amanda rawson
partner + research director + project manager | she / her
Amanda Rawson has participated in the cultural art sector for more than ten years. She joined Barbara Goldstein & Associates in 2019. Previously, Amanda worked as the Major Gifts Officer for the San Jose Museum of Art and the Donor and External Relations Manager at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles.
Rawson’s background in art history, fund development, and program management enables her to create spaces that bring together community. She is a 2017 Fellow of the Emerging Arts Professionals Bay Area with a focus on the topic Creative City, and she participated in The Silicon Valley Organization’s Leadership San Jose program in 2018. Her past Board leadership includes the Board of Directors for Local Color in San José, the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara, and the 2020-2021 chair of genArts Silicon Valley, a program of Silicon Valley Creates that is dedicated to empowering creative individuals and emerging arts leaders through professional development, advocacy and networking. Amanda currently serves on the and is a founding member of the grassroots organization San Jose Arts Advocates and is a board member of the San Jose Dublin Sister City Program that collaborates on cultural exchanges between the San Jose, California and Dublin, Ireland.
Amanda holds a BA in Art History from the University of California Berkeley.
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2023 - Present - Board Member to Sister Cities Dublin
2022 - 2023- Advisory Committee Member for Cultural Work of Poetry: A Reading, Writing, and Community Discussion Series
2019 - Present - Founding Core Member for San Jose Arts Advocates
2020 - Present - Collections Committee Member for San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
2019 - Present - Exhibitions Committee Member for San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
2017 - 2021 - Member Board of Directors, Local Color
2021 - Co-Chair for genARTS Silicon Valley
2017-2020 - Steering Committee Member for genARTS Silicon Valley (Rawson)
Board Secretary for MACLA: Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana. (Goldstein)
2018 - 2020 - Board Member for Triton Museum of Art
2015 - Host Committee for Western Museums Association
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Panelist - Policy Making, Portland Monuments Symposium, 2024, Converge 45
Artist Talk - Artists Honoring Women, 2021 - present, Womanhood
Webinar – Creative Placemaking and Public Art for Americans for the Arts.
Webinar - Is Public Art Right for You? - Demystifying Public Art: Insights for Artists, 2021, Public Art Administrators Network of Northern CA.
Panel - Community Conversations: Recognizing Women Through Public Art & Policy, 2021, NUMU Los Gatos.
Artist Talk - Artists Honoring Women, 2020-2021, Womanhood
Speaker - Digital Discovery Workshop - 2: Interactive Mapping, 2021, International Association for Public Participation USA (IAP2 USA).
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