Jason Andreasen has served as Baton Rouge Gallery’s President/CEO for more than 15 years, having first joined the organization in 2007. Born and raised in Miami, he relocated to Louisiana's capital city in 2005 and has enjoyed calling it home ever since. He is a passionate champion and advocate for the arts in Baton Rouge and in Louisiana. During his time with the gallery, he has led the organization to new heights in artist participation, attendance, programming, charitable giving, art sales, and much more. 

In 2024, Jason was honored with the John W. Barton Sr. Excellence in Nonprofit Management Award from the Baton Rouge Area Foundation. He’s also been named one of 225 Magazine’s “People to Watch in the Capital Region” (2022), a member of the Leadership Baton Rouge Class of 2020, and honored by The Business Report’s 40 Under Forty in 2015. He regularly speaks on the cultural and economic impact of the arts in our area and continues to advocate for the power they have today and the impact that could be realized with increased support.

Luke St. John McKnight is a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is an artist turned community strategist. Founder of the seasonal exhibition series, Build The Fire, and co-founder of strategic planning bureau, Saint John & Company, McKnight began his community-based work building initiatives focusing on multiplying the individual and collective capacity for vibrancy, enrichment, and livability within Baton Rouge. 

St. John further crystallized his affinity for service while working as a project manager for multiple programs within The Walls Project, a local nonprofit leveraging the arts for community revitalization. Under the Walls Project, Luke also served as their inaugural program manager for the creative workforce program The Futures Fund. 

Following the Walls, McKnight joined the social enterprise MetroMorphosis, a systems change organization transforming urban communities from within by helping individuals and institutions transform marginalized communities into thriving spaces to live, work and experience success. St. John served as MetroMorphosis’s Innovations & Partnership Catalyst responsible for relaunching Baton Rouge’s My Brothers Keeper Initiative and maximizing indigenous potential through leadership cultivation. 

McKnight now serves as Chief Operations Officer for the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, fostering the creative capacity of the capital area’s 10-parish region.

Miranda Restovic is President and Executive Director of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. Restovic serves as executive publisher of LEH’s publishing activities. 

With a relentless focus on LEH’s mission, under her leadership LEH has tripled in size and impact as an organization. Guided by the belief that humanistic education is foundational and access to the humanities is a public good, she has led the LEH through strategic expansion of humanities-based programming designed with and for Louisiana’s communities and people. Key accomplishments include launching the award-winning 64 Parishes magazine, establishing the Institute for Louisiana Culture and History, opening eight Prime Time Head Start centers across the state, and opening The Helis Foundation John Scott Center. 

Restovic serves on the Louisiana Folklife Commission and the Federation of State Humanities Councils board of directors. She holds a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of New Orleans and a B.A. in International Relations and Italian from Mount Holyoke College.

Morgan Udoh is a muralist, lifelong educator, and the dynamic Associate Director of The Walls Project Public Art Program in Baton Rouge, LA. Her expansion of the Baton Rouge programming has focused on the power of art as a catalyst for activism, community development, and public preservation.

Growing up in Indianapolis, Indiana, Morgan was introduced to the works of Matisse, Dega, Beatrice Potter, and Michelangelo at an early age. Her passion for art was supported by a well-funded public school. By middle school, she was engaged in an annual mural production crew led by her school’s resident graffiti artist, setting the stage for her lifelong dedication to public art apprenticeship. Her art, often crafted from recycled materials, acrylic, resin, Ankara fabric, printed poetry, and pencil illustration, tells the rich stories of the African diaspora.

Morgan moved to Baton Rouge in 2010 as an educator and started her professional art business in 2016. She joined The Walls Project in 2021, where she leads eco-art initiatives at the organization's urban farm, manages the tri-state artist guild, coordinates quarterly ReActivate events centered on equity-focused placemaking, and oversees the preservation of over 150 mural assets. She also develops and implements after-school programming within the East Baton Rouge Parish School System (EBRPSS), mentoring young public artists and fostering their professional growth and creative contributions to the community. Her approach to public art is deeply rooted in understanding and preserving the cultural significance of each space she transforms alongside residents.

Morgan's diverse professional background includes roles as a board member and officer of multiple education and community development focused nonprofits, elementary educator, and commercial risk manager. These professional experiences have focused Morgan Udoh’s work as a creative catalyst in the strategic fostering of cross-generational and collaborative relationships through the power of art.

Brandon Lewis serves as the Director of The Helis Foundation John Scott Center, where he is at the helm of preserving and sharing the legacy of the renowned artist, educator, and humanist John Scott. Throughout his career, whether in education or the arts, Lewis has always placed arts education and advocacy at the forefront of his work, passionately promoting the cultural and historical significance of African American stories and traditions. 

Over the past ten years, Lewis has dedicated his work to the celebration of his people and their stories. When asked, "What inspires you?" he says, "I was raised by a unit of strong and relentless black women and a phenomenal grandfather who served as my father. Those individuals, along with the elders I've encountered in the church and on porches in small country towns such as Ethel and Clinton, Louisiana, are my inspiration. Women with large ankles and ‘settled bodies,’ who took pride in their appearance and always walked unapologetically in their own truth, men of few words but tremendous wisdom—those people are the reason I create. I am a custodian of their stories. Every time I pick up a paintbrush, it is like picking up a pen. I am simply re-telling their stories with some paint and a brush. Artwork outlives its creator. One hundred years from now, when I am a mere memory, my story, my mother’s, my grandparents’, and all those who came before us, our stories will celebrate our history to a new age." 

Lewis has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including the Black Heritage Gallery in Lake Charles, Louisiana; "Say Amen Somebody" at the Ferrara-Showman Gallery; Art Miami; and, most recently, the "Healing Power of Jazz" at the Louisiana Art and Science Museum. 

His current exhibition, "Cultural Tapestries: A Letter to Voycell," is a profound celebration of heritage and culture. It honors Lewis’ great-grandfather, Voycell Jacobs, who left the oppressive conditions of Mississippi to forge a brighter future in New Orleans for himself and his family. This exhibition stands as a tribute to Jacobs' legacy and his enduring love for the city. Brandon V. Lewis, a beneficiary of his great-grandfather's bold vision, pays homage to a man who dreamed of a better life and contributed to the vibrant tapestry of New Orleans. Through this show, Lewis not only celebrates his family's history but also the enduring spirit of a city that has embraced and enriched their lives.