Organization
Established mentors in service of emerging artists
How the Institute is governed
Board of Trustees
Chair: Hadrian Whitlock. Vice Chair: Benedetta Iturbe. Treasurer: Kofi Galloway. Nine further trustees from the arts, philanthropy and Catholic higher education.
Academic Council
Chair: Prof. Lucienne Marchetti, art history. Prof. Tomasz Brannigan, sacred music. Dr. Amara Oduya, theology of beauty. Prof. Joaquín Abernathy, architecture.
Ecclesiastical Advisor
Rev. Msgr. Cyprian Halloran, STD, advises on doctrine and liturgy. The Institute is a lay association and does not speak for the Church.
Executive Staff
President: Marguerite Valcourt-Reyes. Director of Awards: Fintan Larkspur. Curator of the Catalog: Dr. Ines Morrow. Director of Mentorship: Esperanza Thornbury.
Juries and Mentors
Each jury seats three established practitioners, one scholar and one cleric. Every finalist is paired with a mentor for a year.
Youth Advisory Council
Eight artists under thirty, one per art, who advise on the call, the ceremony and the Directory.
All named officers, jurors and mentors are fictional placeholders.