Tess Mosko Scherer,
Executive Director

Tess has a diverse career in the arts spanning more than 30 years.  Her career began as owner and director of Scherer Gallery in 1983 (through 2006) representing international contemporary artists and specializing in glass art.  She was the Artistic Director of Shemer Art Center and Museum from 2015-2017.  She is the Director of Facilitation and Curriculum for the World Academy for the Future of Women, serves on the advisory board and facilitates programs in China and Bangladesh.  While in China, she facilitated art programs in rural villages.

In addition to her studio practice, Mosko Scherer has a private practice coaching and mentoring artists. She developed workshops to help artists with professional development.   She is an active member of several art organizations including Arizona Artists Guild (Past-President, secretary and Treasurer) the Sonoran Arts League (Desert Foothills Library curator), Art Link, Art Intersection and the Eye Lounge Collective Gallery (co-president) in Phoenix.  Her work is exhibited nationally, is represented by Van Gogh’s Ear Gallery, Prescott, and has won several awards in juried shows in Arizona.  Mosko Scherer was named one of the ‘100 Creatives You Need to Know’ by the Phoenix New Times in 2016.  She is a grant recipient from the City of Phoenix, the Arizona Commission on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.