About Art Worth

Show Director

Greg Belz describes himself as being “basically, a cheer leader for artists.”  Greg serves as Executive Director for ArtWorks Foundation, a nonprofit he founded to “help artist grow in their business and their work through programs including exhibitions and education initiatives.”      Greg’s skills as an art cheerleader – an

Show Director

Greg Belz describes himself as being “basically, a cheer leader for artists.”  Greg serves as Executive Director for ArtWorks Foundation, a nonprofit he founded to “help artist grow in their business and their work through programs including exhibitions and education initiatives.”      Greg’s skills as an art cheerleader – and event organizer – were honed through experiences in a previous life, through a career devoted to entertainment marketing and promotion. He worked primarily in television promotion (and was named one of the industry’s 25 top broadcast marketing executives by Promax International). He has also served as a marketing and public relations advisor to other entertainment clients, ranging from Broadway touring companies, to Rodeos, to The Bolshoi Ballet.          Greg focuses his efforts toward cheering-on, and creating events to serve artists engaged in       3-D media, such as: glass, metal, clay, wood, fiber, etc.  Earlier in life, Greg had founded another art-centric nonprofit, which was involved in promoting the work of painters and sculptors, but the second time around he realized that the functionality of the work created by many 3-D artists made it infinitely more interesting, and that people who were really good at creating work in 3-D media were generally more dedicated, as well as (slightly) less crazy.      His work on behalf of fine-craft artists was recognized in 2020 by Tennessee Craft, with an honorary life membership (one of just 28 awarded since 1970).       Greg’s earliest recollection of being an art enthusiast was third grade; “my teacher used to show us paintings of old masters – like flash cards – and ask us to identify the piece and the artist: my favorite was Master Crewe as King Henry VIII by Sir Joshua Reynolds. That was the longest title, and I was the only one in class who could remember it.  Throughout elementary school I attended Saturday and summer painting classes at The Memphis Art Academy; art was my favorite class in High School, and in 11th and 12th grades I took two art classes each day.      My parents forbade my becoming an art major in college. So, I became more of a spectator. I had always been more enthusiastic than proficient anyway; so, it was probably for the best. Plus, I can be a fairly scathing critic, and I might have ended up not speaking to myself.”      Through his work with ArtWorks Foundation, Greg has staged dozens of exhibitions in the Memphis and Nashville, TN, areas, He had long harbored hopes of presenting art events in other areas of the country, but couldn’t find a city he liked enough, until he visited Fort Worth.           Charmed by the city, its cultural district, and most Fort Worthians’ evident enthusiasm for the arts, Greg decided to follow in the footsteps of fellow Tennesseans, Sam Houston and Davey Crockett and head to Texas: hopefully, with a better outcome.         In addition to staging art events, such as Art Worth, ArtWorks Foundation also awards scholarships for advanced study workshops at schools for Fine-Craft, and is working towards building a regional center celebrating the 3-D arts (aka fine craft). 

Advisory Council Member  

Leadership Coaching Consultant

Community Leader /  Entrepreneur

 Erma Lee is a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma and has dedicated much of her personal time to causes that support youth programs and the arts. After relocating to Fort Worth in 1987, her board appointments began with an introduction to Lena Pope whose mission

Advisory Council Member  

Leadership Coaching Consultant

Community Leader /  Entrepreneur

 Erma Lee is a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma and has dedicated much of her personal time to causes that support youth programs and the arts. After relocating to Fort Worth in 1987, her board appointments began with an introduction to Lena Pope whose mission is to equip children, families, caregivers, and community with a strong foundation through counseling, education, and behavior interventions. She continues to serve on the Lena Pope board and over the years her board appointments have included Chapel Hill Academy (current), Opening Doors for Women in Need (past), Young Women’s Leadership Academy (current), Camp Fire First Texas (current), Justin’s Place, and Multicultural Alliance (current). Erma has chaired fundraising events such as Fiesta de Oro (Lena Pope), An Artist’s Christmas (Camp Fire) and Women Empowering Women (Justin’s Place). 

In addition to her board involvement, Erma is the judge manager for the Main Street Arts Festival and the Parade of Lights, judge manager and advisory council member for Art Fort Worth, bible study administrative leader, and volunteers as an online chat host weekly for her church as well as a children’s ministry substitute after serving as a leader for 15+ years. 

Erma’s professional career includes healthcare compliance and 29 years of service in the US Army Reserve where she retired as an officer. She’s a former marathoner and enjoys walking, exercise, cooking, spending time with family and friends and everything about the arts.

 Advisory Council Member 

Artist

Pamela Summers is predominantly a ceramic artist who makes wheel thrown vessels, handmade tiles and tile mosaics using a variety of methods. He original designs have evolved over forty years as a full-time artist. She attended the Pretoria Art School at the College for Advanced Technology in Pretoria South A

 Advisory Council Member 

Artist

Pamela Summers is predominantly a ceramic artist who makes wheel thrown vessels, handmade tiles and tile mosaics using a variety of methods. He original designs have evolved over forty years as a full-time artist. She attended the Pretoria Art School at the College for Advanced Technology in Pretoria South Africa and The University of Texas at Arlington where she focused on ceramics and sculpture. 

After returning to Texas, she became a full-time ceramic artist selling as well as exhibiting her work throughout the Southwest. She has also taught wheel-throwing and raku-firing workshops. She is particularly noted for her Crystalline glazes. Pam has created several outdoor ceramic mosaic murals in Fort Worth, Texas. The lates of which was a twelve-panel installation for the Iron Horse Station at TexRail’s North Richland Hill Station. She has also designed and installed a 233-foot recycled glass tile mosaic reflecting the natural prairie grasses and flowers for the City of Grand Prairie funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. 

