Our Story
Fox Road Productions, Inc. was created in 2018 to encourage the development of media and publications on the art, history, ecology, and culture of the Annapolis, Maryland area.
We support local artists by developing compelling and beautiful exhibitions and catalogs of their work. We try to uncover the untold or mostly forgotten histories of the area, by listening for voices that need to be heard. And we provide organizational support and fiscal sponsorship for projects that should be brought to life.
Fox Road Productions gratefully accepts donations to help promote our mission. We are a 501c3 not-for-profit corporation (Tax ID: 83-1972997) and all gifts made to this organization are tax-deductible to the extent provided by state and federal law.
Gertrude St. Michel Freinek, The Bridge (Annapolis), circa 1960.
Board of Directors
Gwen Manseau, President & Founder
Gwen founded Fox Road Productions as a way to tell the stories about the Annapolis area that make the region special; this includes Annapolis Stories, an oral history initiative that uses the mapping and video capability of smart phones to present voices and memories of the many communities that make up Annapolis. Gwen is a lawyer by training, and has worked in the federal government, for non-profit organizations, and at several start-up internet companies; many years ago she was an acquisitions editor at Cambridge University Press. Gwen received her AB in comparative literature from Princeton University, and her JD from the University of Virginia School of Law. She lives and works on a farm near the Chesapeake Bay.
Thackray Seznec, Vice President
Thackray is an Annapolis artist whose work has been exhibited internationally and regionally. She studied at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland; the Silvermine Arts Center in New Canaan, Connecticut; and, while living in the Middle East, with Rahim Sharif in Bahrain. Thackray has worked at Cambridge University Press and Potomac Books. Thackray works in a barn studio, pursuing her art inspired by the woods and fields of her family farm.
Kathy Clatanoff, Treasurer
Kathy was fortunate to be able to combine her training in business and interest in art history while working for Christies Fine Art in their Georgetown office from 2007 until it closed in 2009. She has also taught art history at The Art Institute of Washington, George Mason University, and Anne Arundel Community College. Prior to that, Kathy worked as a financial manager and taught economics and finance. She holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Maryland and an MA in Art History from George Mason University.
Sigrid Trumpy, Director & Chair of Exhibits Committee
Sigrid has worked as Curator of Prints at the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Exhibitions Installer at Mitchell Gallery, St. Johns College, Director of Exhibits at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts ('08-'17), and most recently as studio manager at Castle Hill Center of the Arts in Truro, Massachusetts. Sigrid received her BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in painting where she studied with Raoul Middleman and Peter Hooven, and her MFA from Pratt Institute in printmaking, where she studied with Walter Rogalski and George McNeil. She is currently pursuing her artwork while freelance curating.
Babette Pendleton, Director
Babette was born in Baltimore and raised in the Annapolis area. Her family has worked and lived along the Chesapeake waterfront for generations. She creates activated environments, immersive installations, and performances through her multidisciplinary work as an artist, curator-producer, and researcher. Her national and international curatorial work manifests in forms of collective and collaborative organizing, project management, visionary and strategic consulting, and exhibition/performance producing. Babette has been the director of Yellow Fish Durational Performance Art Festival since 2017. The festival brings awareness to the significance and study of Time while facilitating community involvement in historical and contemporary thought surrounding Durational Performance Art. Babette maintains a rigorous performance and land art practice utilizing forms of movement, sculpture, and photography. Babette holds a BFA in Dance & Choreography from Cornish College of the Arts (Seattle), and an MFA in Curatorial Practice from Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore) with a minor in Critical Theory. She is the current exhibition and programming associate at George Washington’s Corcoran School of the Arts & Design in D.C and adjunct faculty within the Curatorial Practice program at MICA in Baltimore.
Simone Sydnor, Intern
Simone Monet Sydnor is a proud native Marylander who has called many parts of the state home. Currently a Master of Fine Arts candidate in curatorial practice at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), she is shaping her creative collaborations around deep listening that honors the nuance of authentic individual and community voices. The mother of a joyful little boy, she usually has many things in her hands and head while pursuing growth in many directions.