"The more artistic people we develop, the better it will be for us as a nation."
-Eleanor Roosevelt, 1938
Were you or someone you know a member of the Orinda Arts Council? We're looking for you! Please fill out the linked form so we can inform you and invite you to our 60th anniversary event!
Click here for the survey form
For more information, email oac@bluestar.com or call Lisa Johannessen at 925-254-6695.
Orinda Arts Council Past Presidents
1950-51 Louise McDermott
1970-1 Libby Wilson
1991-3 Judy Wood
1951-52 Ellie Dodge
1971-2 Marilyn Bowles
1993-4 Rosemary Hendler
1952-53 Matti Borden
1972-3 Carolyn Sheaff
1994-5 Patsy Benjamin
1953-4 Margaret Tharpe
1973-5 Del Roper
1995-6 Fay Lee
1954-5 Helen Unruh
1975-6 Darlene Boettger
1996-7 Lynda Paige
1955-6 Helen Harrer
1976-7 Bunny O'Brien
1997-8 Danee Jurichko
1956-7 Jackie Archer
1977-8 Joanne Luscher
1998-9 Maggie Boscoe
1957-8 Mrs. Benjamin Olsen
1978-9 Elizabeth Gross
1999-2000 Sue Farmer
1958-9 Betty Lindsey
1979-80 Louana Bergez
2000-01 Myrna Witt
1959-60 Dorothy Jones
1980-1 Frances Bell
2001-02 Helena Singlestad
1960-1 Catherine Champion
1981-2 Kitzi Rosch
2002-03 Elena Pang
1961-2 Irene Hickox
1982-3 Kathy Crabtree
2003-04 Aletha "Cece" Werson
1962-3 Eleanor Funk
1983-4 Loretta Farley
2004-05 Sue Farmer/Susan Mautner
1963-4 Libby Wilson
1984-5 Jeanne Nightengale
2005-06 Myrna Witt
1964-5 Betty Hagstom
1985-6 Kathy Jepson
2006 Nancy Daniels/Petra Michel
1965-6 Ruth Conley
1986-7 Kirsten Whitsett
2007 Nancy Daniels
1966-7 Jackie Archer
1987-8 Anne Meyers
2008 Nancy Daniels/Petra Michel
1967-8 Ellen Leftwich
1988-9 Nancy Fulcher
2009 Petra Michel
1968-9 Shirley Goodall
1989-90 Leona Anderson
2010 Susan Garell (current)
1969-70 Joyce Rosenberg
1990-1 Dee Weaver