
      • Deepanjan Mukhopadhyay: Appropriated Figure-Grounds
      • Jordan Vinyard: Summary of A Few Volts
    • Exhibition Opportunities >
      • 2022-2023 Season Call For Entry
      • PRESENTATION GUIDELINES
    • 2020-2022 Exhibition Schedule
    • Selected Past Exhibitions >
      • JANUARY 2021 >
        • Karen Milito
        • Nancy Pennell
        • Linda Lou Woodruff
      • December 2020: United By One >
        • United By One: Allen
        • United By One: LaBret Einstein
        • United By One: Haylett
        • United By One: Hershman
      • November 2020: BAC Exhibitions >
        • A Climate Of Change: Viewing Room
        • Shadows: 2020 Buckham Print Exchange
      • October 2020: Serious Play >
        • Serious Play: Andy Hill
        • Serious Play: Timothy Kranz
        • Serious Play: Sifus J Thompson
      • September 2020: Dear Memory, >
        • Aj Cooke: Fragmented Place
        • Michele Leclaire
        • Lauren Scavo-Fulk
      • August 2020: Ineffable Benedictions >
        • Matthew Osmon: Private Insurrection
        • 0591: People First
        • Rachel Singel: Metamorphosis
      • July 2020: Verisimilitude
      • Feb. 2020: Eros and Thanatos >
        • Eros & Thanatos: Award Winners
      • Jan. 2020
      • November 2019 Exhibitions
      • Oct.2019 FEVER VESSELS >
        • Press Release: Fever Vessels
      • FIELD WORK: Sept. 2019
      • BIG CLAY - August 2019
      • Crush: July 2019
      • April 2019: Allegories to Anatomies
  • Events
    • Calendar
    • In Conversation
    • First Friday Open Mic
    • Second Friday Art Walk
    • Cider & Slides
    • Past Artist Talks >
      • Jan. 10, 2020: Artist Talks with Ardea Thurston-Shaine and Dominique Chastenet de Gary
      • Tommy Mintz, Nov. 2019
      • 2019 Smallidge Lecture
      • June 2019: Panel Discussion with John Dempsey, Guy Adamec, and my Gibas
      • May 2019: Terre Voce
      • April 13, 2019 ​Artist Talk and Deviant Life Drawing Session with Jeanine LeclaireNew Page
      • May 4, 2019- Artist Talk with Stephen Halko and Nick Reszetar
  • On Screen - Flint
    • On Screen Artists
    • FAQ
  • About Buckham
    • Mission Statement
    • Board and Staff
    • Buckham Artist Collective
    • Founders Feature >
      • FOUNDERS FEATURE: THOMAS NUZUM
      • Founders Feature: Sam Morello
      • Founders Feature: Ken Kinyon
      • Founders Feature: John Dempsey
      • FOUNDERS FEATURE: GUY ADAMEC
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Board Members and Staff

Board of Directors


Nic Custer, President

A University of Michigan-Flint graduate, Nic is employed by U of M-Flint, working in the  Innovation Incubator at the Office of University Outreach. A writer and performer, Nic has been awarded a residency by the Poetry Foundation and has contributed to seven site-specific and verbatim plays. He hosts the monthly Open Mic at Buckham Gallery and serves on several community boards including Court Street Village Non-profit Housing Corporation and the New Evolution Educational Center.  

Janice McCoy, Vice President 

Janice McCoy is a visual artist with interests in printmaking, drawing and painting. Her paintings and prints have been exhibited across the state of Michigan. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan-Flint, having earned degrees in Visual Arts Education (BS 2018) and General Studio Art (BFA 2018). Janice works at MW Gallery as the Gallery Assistant & Programs Coordinator for the Mott-Warsh Collection, one of the largest private fine art collections of art of the African diaspora in the United States. Additionally, she is an artist collaborator with the Buckham Fine Arts Project, where she also serves as Vice President on the Board of Directors for Buckham Gallery. In addition, Janice also teaches part-time at the Art School at the Flint Institute of the Arts. 

Corinne Nuzum, Secretary

The daughter of an original founding member, Corinne has a life-long association with Buckham Gallery. Her artistic practice includes painting and drawing. She currently is on staff at the Swartz Creek Art Center and is completing her degree in social work.  Corinne is an instructor for Youth Arts: Unlocked, a non-profit that works with detained youth at the Genesee Valley Regional Center. 

Donovan Entrekin

Donovan is the Director of the Art School at the Flint Institute of Arts. He earned an MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and has worked in non-profit arts education at various institutions since 2004, including Interlochen Center for the Arts and the Pennsylvania Academy. Donovan is an accomplished  painter, sculptor, and printmaker. His large-scale figurative works have  been exhibited throughout the country.

Matthew Osmon

A visual arts instructor at Mott Middle College in Flint and the Flint Institute of Arts, Matt holds a BA from Columbia College and an MA from the University of Michigan-Flint. He is also a lecturer at the University of Michigan-Flint and has been extensively involved in the Flint arts community for years, serving as an instructor at Factory 2 and curator at the original Red Ink Studios Flint. His artistic practice, board in scope, includes work in watercolor, silk-screening, graphic design, puppet-making, drawing, and screen printing. 

Craig Hinshaw

Craig is a retired art teacher, a past president of Buckham Gallery, and a member of Buckham since its inception in 1984. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from Cranbrook Academy of Art and is a practicing ceramic artist. Actively engaged in the arts community for years, Craig has received numerous MCACA grants.


