Esther Robinson, Founder
Esther Robinson has worked on behalf of America's artists for over 14 years in many capacities, including foundation program officer, television and film producer, and technology entrepreneur. She is the founder of ArtHome, a non-profit business that helps artists and their communities build assets and equity through financial literacy and home-ownership. From 1999 to 2006 Esther was the Director of Film/Video and Performing Arts for the Creative Capital Foundation and one of the principal architects of its innovative grant-making system. more >>

Aaron Landman: Curriculum Co-Developer
Aaron Landsman is an arts administrator, fundraiser and theater artist living in Brooklyn. Landsman guest lectures regularly at Columbia University's MFA Program for Visual Artists, Parson's School of Design, and the Artists in the Marketplace program at the Bronx Museum of the Arts. He has co-developed an artist-centered professional development workshop with the Creative Capital Foundation. more >>


ArtHome Board of Advisors

Caron Atlas – Freelance consultant working to strengthen intersections between community-based arts, policymaking, and social change.

Tom Borrup – community and cultural development consultant exploring intersections between culture and community building, and in the creation of civic dialogue and civic space, particularly in communities experiencing demographic shifts. www.communityandculture.com

Guy Buckles - Co-Director Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Director of Artopolis Development

Miguel Garcia - Program Officer, Community and Resource Development, The Ford Foundation

Carrie Harris – President of the D&E Group; a company specializing in affordable housing issues and meeting the credit needs of low- and moderate-income communities, and NeighborWorks America Training Institute Instructor.*

Wendy Holmes - Vice President of Resource Development, ArtSpace,

Dave Hoyer- B.A., M.A., CFP(R); adjunct assistant professor of financial planning New York University. Registered investment advisor, Hoyer Financial Services*

Colleen Keegan - partner in KEEGAN FOWLER COMPANIES, an equity investment and consulting firm specialized in providing strategic planning and business affairs services for companies in the communications and entertainment industries.*

Brad Lander - Director of the Pratt Center For Community Development, adjunct professor of City and Regional Planning in Pratt's Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment.

Susan Lee - EA, CFP, tax consultant and financial planner specializing in freelancers and artists and the host and producer of "You and Your Money" on WBAI-FM.*

Ruby Lerner - Chief Executive Officer/President, The Creative Capital Foundation.

Christopher Spence - NeighborWorks America Training Institute instructor and co-founder Kreative Capital Investments, Inc.*

*CreativeMoney Curriculum Advisors


Additional Thanks:
The following people have generously given their time and expertise and have had a crucial impact on the formulation of ArtHome:

Keith Getter - Neighborhood Reinvestment Management Consultant, NeighborWorks America
Richard Huffman - Special Assistant New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
Joan Shigekawa - Associate Director, Creativity and Culture, The Rockefeller Foundation