Art Worth Festival 2025

 President & CEO, Artisphere

Greenville, South Carolina

Kerry Murphy has been the show director of Artisphere since 2007 overseeing all aspects of planning and implementing the three-day multi-disciplinary event that brings more than 90,000 people to downtown Greenville to enjoy a range of activities surrounding the arts. In 2024 the festival made a $14.1 million economic impact on the community and donated its fifth piece of permanent public art to the city. 

Under her leadership artist applications, average artist sales and the organization’s budget have tripled. Festival popularity has grown beyond the region garnering national acclaim including being named the #2 Fine Art Festival by Art Fair Sourcebook, out of 600 top selling fairs across the country, and the #1 Best Arts Festival in USATODAY’S 10Best Reader’s Choice contest in 2024 on the festival’s 20th anniversary. 

Prior to joining Artisphere, Kerry served as the Executive Director of Carolina Ballet Theatre, and as a Sponsorship Consultant for Southern Hospitality Group working with such local events as The Cliffs Challenge, a televised golf tournament, and the USA Cycling Pro Championships. She also served as Director of Premium Seat Services and Corporate Partnerships for the BI-LO Center (now the Bon Secours Wellness Arena) from start-up to the arena’s 5-year anniversary.

Kerry’s civic involvement has included positions on such boards as Fall for Greenville an annual food and music street festival, the Downtown Greenville Business Association, Imagine Nation: The Children’s Museum of the Upstate, the Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Greenville and Vision 2020 Planning Forums. She has served on the City of Greenville’s Arts in Public Places Commission since 2019 and has chaired the commission since 2020.

Kerry is a graduate of the Chamber of Commerce Leadership Greenville program, was named one of Greenville Magazine’s Best and Brightest 35 and Underand 50 Most Influential as well as a GSA Business Women of Influenceand a Metropolitan Arts Council Visionary Leader in the Arts. In 2024 Kerry received the Key to the City for her leadership, vision, and commitment to the arts in Greenville. 

A native of the Washington DC area, Kerry has lived in Greenville since 1992. She holds a BS in Management and an MBA from Clemson University, as well as a MA in Education from Converse College.

Board Member, 

Coconut Grove Arts Festival

Miami, Florida

Lilia Garcia is a board member of the Coconut Grove Arts Festival  – one of the largest outdoor arts festivals in the nation. Having served on the board for the past 25 years, Lilia has played an integral role in the development of the iconic MIami, Forida festival.

 She a is also multi-faceted arts administrator, curator, teacher and arts education advocate. Lilia started Miami-Dade County Public School’s first talent-magnet program, the Center for the Expressive Arts, as part of her 35-year career in the school system. That innovative curriculum paved the way for more than 30 nationally recognized magnet schools in Miami-Dade County, including the New World School of the Arts and Design and Architecture Senior High School (DASH). Under her outstanding leadership, the district-wide arts programs were recognized by the President’s Committee in the Arts, the Kennedy Foundation and the National Urban Partner’s Program in

Education.  Lilia also serves as a long-standing member of Miami Children's Museum and as Director and Curator of Gallery@CGAF. As CEO of Lilia Garcia and Associates, she assists cultural nonprofits in reaching their business goals.

Owner, Director of Artspace111 

Gallery & Gardens

Fort Worth, Texas 

Margery Gossett is a Fort Worth-based curator, consultant, and gallery director with over 15 years of experience shaping exhibitions and collections that reflect the creative identity of Texas. As owner of Artspace111, she has led curatorial efforts across gallery programming, private events, and large-scale public art. Margery co-founded One Eleven Art Consulting to expand this vision into public and civic spaces, curating permanent and temporary collections for airports, arenas, and municipalities. Her work centers on connecting artists with audiences through storytelling, community engagement, and a commitment to excellence in contemporary art.

Margery’s One Eleven Art Consulting clients include The Shops at Clearfork, which is the site of the Art Worth Festival. One of the consulting firm’s installations at The Shop’s at Clearfork, the complex’s iconic stained-glass windmill by artist Tom Fruin, is represented in the festival’s logo. 

Fort Worth Artist & Gallery Owner 

Pam is predominantly a ceramic artist who makes wheel thrown vessels, handmade tiles and tile mosaics using a variety of methods.  Her original designs have evolved over forty years as a full-time artist. I continue to explore new glaze techniques, form and color. 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, Pam became a full-time ceramic artist selling as well as exhibiting her ceramics throughout the Southwest. She also started teaching throwing and Raku firing workshops. In time Pam developed a strong signature technique for her contemporary ceramics.  Most of her vessels are thrown on the potter’s wheel. Famous for her Crystalline glazes, Pam uses white percaline clay and zinc-based glazes. She actually grow crystals in my glazes using ridiculously complicated firing schedules.  Pam has also created several outdoor ceramic mosaic murals in Fort Worth, Texas; the latest of which involved creating 12 panels for the Iron Horse Station for TexRail at the North Richland Hill Station, installed March of 2022.  She has also designed and installed a 233’ recycled glass tile mosaic reflecting the natural prairie grasses and flowers native to Grand Prairie Texas, a public art project for the City of Grand Prairie, funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. 

 Pam and her late husband, glass artist Raymond Rains, and their dog Barney Summers  founded Cliff House Studio and Gallery in Fort Worth, Texas.

Fort Worth Artist & Gallery Owner  

Rebecca Low started doing art in 1993, which was inspired by scrap metal while taking walks with her dog, Pepper. Low decided to take a welding course with the pipe fitters to learn how to weld, which allowed her to make her own creations come to fruition. Previously an interior designer of 25 years, she left a successful career and never looked back. Luckily, those interior design skills came in handy when she designed and was the general contractor on her gallery and studio. Low works with many different types of materials, such as metal, glass, plastic, wood, fire and water. She also uses a variety of techniques in assembling her works.  When you look at the clouds you might see a dog, or perhaps a horse's head. When I look at what many people call ‘junk,’ I may see all kinds of things. Simply put, I create what I see. The inspiration behind my art is being able to see beyond ‘just a piece of metal’ or ‘rusted whatever’ and recognize its potential with passion and creativity. I take either found objects or raw metal (or both) and often combine them with paint, water, rock, glass, fire or any other material to create my vision. My intention is never to try and control; I instead let the visions and materials do that. Seeing things differently applies in many areas of life; it also leads to seeing people differently and giving them second chances - just like repurposing these found treasures. A signature of hers is the asymmetry of her creations. Rebecca is the owner of Rebecca Low Gallery and has a distinguished record as an artist of both public and private commissions.