“DATMA produces dynamic programs that project what the SouthCoast is and has been—and what it can become.“
Roger Mandle, DATMA’s Co-Founder
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Steven Ashley
Walter S. Bernheimer, II, Secretary
Iva Brito
Joan DeCollibus
Tobey Eugenio
Harvey Goldman
Nancy Hammer
Lara Henderson
David Jeffrey
Adam Katz
Michael Keating
Ann Kim
Amelia Koch, Treasurer
Jason Lanagan
Pamela A Murray
Dan Shedd
Pat Coomey Thornton
Gayle Mandle, Co-founder & Vice Chair
Nicholas Sullivan, Chair
In honor of Roger Mandle, Co-founder & Founding Chair
CHAIR’S COUNCIL
Paula Robinson Deare
Liv Haines Gauthier
Chris Gustin
Hannah Haines
Jeremiah Hernandez
Jonathan Howland
Viera Levitt
Timothy Mahoney
Coco Mandle
Stephen Silverstein
Sadia Quraeshi Shepard
Rosanne Somerson
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Lindsay Miś
Lindsay Miś has a passion for working with artists and making an impact in her community with public art. A longtime New Bedford based artist, Miś has been DATMA’s founding Director since 2018 and launched it’s inaugural program season entitled, Summer Winds. A major motivation keeping her in the SouthCoast is the region’s incredible ability to collaborate.
“My passion for contemporary craft has influenced my curiosity of how we experience art & design. I pursue this question in DATMA’s approach to exhibitions- making our projects accessible to all and part of the every day.”
EXHIBITIONS & EDUCATION MANAGER: Leslie Condon
Leslie Anne Condon (she/her) is a Providence-based Lao-American multidisciplinary artist and independent curator. As an artist-scholar and cultural worker, she is interested in issues of representation within visual culture in the context of race and gender. Her past curatorial projects include New Narratives, Visions/Voices, and Call and Response: Illustration in Uncertain Times. As an arts professional, she has supported the efforts of various cultural organizations across New England, including Pao Arts Center, the Cambridge Arts Council, Boston Center for the Arts, the Rose Kennedy Greenway, the RISD Museum, and the Institute of Contemporary Art. Leslie earned a Post Baccalaureate in Fine Art 3D from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2011, and a Master’s in Global Arts and Cultures at the Rhode Island School of Design as a 2023–2024 Presidential Fellow.
STUDIO & SAFETY SPECIALIST: Fallon Navarro
Fallon Navarro is a visual artist working across ceramics, digital fabrication, and installation. By combining 3D printing with traditional ceramic processes, her practice explores how objects act as containers for memory, orientation, and lived experience, inviting moments of intimacy and quiet disorientation.
Originally from Arizona, Fallon now lives and works in New Bedford, Massachusetts. She holds a BFA in Ceramics from Arizona State University and an MFA in Ceramics from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. She has participated in multiple residencies, including at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts (Newcastle, ME), Vermont Studio Center (Johnson, VT), and New Bedford Research and Robotics (New Bedford, MA).
OFFICE COORDINATOR: Elysa Pereira
Elysa is pretty used to herding cats aka artists and creatives in order to keep things running smooth. Her background includes restaurant management and music festival production. She’s a staple in the Downtown New Bedford community and can often be found at a A Wilhelm Scream concert with her family.
PROJECTS COORDINATOR: Matt Moyer Bell
Matt is a public art producer with 15 years of large-scale projects that have reshaped public spaces and strengthened creative communities. His leadership of HarborArts and partnerships with renowned artists and organizations have made him a key force in shaping Greater Boston’s arts landscape. Now living in New Bedford, he continues supporting and contributing to the local arts and cultural community.
“My superpower is the ‘project hype-man’: leveraging my ability to connect with diverse personalities and an unwavering commitment to elevating creatives, it’s my personal mission to help artists shape cities from the ground up, embedding creativity and culture as essential civic infrastructure.“
DATMA’s work would be impossible without the extraordinary teams who develop and deliver the projects. These range in size depending on the scale of the project.
CONSTANT TEAM MEMBERS
Nunes & Charrier LLC, Accounting Services
David Andrews, Installation Support
mediumstudio, Design Services
The City of New Bedford
Countless local creatives that share their skills and help bring our projects to life.
PAST FELLOWS
Jesse Talbot (’25), Tony da Costa (’22 & ’24), Julia Harrison (’24), Ellery Ekleberry (21-23), Becky Donner (’23), Gwendolyn Baptista (’20), Violet Foulk (’20), Ariana M Leo (’19), Conor MacDonald. (’19) and Tori Mulhern (’19 & ’20).
MEDIA INQUIRIES
For media inquiries, please contact: Edwina A. Kluender, KLÜNDER Communications
[email protected] & PH 1.617.888.5859
Interested in joining our volunteer team?
Thanks to our experienced task force, DATMA presents big ideas that reach a wide audience and all with a small team. From high school seniors to seniors, we are in need of help from a variety of skill sets. We just ask you have an interest in the arts.
Consider signing on and complete our volunteer form HERE.
OPEN STAFF POSITIONS & SEASONAL FELLOWSHIPS
FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES – open
DATMA accepts 1-2 fellowships per semester. Fellows gain first-hand professional experience in the following ares; Marketing, Development, and Programs/ Exhibitions. This position is semester long and Fellows are welcome to reapply for a second term. Hours are completed both in the office and remotely. If college credits are eligible, candidates may need to connect DATMA with candidate’s career center. DATMA’s fellowship application cycle- is OPEN
DATMA does not have a staff position open at this time.
