SAXTONS RIVER — Heather J. Geoffrey has been named the new managing director of Main Street Arts, succeeding Margo Ghia as head of the community arts organization, according to a news release.
“Accepting the position at Main Street Arts has afforded me the opportunity to merge two of my greatest passions, community and art,” said Geoffrey, a practicing artist for more than 22 years.
Geoffrey said she envisions her role at MSA as one in which she comes to deeply understand, embrace, and implement the vision and mission of the organization in order to support and further create effective artistic and cultural partnerships within the community.
Working in collaboration with MSA's artistic director, David Stern, and the board of directors, she hopes to make MSA an even more vibrant organization as it begins its 30th year.
Gina Cote, chair of MSA's board, expressed the board's pleasure at welcoming Geoffrey.
“Heather is an artist, actress-director, technology wiz, social media diva, and super organized,” she said.
A native of Newport, Geoffrey received a bachelor of arts in interdisciplinary studies with focuses on borderland theory and spirituality in artistic process and creation from Goddard College in 2009.
She continued her studies with focuses on The Medicine of Art, Artist as Keeper of Ancestry and Lineage, Artist as Vessel, and Borderland Theory and Expression in Artistic Process.
She received an MFA from Goddard in 2012. Her paintings have been exhibited in both group and solo exhibits, and her work has been commissioned for public murals and private collections. She continues to create, develop, and cultivate her artistic practice at Ouroboros Studios in Bellows Falls.