International Board

Petersburg Foundation for Culture and the Arts, PRO ARTE Institute:

• Tuula Arkio, director, KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art, Finland

• Norton Batkin, Director of the Masters Degree Program, Curatorial Center for Contemporary Art, Bard College, USA

• Vladimir Gusev, director, State Russian Museum

• Bernhard Serexhe, director, Education Department, ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Member of the European Council, Germany

• Alexei Komech, director, State Institute of Art History, Ministry of Culture, Russian Federation

• Jane Lombard, chairperson of the Board of Governors, CEC International Partners, USA

Experts and consultants

• Boris Avramets, candidate in art studies, associate professor of the Riga Higher Pedagogical School,senior lecturer at the Latvian University and the Latvian Musical Academy.

• Mikhail Brashinskii, candidate in art studies, Russian correspondent for Variety International Film Guide, reviewer for «Afisha» magazine, Moscow.

• Pavel Gershenson, ballet and art critic, director's assistant for the Marinskii theatre ballet.

• Nikolai Dimitriev, curator, art director of «Dom» cultural center, Moscow.

• Naum Kleman, director the State Cinema Museum, Moscow.

• Ludmila Kovnatskaya, doctor of art studies, head of studies at the Russian Art History Institute, professor at the St. Petersburg Conservatory.

• Olga Manulkina, candidate in art studies, teacher at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, musical reviewer for «Kommersant» newspaper.

• Pyotr Pospelov, Music expert, music critic, culture editor of Izvestia newspaper.

• Mikhail Trofimenkov, candidate in art studies, senior head of studies at the Russian Art History Institute.