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Executive Director
Kim Fleming
Executive Director
Kim Fleming
Kim has over 20 years of experience in nonprofit management and development. Throughout her career, Kim has successfully transformed struggling organizations, cultivated donor engagement, and overseen award-winning programs. She is committed to advancing advocacy organizations on behalf of women and children, the arts, and economic development. Kim is an avid collector of art and antiquarian books and lives in Belfast with her husband and 18-year-old son.
Program Director
Amy Tingle
Program Director
Amy Tingle
Amy relocated to Maine from New Jersey in April of 2020. She’s a practicing fine artist, curator, editor and writer. In 2010 she founded Brave Girls Art, a creative workshop series for girls and women, which was folded into the small business she began with her wife in 2013—The Creativity Caravan, an organization whose mission was to design and facilitate creative programs across the United States. Most recently she co-founded the small press Toad Hall Editions and acts as their Creative Director. Amy brings more than fifteen years of experience in creative arts programming, exhibition curation, and community building to Waterfall. She loves to swim in the ocean as long as she can after summer ends, write spontaneous poetry, and make ridiculous dance videos wearing an inflatable bluebird costume.
Institutional Advancement DirectoR
Katherine Devereux
Institutional Advancement Director
Katherine Devereux
Katherine is the Institutional Advancement Director at Waterfall Arts, where she oversees marketing, fundraising, and donor engagement. Since joining the organization in 2023, she has helped lead major campaigns, strategic communications, and initiatives that support art and craft making across Midcoast Maine.
Originally from Florida, Katherine moved to Maine in 2013 and holds an MPS from the Maryland Institute College of Art. A painter, printmaker, and writer, her work explores embodiment, existential philosophy, and the human drive to create meaning. She enjoys deep conversations, community-building through the arts, and biking through downtown Belfast.
Youth Program Manager
Ellery Chalmers
Youth Program Manager
Ellery Chalmers
Ellery Chalmers is a visual artist and educator with deep Midcoast roots. She was raised in community arts programs that shaped both her creative practice and her commitment to social justice. She studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, focusing on 16mm filmmaking and collaborative production. After returning to Maine, she worked on a flower farm in Camden and received the Mary Lacy Women’s Scholarship to study boatbuilding at the Apprenticeshop in Rockland, reconnecting with hands-on, community-centered artmaking, including mural projects with Alexis Iammarino. Ellery later became a Maine-certified K–12 Visual Arts teacher, serving at Mid-Coast School of Technology while completing coursework in Orono, and went on to teach K–6 visual art. She is passionate about creating inclusive, affirming spaces where young people can explore and thrive, and is excited to expand youth programming at Waterfall Arts.
Office Manager
Cate Bradbury
Office Manager
Cate Bradbury
Originally from Rockport, Cate graduated from Reed College in Portland, Oregon, and spent most of her adult life living in Seattle and Washington, DC, before recently relocating to Camden. She brings experience in nonprofits, volunteer management, and copyediting to her role at Waterfall Arts. Cate spends much of her spare time thinking about art projects to attempt, new recipes to try, and the knitting projects she really should finish one day.
MARKETING + Communications coordinator
Janessa Gursky
MARKETING + COmmunications Coordinator
Janessa Gursky
The universe guided Janessa to Maine just a few months ago, bringing her closer to nature and creative renewal. Originally from Atlanta, she’s lived throughout the South, where she cultivated a deep love and respect for soul food and storytelling. She studied design/communications in both New York City and Florence, Italy.
With over 20 years of global experience in Marketing and Advertising, Janessa is driven by the power of authentic, inclusive narratives that celebrate full-spectrum femininity. As a proud womanist and DEI advocate, she is committed to creating mindful campaigns that uplift communities and spark lasting impact.
Hoping Maine summers are easier than winters, Janessa is excited to return to the ceramic studio and to level up her quilting skills at Stitch Social gatherings.
Admin Assistant
Shiloh Field
Admin Assistant
Shiloh Field
Shiloh Field is the newest member of the team at Waterfall Arts as the Administrative Assistant. She has an educational background in nutrition and exercise science. While raising 5 children, Shiloh has honed her skills in multitasking, organization, and customer service . Though she is not an artist, she greatly appreciates art of all kinds and loves working with people from all backgrounds. As an avid runner and soccer player, Shiloh volunteers her time coaching a variety of sports at her local middle school. She is also obsessed with her dog Sparrow.
Custodian
Jeff Densmore
Custodian
Jeff Densmore
Jeff Densmore hails from Richmond, Maine and has lived in Waldo County for the past forty years. Music has always been his calling. In 1979, Jeff studied music at UMaine Augusta and from then on has played drums in many different settings–from country to jazz and theater to gospel. In 1989-1990, Jeff studied drum set and congas at Drummer Collective in NYC and in 1992 took a trip to Guinea for an intensive drum and dance workshop. Currently, Jeff plays hand drums with an acoustic trio called Cafe Dayz. Jeff has three excellent children that he encourages to sing, dance, and play music.
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