MORGAN STAFF
NICOLE DONNELLY
Executive Director
ndonnelly@morganconservatory.org
Nicole Donnelly is an arts administrator, a hand papermaking artist and educator, and an entrepreneur. New to Cleveland and Ohio, she brings artistic and administrative experience from local, national, and international sources. Nicole established paperTHINKtank, a community-accessible hand papermaking studio in 2013 in her native Philadelphia, PA, focused on sustainable practices and artistic collaboration. She has been an active member and board member of North American Hand Papermakers, and for seven years, Nicole served as President of IAPMA, 2015-2022 (International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists). Her continued commitment to this field has produced collaborative relationships with artists and arts organizations in paper, print, and book arts that promote handmade paper as a traditional craft and artistic medium across the country and around the world.
For now, Nicole leaves behind her active roles teaching at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the University of the Arts; her work as a professional collaborative papermaker for the Brandywine Workshop & Archives and the Brodsky Center at PAFA; and her involvement with the Philadelphia Print Consortium and the printPHILLY! fair, all in Philadelphia. Her articles and essays have been published in Hand Papermaking magazine and by The Legacy Press. Nicole holds a B.A. from Bennington College (2002) and an MFA from the University of Iowa (2009). She is looking forward to growing with the Morgan, inclusively expanding its communities, and supporting its continued excellence in paper, print, and book arts.
CELESTE STAUBER
Gallery & Store Manager
celeste@morganconservatory.org
Celeste (she/her) is a 2018 graduate of Baldwin Wallace University with a B.A. in Studio Art and a minor in Arts Management. She is a mixed media artist who has shown regionally in the Cleveland area and spent 2021 as a guest curator for E11even2 Gallery located in 78th Street Studios. In 2017, Celeste was the Berea Arts Fest Event Management Intern and has been a BAF board member since 2021. When she is not painting or drawing, you can find Celeste in the Cleveland Metroparks or tending to her plant jungle at home.
H. MARIA ARMIJO
Artist Opportunities Manager
marmijo@morganconservatory.org
Maria (she/her) is an artist and educator with a background in librarianship whose work explores memory, culture, and connection through painting, textiles, and mixed media. As the Morgan Conservatory’s Artist Opportunities Manager, she supports artists through residencies, internships, volunteer opportunities, scholarships, and Open Studio programs. Maria holds degrees in Fiber Arts, Social Administration, and Library & Information Science, and her work has been exhibited in galleries across Northeast Ohio.
R.E. ANDERSON (Lysa)
Workshop Manager/Coordinator
R. E. Anderson (Lysa) (she/they) earned a B.A. in Art History and Visual Communications & Design from Kent State University. What began as an academic pursuit has evolved into a hands-on, sustained commitment to the book and printing arts.
As Workshop Manager & Coordinator at the Morgan Papermaking Conservatory, Lysa collaborates with instructors from all over to plan and deliver dynamic, thoughtfully curated workshop programming. Lysa oversees the development and production of the Winter and Summer Workshop Catalog publications, ensuring each season’s offerings are clearly presented and widely accessible.
In addition, Lysa teaches Intro to Bookbinding (Parts I and II) and Intro to Letterpress, creating welcoming, skill-building entry points for those new to these practices. Through ongoing work at the Morgan, Lysa's appreciation for the tactile, deliberate nature of bookbinding and letterpress continues to deepen, shaping both teaching and broader engagement within the field.
Recently Lysa accepted an internship at Zygote Printing Studio in Cleveland and is excited to learn more about press maintenance and Printmaking Arts.
TAMSYN KUEHNERT
Paper Studio Manager
Tamsyn (she/her) graduated from Cleveland Institute of Art in 2024 with a B.F.A. in Fine Arts painting and a minor in Creative Writing. She finds ways to make her life and studio practice sustainable by using found materials, natural pigments, and plastic free alternatives. In her work, she finds beauty and mixes it with humor to showcase the natural world and its relationship to human civilization in its deteriorating state.
