Mission Statement
 
Our Mission is to save, preserve, restore, and reactivate the artist community of the New Hope Colony centered in the Phillips' Mill Historic District in Solebury Township through the creation of a new global artist colony at the birthplace of Pennsylvania Impressionism and the New Hope School.

Board of Trustees​

Lawrence P. Booth, President

Lawrence Booth is a Director of the Delaware Valley Fire Museum and has served on many boards. Most notably he served on the Board of the Free Library of New Hope and Solebury and the Friends of the Free Library of New Hope and Solebury where he wrote, edited and updated the bylaws of both organizations. Lawrence assisted in writing and publication of An Enlightened Community: 20th Century LGBT Stories of New Hope, Pennsylvania for two local non-profits. Lawrence is an award-winning teacher (NJ Governor's National Alliance on Mental Illness award and NJ ASAH Teacher of the Year for Region II) for his work with students with emotional dysregulation. Lawrence retired from the US Air Force and was decorated for his work in statistical data collecting and for his leadership in Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Lawrence hold's a B.A. in H.R. and M. Ed. and brings a wealth of knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm to the Board.

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Eleanor Miller, Founder and Vice-President/Treasurer/Secretary

Accomplished Broadway actress Eleanor Miller found her home in Bucks County through an abiding love of the arts she shared with her husband, Shaun Marshall Miller, a Publisher/Artist and Son of R.A.D. Miller. He was the grandson of Dr. George Morley Marshall, who brought William Lathrop to Phillips’ Mill, which led to the founding of original New Hope Art Colony. Eleanor still resides in the house in Phillips’ Mill Historic District, which originally served as Morgan Colt’s painting studio. Eleanor was the Theater Director at the Phillips’ Mill Community Association for over 40 years, directing, producing and performing in a multitude of various theatrical productions. She is a well-established alumnus of The Bucks County Playhouse. Her most notable role was her portrayal of Abigail Adams in the production of 1776 with a NY cast. Eleanor has served the New Hope/Solebury communities in countless ways and, after 35 years in the business, is still gainfully employed at Kurfiss Sotheby’s International Real Estate. Specifically, Eleanor has been involved with historical landmark buildings, inns and early established farm properties..​

 

Joyce Towbin-Chasan, Gallerist and Curator

Joyce Towbin Chasan is a groundbreaking gallery owner, art consultant, and innovative purveyor of emerging and established artwork. Through her lens as a creative curator and international network, Joyce has developed a pipeline of talent, granting her unprecedented access to source artwork and showcase artists. Over the past 40+ years, her passionate vision for showcasing artwork has been the foundation driving her to discover, nurture, and promote talented artists. The culmination of this vision often results in private exhibitions, exclusive openings, and cultural events featured at the Artsource Loft in Manhattan, NYC. After completing graduate work in Fine Art and Art History at New York University and a BA in Fine Art at Queens College, NY, Joyce worked in the field of limited edition prints and photography and managed a Madison Avenue art gallery. In 1981, Joyce created Graphiti Aboveground Gallery and Graphiti Productions Inc. in the exciting, emerging art world of the early 1980s in downtown New York. Here she launched a number of well-known contemporary, avant-garde artists. GPI created exhibitions in the gallery space and worked internationally with other galleries to show new works. (See Hip Hop Files, photographs 1970-1984 by powerHouse Books, and Style Wars, by photographer Henry Chalfant and director Tony Silver, an iconic
documentary film). Joyce was named Curator of Art Exhibitions for Casa de España, the Spanish Cultural Center in NY (now Instituto Cervantes), where she organized shows for artists here and from abroad, curating expositions for Iberia Airlines at Lincoln Center and Cornell University and working with Helmsley Spear and Mitsui Fudosan Real Estate in NYC. Joyce also lectures on Graffiti, Street Art, and emerging avant-garde art in NY. As creator and co-director of ``THE SHOW`` with artist Christina Melotti, she provided an alternative space for young innovative artists to show their work on the Lower East Side of NY in 1998-2000. Since 1998, Joyce has been the owner of Artsource Loft (Artsource International LLC), on Park Avenue South, where she hosts Private Exhibitions with a strong emphasis on photography by artists with a unique viewpoint. Artsource also hosts lectures on photography, art, architecture, technology, and a variety of art-related subjects of interest to the art community, by private invitation. Informal salons pop up after brunch or dinner at ArtsourceLoft, bringing together artists, scholars, writers, filmmakers, and friends sharing ideas and experiences. Artsource has an art consulting division, providing fine art for specific sites: commercial, public, and residential, much of which focuses on photography. Joyce is a member of The National Arts Club, ArtTable, and the National Organization of Women in the Arts, to name just a few. Learn more about Joyce at www.artsourceloft.com .​​​