Sally Kagerer

Sally Kagerer is a life long-Flint resident who is deeply invested in the community. An owner of a Flint business, Beauchamp Ace Hardware,  her volunteer work for non-profits extends over four decades.  She has served on numerous non-profit boards, including the National Board of Planned Parenthood. Sally is married to an artist who shares her passion for the arts. When traveling, they visit galleries throughout the country.

H. Michael Parker

A life-long Flint resident, Michael worked in the manufacturing industry before devoting himself to his interest in art and being a maker. With a focus on ceramics, glassblowing, and lamp working, Michael enjoys classes at the Flint Institute of Art. 

Staff


Michele Leclaire, Executive Director

Michele Leclaire, who served as Exhibition Director since 2018, earned an MFA in painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2006, where she studied painting with Katherine Bradford, Vincent Desidario, and Irving Petlin. She widely exhibits her paintings and is represented in public and private collections throughout the country.  In the role of Exhibition Director, she oversees exhibitions and exhibition-related programming. Leclaire works with the Buckham's Exhibition Committee and organizes the jurying process, the installation of exhibits, and scheduling of exhibition-related events. She developed new programming such as the Cider & Slides art talks to provide community members with opportunities to more deeply engage with contemporary artistic practice and ideas. 
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In November 2020, Leclaire was hired as Executive Director to ensure Buckham Gallery’s continued success. As Executive Director, Leclaire will further develop Buckham’s organizational capacity and community impact. In this role she will leverage the talent and enthusiasm of the Board of Directors and artist collective to continue to bring challenging, contemporary art to downtown Flint.

Katie Cotton, Gallery Assistant

Katie Cotton joined our staff in November 2020. She attended the University of Michigan-Flint with a Communication major with a concentration in photography. She has been a member of Flint Roller Derby for 12 years serving several board positions. For the past 7 years, Katie has done all of the social media and design work for FRD. Katie is from Goodrich, MI and currently resides in the College Cultural neighborhood of Flint with her husband, two dogs, and a lot of plants.




Buckham Gallery is funded by the following organizations:
Generous support is provided by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. 

Our activities are sponsored in part by an award from the MICHIGAN COUNCIL FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS  and the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS. 
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This program is sponsored by the Greater Flint Arts Council Share Art Genesee Grant Program made possible by the Genesee County Arts Education and Cultural Millage funds. Your tax dollars are at work!
  • Home
  • Exhibitions
    • Late Winter Exhibitions >
      • Chad Erpelding: Gains and Losses
      • Deepanjan Mukhopadhyay: Appropriated Figure-Grounds
      • Jordan Vinyard: Summary of A Few Volts
    • Exhibition Opportunities >
      • 2022-2023 Season Call For Entry
      • PRESENTATION GUIDELINES
    • 2020-2022 Exhibition Schedule
    • Selected Past Exhibitions >
      • JANUARY 2021 >
        • Karen Milito
        • Nancy Pennell
        • Linda Lou Woodruff
      • December 2020: United By One >
        • United By One: Allen
        • United By One: LaBret Einstein
        • United By One: Haylett
        • United By One: Hershman
      • November 2020: BAC Exhibitions >
        • A Climate Of Change: Viewing Room
        • Shadows: 2020 Buckham Print Exchange
      • October 2020: Serious Play >
        • Serious Play: Andy Hill
        • Serious Play: Timothy Kranz
        • Serious Play: Sifus J Thompson
      • September 2020: Dear Memory, >
        • Aj Cooke: Fragmented Place
        • Michele Leclaire
        • Lauren Scavo-Fulk
      • August 2020: Ineffable Benedictions >
        • Matthew Osmon: Private Insurrection
        • 0591: People First
        • Rachel Singel: Metamorphosis
      • July 2020: Verisimilitude
      • Feb. 2020: Eros and Thanatos >
        • Eros & Thanatos: Award Winners
      • Jan. 2020
      • November 2019 Exhibitions
      • Oct.2019 FEVER VESSELS >
        • Press Release: Fever Vessels
      • FIELD WORK: Sept. 2019
      • BIG CLAY - August 2019
      • Crush: July 2019
      • April 2019: Allegories to Anatomies
  • Events
    • Calendar
    • In Conversation
    • First Friday Open Mic
    • Second Friday Art Walk
    • Cider & Slides
    • Past Artist Talks >
      • Jan. 10, 2020: Artist Talks with Ardea Thurston-Shaine and Dominique Chastenet de Gary
      • Tommy Mintz, Nov. 2019
      • 2019 Smallidge Lecture
      • June 2019: Panel Discussion with John Dempsey, Guy Adamec, and my Gibas
      • May 2019: Terre Voce
      • April 13, 2019 ​Artist Talk and Deviant Life Drawing Session with Jeanine LeclaireNew Page
      • May 4, 2019- Artist Talk with Stephen Halko and Nick Reszetar
  • On Screen - Flint
    • On Screen Artists
    • FAQ
  • About Buckham
    • Mission Statement
    • Board and Staff
    • Buckham Artist Collective
    • Founders Feature >
      • FOUNDERS FEATURE: THOMAS NUZUM
      • Founders Feature: Sam Morello
      • Founders Feature: Ken Kinyon
      • Founders Feature: John Dempsey
      • FOUNDERS FEATURE: GUY ADAMEC
    • History
    • News/Press >
      • Archives
    • Collaborators >
      • 2020-21 Renewal Packet
      • Bylaws
      • Policies >
        • Financial
  • SUPPORT
  • Connect / Visit
    • Connect
    • Visit
    • Covid-19 Safety Plan