Gallery One Staff

Executive Director

Buddy Todd
director@gallery-one.org

With decades of experience with leadership, programming, and artmaking, Buddy deeply connects with the Gallery’s mission to offer new and unusual ways to create and exhibit visual art and strives to cultivate and strengthen the Gallery’s connection to community. Additionally, Buddy is a multidisciplinary theatre, film, and performing artist; often working as an actor, director, dramaturg, and playwright. Buddy holds an MFA in Arts Leadership from Seattle University, and an MA in Theatre and Performative Practices from University College Cork.

Curator, Galleries, and Retail Manager

Charlie-Anne Hopkins (they/them)
charlie-anne@gallery-one.org

Charlie-Anne Hopkins is a non-binary interdisciplinary artist, curator, and arts administrator whose career has spanned contemporary art galleries, nonprofit organizations, and artist-run spaces across the Pacific Northwest and beyond. They spearheaded the foundation of Carnation Contemporary, an artist-run gallery in Portland, Oregon, dedicated to supporting emerging and underrepresented artists, and hold an MFA in Sculpture from the Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from the Kansas City Art Institute.

Charlie-Anne’s studio practice is deeply rooted in place. Often working with foraged materials to create inks, sculptures, and works on paper, their work challenges traditional narratives of patriarchal conquest and rugged individualism of the American West, instead emphasizing interdependence, adaptation, and reverence for the land. Their work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and they continue to divide their time between the studio, the landscape, and the saddle.

Community School of the Arts Coordinator

Amy Davison
amy@gallery-one.org

Amy Davison is an active participant in both the performing and visual arts in Ellensburg. She performs music in a community band, teaches art to young artists, and engages with the community on stage or in the orchestra pit. As Education Coordinator, Amy enjoys community outreach, including supporting local Kittitas Early Learning Coalition STREAM events for children from birth to five years old. Her passion for teaching began while co-teaching homeschool preschool with a friend for their daughters, leading to her teaching role at Gallery One. Originally from Moses Lake, Amy moved to Ellensburg to attend Central Washington University, where she earned a BA in Graphic Design. In her free time, she enjoys reading, baking elaborate cakes and cookies for friends and family, and exploring new art techniques.

Ceramic Studio Manager/Resident Artist

Cassidy Clemetson
cassidy@gallery-one.org

Cassidy is a ceramic artist who earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Central Washington University in 2019. Driven by a passion for artistic exploration and community service, she initially began volunteering at Gallery One before transitioning into her current role as the Ceramics Studio Manager.

Her artwork blends nature, whimsy, and a touch of chaos, reflecting her belief that art should mirror life’s unpredictable paths. Fascinated by the limitless potential of clay, Cassidy loves to push the boundaries of the medium to see what she can create.

For Cassidy, art is a form of therapy. She focuses on giving people of all ages the skills they need to express themselves freely and connect deeply with the earth.

Outside of the studio, Cassidy enjoys reading, playing games of all kinds, and exploring new sights. She always makes time to pause, reflect, and appreciate life’s little moments.

 

Assistant to the Director

Jiggs Bement
jiggs@gallery-one.org

Jiggs was born and raised in Ellensburg and has long been a fan of the arts. Having helped with her family’s metal artwork business, J. Dub’s Metalworks for much of her teens, she also graduated from Central Washington University with her BFA in studio art in 2023. She is excited to further be a part of the artist community in Ellensburg and to be able to show all visitors at Gallery One the various artists and artworks that are exhibited there. Her aim is to create a positive environment where visitors can learn and appreciate all of the individual artists and their works.
An artist herself, Jiggs loves to utilize and highlight old and forgotten items in her works, many of these items having a direct connection to the Kittitas Valley and her childhood there. Focusing on sculpture, painting,and photography, she likes to dabble in many areas and mediums and combine them into something new and interesting. Having also a minor in Creative Writing she loves stories and sharing them. Many of these stories are about the local Ellensburg area and the people who have lived there, allowing her to further connect with visitors of Gallery One who want to learn about the Kittitas Valley community.

Assistant Operations Manager

Claire Bicchieri
claire@gallery-one.org

Claire was born and raised in Ellensburg, and has also lived in North Carolina, Louisiana, Spain, and Panama. A lifelong admirer of Gallery One, she is grateful to be a part of the team as a Visitor Services Assistant & Spanish Multilingual Art Educator.

Outside of work, Claire loves water activities, including free-diving, fishing, paddle boarding, SCUBA diving, and water skiing. Her experiences in nature inspire her art, which primarily consists of watercolor and gouache painting, though she is exploring other mediums.

Claire holds a BA in History with minors in Spanish and Civil Rights Pre-Law from Warren Wilson College, North Carolina, as well as a Master’s in Spanish Dual Language Elementary Education from the University of Washington, Seattle.

Content Creator

Alana Jacobs
alana@gallery-one.org

Alana is a graphic designer and illustrator based out of Ellensburg. She graduated with her BFA in Graphic Design from Central Washington University in 2021 and has been illustrating professionally for over a decade. Along with her role as the Content Creator for Gallery One, Alana is the manager of the Ellensburg Farmers Market where she gets to further serve the Ellensburg community.

Bookkeeper

Dava Ihrke
dava@gallery-one.org

Volunteers

Marte Fallshore
Kassandra Eller
Ed Bliss
Mary Tosch

Community School of the Arts Instructors

Natalie Andrus
Marte Fallshore
Tabitha Klucking
Dani Parkins
Becky Parmenter