Our Mission
Preserve. Educate. Share.
Preserve, Educate and Share both the legacy of Photojournalist Charlie Cole, and to provide support to artists in their legacy archival building of their careers through documentation, inventory management, and legacy planning.
THE CVC TEAM
Susan Cole
, Founder
Susan created the CVC Legacy Project shortly after her brother Charlie Cole died unexpectedly in his home in Bali, Indonesia. Officially kicking off the project on his birthday, February 28, 2020, we didn’t know within just a few weeks the COVID-19 pandemic lock down would begin shutting down the world as we had known it.
With a BA in Art History and a BFA in Fine Art Photography, Susan went on to work in one of the first museum digital imaging depts., at Yale Art Gallery and later moving on to the Seattle Art Museum to create their first Digital Imaging Department. Through the Joan Mitchell Foundation’s partnership with Seattle’s Artist Trust, she was one of the selected candidates to be trained in their first far-reaching, and much needed Legacy Specialist Training program. These experiences and training allowed for the structuring of the CVC Legacy Project collections and legacy management.
Heidi Devereux
, Marketing & Graphics Specialist
Heidi joined the CVC team in the fall of 2020 while working with Susan Cole at Windermere Mount Baker. Susan has been an inspiration to Heidi in her dedication to local artist and charities. Together they have worked on several fundraisers, office and charity events. Heidi was heartbroken to hear about Susan's brother Charlie dying unexpectedly, and has offered her skills in Marketing and Graphic Design to support CVC Legacy Project.
Heidi brings more than 30 years of experience to provide support to local non-profit organizations. From logos to web pages, and everything in between, Heidi creates professional and effective materials and marketing. She has coordinated many corporate and charity events. According to Heidi, "I love meeting and working with great people and being the one behind the scenes making these organizations succeed," she says. "Their success is my success.”
Susan Jones
, Associate Director
Joining the CVC Legacy Project in 2020, Susan “Jonesy” Jones has been instrumental in the grass roots building of the legacy project. From content development, to word smithing, she’s always willing to try something new to make the project work. With her creative visual eye, she’s collaborated in the visual as well as the content development.
Entrepreneurial in spirit and practice, Susan has ventured into soul-inspired personal projects as well as that which speaks to her own passions in nature.
The CVC Advisory Committee
KATHARINE GEISS
Katharine was a photographer and photo editor for The Collegian newspaper at Colorado State University where she graduated with a Bachelors of Art in Photojournalism. The Collegian was a daily college newspaper (and a daily job) with a circulation of 14,000.
Moving to Hungary to try her hand at being a professional photographer where she came to the realization that her heart was in education. She moved to Japan where Charlie and Susan both lived, spending nearly 4 years there and getting to know Charlie.
Currently Katharine is an Elementary and Early Childhood Education Principal, at the American School of Recife, where she lives with her daughter in Recife, Brazil.
JENNY HANSEN DAS
Jenny is an inspiration of someone who pursued and created a passion project which gives back to a community. As the Owner/Founder of the Seattle Light Room (SLR) – Gallery and darkroom, the artists in the local art world and image makers find great joy in their connections. Jenny holds a Certificate of Fine Art Photography through Photo Center Northwest in Seattle.
SANDY KING
Sandy worked at Photographic Center Northwest for 8 years as the digital lab manager. Her interest in scanning and digitizing led to the pursuit of becoming an archivist. Sandy has been a volunteer for the CVC for several years and has been a tremendous asset to our project.
Currently a grad student at the University of Washington in the Museology program - Digital preservation and archiving within museum settings Studies, Sandy also interns at Densho and the Wing Luke Museum. In addition she is working on a thesis project with Kubota Garden Foundation where she’ll be helping them build an online digital database for all their archived materials.
HANNAH PALIN
Hannah is a member of Artist Foundations and Estate Leaders List (AFELL) where she discovered the CVC Legacy Project. Palin inherited a large collection of fine art created by her biological father, Kenneth Showell. In 2018, she became the sole caretaker of 1,300 pieces and established Kenneth Showell Artworks to handle donations, sales, licensing and merchandise to ensure that Showell's legacy lives on. Spending over 20 years as Film Archives Specialist at University of Washington, Hannah has a rock solid foundation in the archive world.
· co-founder Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound ( MIPoPS )
· creator of the moving image preservation program at the University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections .
· Co-authored The Washington State Film Preservation Manual: Low-cost and No-cost Suggestions to Care for Your Film
· Co-authored "Starting from Nothing, The Art of Creating a Film Archive " with Nicolette Bromberg, Visual Materials Curator for the UW Libraries Special Collections.
· Has taught workshops on moving image preservation for the Society of American Archivists , Northwest Archivists, the University of Oregon, and the University of Washington.
· Served on the Board of the Association of Moving Image Archivists , and MIPoPS
· Currently Vice-President of the Board of Scarecrow Video .
· Writes Untitled, a newsletter, for Kenneth Showell Artworks, highlighting recent finds in the collections, research, personal reflections, and opportunities to view Showell's work.
The Shunpike Partnership
With smaller projects, taking on 501(c)(3) nonprofit status process can be daunting and possibly unnecessary. Fortunately for the CVC Legacy Project, Washington state has a a fiscal sponsor called Shunpike.
Shunpike is the 501(c)3 non-profit agency that empowers artists through equitable access to vital expertise, opportunities, and business services. Shunpike is an arts-focused nonprofit designed to partner with the legacy project to enable the 501(c)(3) to extend certain benefits of being nonprofit to the project without it having to go through filing by itself. The sponsorship is a contractual relationship between the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Shunpike organization and the CVC legacy project whose activities fall within the sponsoring organization’s mission.
Donations made to the CVC Legacy Project are made through Shunpike, and dedicated to our project. Under the Shunpike umbrella, donors and sponsors can receive full tax deductions, our project can apply for grants and fellowships, and Shunpike does the administrative office work, allowing those working and managing on the project to focus on our mission.