Portsmouth Museum and Fine Arts Commission
The Museum and Fine Arts Commission is the consultant and advisor to the City Council on all museum and fine art activities and programs. The Commission serves as advisor to the City Council on the management of the City museums.
Individuals appointed to the Museum & Fine Arts Commission are expected to demonstrate their support of the City Council goals and the Museums’ mission statements through attendance at the Museums’ functions which number approximately two per month; through Museum membership, recruitment of new members, and support of fundraising events; and through volunteer service, which includes serving on a standing committee.
The Commission is composed of fifteen members who shall be citizens of the City and are appointed by City Council.
2020 Gladstone M. Hill Friend of the Arts & Humanities Award
FY 2021 Cultural Arts Grants
Commission Meetings
The Commission meets the first Tuesday of each month at 5:00 p.m. at the Children’s Museum of Virginia at 221 High Street. The Commission does not meet in July and December.
2020-2021 Executive Board
Chairman: Robert Wilber
Vice-Chairman: Gordon K. Jones
Secretary: Billie Montgomery Cook
2020-2021 Members
Ms. Billie Montgomery Cook
Ms. Diana Davenport
Mr. Marlon Deason
Ms. Clifford King Harbin
Ms. Deborah Mann Hines
Mr. Gordon K. Jones
Mr. Charles Kalan
Mr. Matthew Kloeppel
Mr. Lawrence A. Owes
Ms. Heidi Peelen
Ms. Kendra Robinson
Ms. Donna M. Rogers
Mr. Robert Wilber
Liaisons
Nancy S. Perry
Portsmouth Museums
Debra E. McDuffie, CPRP
Administrative Support
African American Historical Society of Portsmouth
Ms. Doris Shelton
Gladstone Hill Friend of the Arts Award Recipients
2019: Karen Burgess
2018 : Sue Landerman
2017 : Alan Gollihue
2016: Kathy Batkin
2015 : Shelley Brooks
2014 : Martha F. Fortson
2013 : Barbara Vincent
2012 : Ms. Grace M. Armistead
2011 : Dr. John O. Joyce
2010 : Mr. Kenneth R. Woolard
2009 : Mr. & Mrs. John Larcombe
2007 : Olde Towne Business Association
2006 : Mrs. Jean H. Shackelford
2005 : Mr. William S. Hargroves
2004 : Dr. Pamela C. Kloeppel
2003 : Mr. J. Robert Burnell
2002 : Mrs. Zelma G. Rivin
2001 : Portsmouth Community Concerts
2001 : Portsmouth Community Concerts
2000 : Ms. Ida Kay Jordan
1999 : Dr. Richard Singletary
1998 : Mrs. Betty Lambdin
1997 : Mrs. E. Ann Stokes
1996 : Mr. & Mrs. Alf J. Mapp, Jr.
1995 : Mrs. Jean Oast
1994 : Mr. John Paul Hanbury
1993 : Dr. & Mrs. Gladstone M. Hill
2019: Karen Burgess
2018 : Sue Landerman
2017 : Alan Gollihue
2016: Kathy Batkin
2015 : Shelley Brooks
2014 : Martha F. Fortson
2013 : Barbara Vincent
2012 : Ms. Grace M. Armistead
2011 : Dr. John O. Joyce
2010 : Mr. Kenneth R. Woolard
2009 : Mr. & Mrs. John Larcombe
2008 : Captain George Watkins
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