Tom Banks

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Tom Banks

Tom Banks serves as Executive Director of the Gadsden Cultural Arts Foundation in Gadsden, AL. He oversees a number of programs initiatives including the Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts, Imagination Place Children’s Museum, Etowah Youth Orchestras, Gadsden Community School for the Arts, Downtown Dance Conservatory, Gadsden Symphony Orchestra and the Gadsden Youth Chorus.


My Sacred Place

Reflective Garden at Gunn-Bellenger House, in partnership with CFNEA

The Sacred Place "provides an enclosed space to enjoy all of the natural elements of the outdoors,” Project member Jennifer Finlayson says. “It provides beauty for the senses; sounds from the wind chimes, fragrance of the seasonal plants and flowers, views of the changing landscape that incorporate all four seasons, and the texture of the various landscape elements.”

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Holly Jackson

Holly Jackson is an art historian by training with a professional background in community arts and museum programming. She holds a BA in Art History and Latin from Wellesley College and an MA in Art History from The George Washington University. She is passionate about stewarding the two Sacred Places on Baltimore Claywork’s campus –...

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