Staff Members

Doug Johnson, Executive Director

Doug graduated from Normal Community High School and Illinois State University. He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting from Northern Illinois University and a Master's degree in Studio Art from Illinois State University.

He serves on the Arts Leadership Council of Arts Alliance Illinois. He is the past president of the Bloomington Rotary Club and a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church; he is co-chair of the Local Arts Network. A practicing artist, his paintings are in many public and private collections across the country. 

Amy Yeager, Director of Programming

Amy is an artist, illustrator, and snail enthusiast. She was born and raised overseas, went to college in Worcester, MA, and got her MFA from ISU. She joined MCAC as Curator in 2023 and now manages the galleries and educational programing. 

See her work here and here.

Contact Amy here.

Sarah Hurley,  Ceramics Assistant

Sarah Hurley has been practicing the craft of ceramics since 2012. As of 2018 Sarah started making contemporary tableware under the name Fire and Feldspar. Sarah is also a local chef, specializing in pastry. Most recently she has married her high school sweetheart.

Maddy Cummings,  Gallery Assistant

Madison Martin,  Intern

Coming from a creative family of musicians and artists, Madison started out their college journey at Northern Michigan University in pursuit of a B.F.A. with a concentration in Illustration. Since then, Madison has transferred and is currently a senior at Illinois Wesleyan University striving to achieve a B.A. in Art.

They have taken several uncommon classes such as printmaking, woodworking, and glass, and seek to use these materials to share their unique ideas with the world.

They are currently part of the Gallery Crew at the Merwin and Wakeley Galleries on Wesleyan’s campus and are now MCAC’s intern Exhibitions Assistant!