Sonoma County : A Community Portrait

SO CO Pod Ep 33. Executive Director Serafina Palendech On Her Vision And The Community Effort To Save The Sebastopol Center For The Arts

December 03, 2023 Cincinnatus Hibbard Season 3 Episode 33
SO CO Pod Ep 33. Executive Director Serafina Palendech On Her Vision And The Community Effort To Save The Sebastopol Center For The Arts
Sonoma County : A Community Portrait
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Sonoma County : A Community Portrait
SO CO Pod Ep 33. Executive Director Serafina Palendech On Her Vision And The Community Effort To Save The Sebastopol Center For The Arts
Dec 03, 2023 Season 3 Episode 33
Cincinnatus Hibbard

A conversation with Serphina Palendech, three months into her tenure with The Sebastopol Center Of The Arts, which barely survived closure last year. She reads as manifestly the person for the job of transitioning the center, being a trained painter, veteran fundraiser and event organizer for the former SF AIDS Walk, and a successful serial entrepreneur - notably co-founding Hip Chicks organic poultry. In this episode Serafina talks about her vision for the center, recently outlined in her first fundraising gala, centering on financial discipline and transparency, community, and innovation.  Be introduced to the center, and the woman now in charge, and its incredible set of offerings including the fiber arts biennial, the literary pub crawl, the ceramics program, kids classes the Oscar consideration qualifying documentary film festival, the new artist incubator and more! This is a great time to get involved, they need you, your dollars, your passion and ideas!


WEBSITES
The Center : https://www.sebarts.org/
Serafina Palendech CV https://www.linkedin.com/in/serafina-palandech-85b6094a/

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A conversation with Serphina Palendech, three months into her tenure with The Sebastopol Center Of The Arts, which barely survived closure last year. She reads as manifestly the person for the job of transitioning the center, being a trained painter, veteran fundraiser and event organizer for the former SF AIDS Walk, and a successful serial entrepreneur - notably co-founding Hip Chicks organic poultry. In this episode Serafina talks about her vision for the center, recently outlined in her first fundraising gala, centering on financial discipline and transparency, community, and innovation.  Be introduced to the center, and the woman now in charge, and its incredible set of offerings including the fiber arts biennial, the literary pub crawl, the ceramics program, kids classes the Oscar consideration qualifying documentary film festival, the new artist incubator and more! This is a great time to get involved, they need you, your dollars, your passion and ideas!


WEBSITES
The Center : https://www.sebarts.org/
Serafina Palendech CV https://www.linkedin.com/in/serafina-palandech-85b6094a/