Pamela was also a founding member and past president of the Texas Pottery & Sculpture Guild. And has also served on the:

Art Worth Art Festival, Fort Worth Texas - Advisory Committee 2023 – present

Main Street Fort Worth Arts Festival - Artists Advisory Committee 2008 – present

Fort Worth Community Art Center - Exhibition Advisory Panel 2005 – 06

EASL (Emergency Artists Support League) - Steering committee 1996 – 2004

Summers was also on the board of the Contemporary Art Center, Fort Worth in the 90s, and was on the Exhibitions committee at the Fort Worth Art Center.  

Along with her husband, glass artist Raymond Rains and her dog Barney,  Summers owns and operates Cliff House Studio and Gallery in Fort Worth, Texas.

Advisory Council Member

Artist

David Mikitka has been involved with art in one fashion or another his entire life. He began with welded steel sculpture in high school and was honored with a Blue Ribbon for the State of Arizona by the Scholastic Arts Awards. He then elected to pursue a career in healthcare and the US Air Force but never

Advisory Council Member

Artist

David Mikitka has been involved with art in one fashion or another his entire life. He began with welded steel sculpture in high school and was honored with a Blue Ribbon for the State of Arizona by the Scholastic Arts Awards. He then elected to pursue a career in healthcare and the US Air Force but never strayed far from the world of art. Through trial and error, David has developed his own unique methods for working with various metals. He re-entered the art scene in a big way by garnering Best of the Biennial at the Fort Worth Community Art Center in 2013, and has continued to garner numerous honors and awards ever since. With his primary artistic emphasis now focused on casting recycled aluminum, copper, and steel, David donates all proceeds from sales of his work in support of furthering and promoting the arts in Fort Worth.

Advisory Council Member

Artist

Fewer than 1% of glass artists create art using only coldworking techniques, Diane is one of them. Having worked a s painter, she began her journey into glass sculpture in 2019. Coldworking is defined as changing the shape or surface texture of the glass without heat. Diane brings our advisory council the vi

Advisory Council Member

Artist

Fewer than 1% of glass artists create art using only coldworking techniques, Diane is one of them. Having worked a s painter, she began her journey into glass sculpture in 2019. Coldworking is defined as changing the shape or surface texture of the glass without heat. Diane brings our advisory council the viewpoint of both a Fort Worth resident, and an artist who shows at the country’s top art festivals. Her advocacy for the Art Worth Festival among artists nationwide is matched only by her willingness to pitch in on the physical aspects of setting up the festival grounds. 

Social Media Manger 

Henley brings considerable experience in that field to her new role with the Art Worth Festival; she has created Award Winning marketing and advertising strategies for other Texas festivals including, the Cottonwood Art Festival (Richardson, Texas) and the Plano Balloon Festival (Plano, Texas). 

In Henley’s first week 

Social Media Manger 

Henley brings considerable experience in that field to her new role with the Art Worth Festival; she has created Award Winning marketing and advertising strategies for other Texas festivals including, the Cottonwood Art Festival (Richardson, Texas) and the Plano Balloon Festival (Plano, Texas). 

In Henley’s first week as a consultant to the Art Worth Festival, she generated significant growth in event’s facebook and Instagram audiences, quickly surpassing the one-thousand followers mark among facebook followers. 

Among the services she will provide to the Art Worth Festival are creating newsletters, managing the subscription base, generating promotional graphics, penning media releases, assisting in managing PR contacts throughout the industry, establishing relationships with social media influencers on behalf of the festival, and providing onsite event photography for social curation and historical preservation. 

The name of Cece’s marketing agency, The League Lady is an eponymous label referring to her avid volunteerism. Her activities on behalf of events were initially fostered through her membership with the Collin County Junior League. Later, she continued her involvement as a volunteer for myriad Texas festivals: her enthusiasm for and extensive experience with events eventually grew into a business.      

Cece truly is a passionate professional who is committed to both the event industry and the arts, and the Art Worth Festival counts itself lucky to be in league with Cece.

Paige helped to launch Art Worth. She also launched Paige Hendricks Public Relations in Dallas in 1978. Over the years, her clients have benefited from Paige’s ability to connect the dots and provide recommendations on how to engage audiences in meaningful ways. Paige Hendricks was privileged to have worked with dozens of remarkable PHP

Paige helped to launch Art Worth. She also launched Paige Hendricks Public Relations in Dallas in 1978. Over the years, her clients have benefited from Paige’s ability to connect the dots and provide recommendations on how to engage audiences in meaningful ways. Paige Hendricks was privileged to have worked with dozens of remarkable PHPR employees for nearly four decades. She and her teams designed and executed internal and external communication programs for businesses and organizations in many industries.

Paige studied at Mount Vernon College, now a part of George Washington University, before completing B.A. degrees in journalism and English at TCU. She did graduate work in English at UNT.   Following a career with daily and weekly newspapers in Alabama and upstate New York, she returned to Texas and launched Paige Hendricks Public Relations in Dallas in 1978.   

Over the years, every single client has benefited from Paige’s ability to connect the dots and provide recommendations on how to engage audiences in meaningful ways.    The North Texas Communities have benefited from Paige’s contributions continually. She is on the Board of Directors for Educational First Steps and on TCU’s Schieffer College Board of Visitors. Paige serves as one of Ballet Concerto’s Advisory Board members. Over the years, she’s contributed thousands of volunteer hours to community groups and participates as a current member of the World Affairs Council of Dallas Fort Worth, the Host Family Committee for the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, and the Rotary Club of Fort Worth.   The oldest of five siblings, Paige lives with her husband, Bob Russey, in Fort Worth, as do all four of her brothers and their families. Bob and Paige have between them four adult children and six grandchildren.   Insatiably curious, she loves theatre, ballet, reading, travel and movies.