Tamsyn has shown her work in several northeast Ohio galleries including two solo exhibitions, "Mourning What’s Not Yet Lost" at Summit ArtSpace in Akron, OH in 2023 and "Searching for the Meander" at Rocky River Nature Center in North Olmsted, OH in 2024.
After graduating, Tamsyn spent the last two years teaching independent life skills to children with an ASD diagnosis. Having been an active volunteer and Community Arts intern at the Morgan, Tamsyn has stepped into the role of Paper Studio Manager. She now teaches our custom and intro workshops for Western Papermaking.
DIANA GREENBERG ZUBAL
Marketing and Communications Director
Diana (she/her) is a seasoned communications professional focused on executing marketing, public/media relations, event production, and fundraising strategies. She builds strong relationships with clients, learns what makes them stand out ~ how their organization, product or staff makes the world a better place. Then, through creative content and storytelling, Diana makes connections with key audiences and influencers that deliver results.
Companies and organizations she has worked with include Gray & Company, Publishers, Humble Design Cleveland, Real Detroit Events, Esperanza, Inc., Cleveland Sight Center, AFMDA (American Friends of Magen David Adom), Friends of Cleveland School of the Arts, Shaker Historical Society, Scenarios USA, Cleveland Magazine, California Pizza Kitchen, Spa West, AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland, Scenarios USA, and Saks Fifth Avenue. Diana also served as a television publicist in Los Angeles for nearly a decade.
Diana earned a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications from Indiana University in 1990. She also received certification in entertainment public relations from UCLA, Los Angeles in 1998. A film fanatic and music maven, Diana enjoys knitting, needlepointing, hiking, and traveling with her husband, Michael.
JOE IAROCCI
Facilities Manager
Joe has nearly 20 years of experience in facilities management and maintenance. Over ten of those years he spent in the non-profit sector, working for a housing company which provides accessible housing for individuals suffering from severe mental illness and facing homelessness. He has experience in many areas of the building trades and equipment repair, as he spent several years diagnosing and repairing major appliances, fitness equipment, and automotive/small engine equipment. Joe enjoys working collaboratively and creatively in every effort so that his labors will have a positive impact on his community. For that reason, he is thrilled to be a part of the Morgan and its mission.
ARDEN BEGLEY
Community Arts Coordinator and Teaching Assistant
Arden (she/her) is a 2025 graduate of Chatham University where she received a BA in English with minors in Professional Writing, Public Relations, and Women’s & Gender Studies. She also earned a Women’s Leadership Certificate during her time at Chatham. While taking a literary publishing class in college, Arden learned to make various handmade book forms which inspired her own art in making bookmarks and sparked her dedication to preserve book arts. She is a Cleveland native, a music devotee (especially for boy bands), enjoys crocheting, and almost always has a book with her no matter the event.
RAINA WASHINGTON
Seasonal Gardener
Raina is a Cleveland native with a B.A. in Africana Studies and Sociology. A multidisciplinary artist working in photography, textiles, and fiber arts, she has nearly six years of experience in gardening and urban agriculture. Raina's work also includes community engagement and archival projects that explore the relationships between place, memory, and material culture.
TOM BALBO
Founder & Papermaker Emeritus
Tom Balbo led the Morgan Conservatory as Artistic Director for well over a decade, and the organization and arts community is indebted to his visionary leadership. In 2007, Tom teamed up with noted Cleveland-area artists and nationally recognized hand papermakers to improve and conserve paper & book arts programming in the US by creating a center for learning in Cleveland, OH. The Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory and Educational Foundation officially opened its doors in October 2008, and Tom continues his involvement at a strategic level, as well as providing expert guidance in the studio to select artists. Tom is a Cleveland-based, nationally exhibiting artist whose work has been collected for well over 30 years. Graduating from Baldwin Wallace College with a B.A. in 1977, he completed his MFA in Studio Arts at Syracuse University in 1980 where he was awarded a Syracuse University Fellowship Grant and a Ford Foundation Grant.
