Leadership
SAM SPILLMAN
Sam Spillman is an artist working at the intersection of visual art and architecture. Pulling from his 20 years of experience as a contractor, Sam builds large installations that question expectation, stability, and control. These interactive physical manifestations reach beyond material, and extend into queries of the social and political. He integrates various types of building material, found objects, cultural artifacts, light, texture and sound to create site-specific works, using the existing architecture as a place of departure. Sam holds an undergraduate degree from Warren Wilson College and a Master of Fine Art from the School of Art + Design at Purchase College SUNY, where he is currently a Lecturer in the Sculpture Department.
DAVID BOSWORTH
David Bosworth is a licensed architect in New York State. He has guided his career by his diverse interests in the natural and built environment. He remains fascinated by the interactions of the digital with the analog, by the interaction of the abstractions of design and philosophy with fabrication, and by the effects of these pursuits on the world we inhabit. David has made his living as a robotics and optics engineer, furniture maker, construction contractor, software developer, principal investigator, entrepreneur, and architect. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Swarthmore College and a Master's of Architecture from Cornell University College of Architecture, Art and Planning.
Jason C. Otero
Jason brings over 20 years of experience as a designer, educator, and community activator. Through his design studio, Art & Anthropology, Jason has coordinated the branding, marketing and product launches for organizations and institutions nationwide. A self-described "educator in designer's clothing," Jason believes that the thread that has always run through and that continues to guide his work is a desire to cultivate community and engage audiences. Jason holds an undergraduate degree in graphic design from the Art Institute of Boston (Lesley College).
Board of Directors
Learn more about the team guiding Newburgh Creates Foundation.
Rebecca Lujan
Simon Draper
Matthew Jacobs