Partners and Friends
Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens, Winter Park, FL, USA
Interim Executive Director
Jennifer Deery
Former Executive Director
Debbie Komanski (retired)
Featured Exhibit: Impression of Life: Joža Uprka, Dec. 14th, 2021 - April 17th, 2022
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Richard and Ellen Sandor Chair and Curator, Photography and Media
Matt Witkovsky
Christie’s NY, New York, New York
Head of Sales, European Art
Laura Mathis
Freeman’s/Hindman, Chicago, IL
VP Head of Department, Old Masters & 19th Century European Art
Madalina Lazan
Gallery of Fine Arts of Hodonín, Hodonín, CZ
Curator of Collections
Dr. Ilona Tunklová, Ph.D
Galerie Joži Uprky, Uherske Hvadiste, CZ
Gallery Director
Dr. Petr Vašát, Ph.D
Heritage Auctions, Chicago, IL
Senior Vice President
Roberta Kramer
Muzeum Jihovychodni Moravy Ve Zline, Luhacovice, CZ
Curator, Ethnography
Dr. Blanka Petrakova, Ph.D
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
President & CEO
Dr. Cecilia Rokusek, Ed.D., M.Sc., RDN
Uprka Exhibit Catalog - Embassy Edition available for purchase
Marketa Vohralikova
Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington D.C.
Mgr. Jakub Uteseny
Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Chicago
Dr. Hana Waisserova
Associate Professor of Practice, Czech and Central European Studies, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures Affiliate of the Harris Center for Judaic Studies University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Mila Saskova-Pierce
Honorary Consul of the Czech Republic, Lincoln, NE, USA
Emeritus Associate
Professor Modern Languages & Literatures University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Christian Hilchey
Associate Professor of Instruction, Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies University of Texas at Austin
Dr. David Cooper, Ph.D
Head of Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Featured Exhibit: National Treasure—The Art of Joža Uprka from the George Drost Collection,
November 5th, 2019 - December, 1st, 2019
Dr. Nicholas Sawicki, Ph.D
Art, Architecture and Design, Faculty Member Lehigh University
Dr. Marta Filipova, Ph.D
Masaryk University, Department of History of Art, Faculty Member
University of Birmingham, Art History, Curating and Visual Studies, Faculty Member
Dr. Martin Nekola, Ph.D
Independent Scholar
Sharon Schweitzer
Author | Founder of Access to Culture
Dr. Erin Dusza, Ph.D
Author | Dusza, Erin Michelle, Art, Historicism, and Nostalgia In the Creation of Czechoslovak National Identity. Ph. D., Indiana University, 2024.
Jan Benedik
Scholar, Researcher, Author
Jan Preclik
Art Collector
