Linda Pace (1945–2007) was an artist, collector, philanthropist, and founder of ArtPace, A Foundation for Contemporary Art in San Antonio, Texas.
Jan Jarboe Russell, journalist and author, is vice president of the Linda Pace Foundation. Jarboe Russell has published hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles in the San Antonio Express-News, Texas Monthly, Slate, the New York Times, and numerous other publications. She is the author of Lady Bird: A Biography of Mrs. Johnson and the forthcoming Train to Crystal City.
Eleanor Heartney has been a contributing editor to Art in America and Artpress for more than ten years, reviewing the most significant international art shows, biennials, and documentas. Her recent publications include Postmodernism, Art & Today, and Critical Condition: American Culture at the Crossroads, the Collected Essays of Eleanor Heartney.
For seven years Kathryn Kanjo served as the second executive director of Artpace San Antonio. Her tenure defined a period of programmatic growth and increased visibility for the organization. Working with Linda Pace, Kanjo established the Artpace board of directors, helped conceptualize CHRISpark, and advised on art acquisitions. She is currently chief curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. She has also held curatorial posts at the University Art Museum at UC Santa Barbara, Portland Art Museum in Oregon, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. She has organized one-person exhibitions by Leonardo Drew, Isaac Julien, Catherine Opie, Nancy Rubins, Diana Thater, and others. Kanjo has served on the Linda Pace Foundation board since 2007.
