In 2010, Vanco was honored with the Governor’s Award for the Arts in Pennsylvania. He holds a bachelor’s in art history and history from Allegheny College. He has served on the Boards of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, Pennsylvania Presenters, and Pennsylvania Federation of Museums. He is a frequent lecturer, essayist and exhibition juror and has served on advisory panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, Meet the Composer Foundation, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, and the state arts agencies in Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and Montana. Vanco has also curated the Museum’s Contemporary Music Series for over 30 years, and the annual Erie Art Museum Blues & Jazz Festival for 21 years. He supervised the museum’s LEED-certified building connecting five historic buildings into one complex that opened in 2010. Vanco is the past executive director and curator of the Erie Art Museum. His travel experiences, especially those throughout Europe, have served to increase his awareness of the value of preserving our historic structures. Born and raised in Erie, he has always had an interest in history and architecture. Meyer has also taught museum studies and historic preservation undergraduate courses.ĭahlstrand works for Erie Insurance. She has experience developing public programming and walking and driving tours, collecting oral histories, designing and installing exhibitions and wayside interpretive signage, publishing, and coordinating special events like festivals and symposiums. Meyer speaks frequently on the history of Erie County and consistently pursues avenues to share local history with all audiences. She is experienced as an historian, educator, project consultant, grant writer and nonprofit administrator.Īs a public historian, Ms. Meyer has worked with and served the heritage and arts communities of Northwestern Pennsylvania for nearly 20 years.
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