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Lynell Antonelli, Marketing

Lynell Antonelli is a Realtor specializing in antique properties. She contributes invaluable expertise, having personally restored six historic properties. She formerly had a distinguished broadcasting career at CBS Television in New York, as a Marketing Director delivering high revenue through innovative campaigns. Later as a freelance writer and director of tv programming, she continued to use her large project management skills and negotiation expertise. Lynell has created marketing/PR campaigns for local artists, is active in the Delaware Township Historical Society (NJ) and a former board member of Fox Chase Cancer Center-Bucks County Chapter. She resides in a 19th century converted barn.

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Alan D. Chasan, Property Development Advisor

Alan D. Chasan, brings over 50+ years of experience in all facets of Real Estate Development expertise to his clients’ projects. His training and expertise encompass Architecture, Urban Design, Zoning & Codes, Engineering, Construction Administration, Finance, Marketing, Asset Management, Property Management, and Facility Planning and Operations. His work experience has been worldwide, including Europe and the Middle East, as well as multiple states in the US. He designed and built the 36-hole, 2,000 residential unit La Manga Campo de Golf development in Southern Spain, was Director of Planning for Jiddah Saudi Arabia, advisor to Mitsui Fudosan’s purchase and massive re-positioning Capital Improvement Programs of the former Exxon Building in Manhattan which won the highest BOMA awards over 26 years, Head of Development for the Tahrir Square Redevelopment in Cairo Egypt, Development Supervisor for the International Gem Tower development on West 47th Street, and most recently headed the 5-year, 1 million SF Campus Expansion and 2 ½ million sf Capital Improvement Program for Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Headquarters in Hato Rey, San Juan PR. His clients include Daniel Boulud Restaurants, Harrison Ford, JLo, Bruce Willis, the Crown Prince of Morocco, the Government of Spain and the Czech Republic, and the Bulova Corporation.​​

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Elise Redfield, Artist Consultant

Elise M. Redfield is the great granddaughter of  renown impressionist Edward W. Redfield and an artist in her own right. She began her studies at Moore College of Art and Design and went on to study at the Art Students League, New York Academy and Pennsylvania Academy of Art. She has exhibited in Philadelphia and New York. She exhibits locally, both in PA and NJ. Elise's work is varied in subject matter and style.  Elise is a founding member of the New Hope Colony Foundation for the Arts.

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Kurt Miller

Kurt is the great grandson of George Morley Marshall, one of the founders of the original New Hope artist colony, and the grandson of the renowned impressionist R.A.D. Miller. Kurt was reared in the plethora activities of the Philips' Mill Community Association enriching his education, passion and understanding of the arts. Kurt assisted in creation of the NHCFA in 2018 and was instrumental in acquisition of the two properties owned by the Foundation. In 2005, Kurt became an investor and the Managing Member in Smart Media Technologies, LLC (SMT) and was responsible for raising capital and for all company sales. SMT built the first mobile banking application in the United States.  However, Kurt persuades SMT to reposition themselves into the Latin American markets. Kurt took the company from 0 revenues in 2005, to a multibillion-dollar valuation in 2007. Since 2018, Kurt co-heads the Entertainment division for VivaLive TV, a publicly traded OTT streaming entertainment and technology company that reaches 196 countries. Kurt is responsible for attracting and empowering TV series creators and film makers from around the world.

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Auxiliary Board Members​​​

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Aly Weiner, NYC Art Consultant

 is an Associate Director at the renowned blue chip gallery, David Zwirner, in New York City. Throughout her six and a half years at the gallery, she has helped organize over 15 exhibitions at the gallery worldwide and has managed the careers of the two artists represented, William Eggleston and Robert Crumb. Prior to her time at David Zwirner, she served as the assistant to the Chairman at the celebrated Old Masters gallery Richard L. Feigen & Co. for two and a half years. Aly has a Bachelors of Art with concentrations in Art History, Communications, and French from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2014) and a Masters of Art with a concentration in Art Business from Sotheby's Institute of Art, New York (2015). Aly lives in Brooklyn, New York, but was born and raised in New Hope, PA where her parents still reside.​​