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BCAC Board Member Bios
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Denise Devereux Peters, BCAC Board Chairperson
Denise holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology and an Art Minor from Elmhurst College along with an Associate in Art degree from College of DuPage. She has worked over 15 years in finance while continuing to hone her talent and love for art. She exhibits locally, and creates commission work for both the public and private sectors. Her work includes creating alongside the Girl Scouts and Eagle Scouts at Vehe Farm helping them attain their highest awards. She also collaborates with Citizens for Conservation as their guest artist.
She is a community art liaison as a member of the Leave No Child Inside Initiative sharing her passion for art and nature with others through education. She also teaches locally at Bataille Art and is the Art Education Chairperson for BCAC and the Barrington Park District.
Denise resides in Barrington with her continuingly supportive husband Scott, and her biggest fans and daughters, Morgan and Erin…and their sheltie Abby.
Denise holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology and an Art Minor from Elmhurst College along with an Associate in Art degree from College of DuPage. She has worked over 15 years in finance while continuing to hone her talent and love for art. She exhibits locally, and creates commission work for both the public and private sectors. Her work includes creating alongside the Girl Scouts and Eagle Scouts at Vehe Farm helping them attain their highest awards. She also collaborates with Citizens for Conservation as their guest artist.
She is a community art liaison as a member of the Leave No Child Inside Initiative sharing her passion for art and nature with others through education. She also teaches locally at Bataille Art and is the Art Education Chairperson for BCAC and the Barrington Park District.
Denise resides in Barrington with her continuingly supportive husband Scott, and her biggest fans and daughters, Morgan and Erin…and their sheltie Abby.
Vesna Boscovic, BCAC Vice-Chairperson
Vesna Boscovic is a graduate of University of Belgrade, Serbia, in chemistry engineering for ceramic and glass. She has 20 years of International experience working and living in ex-Yugoslavia, United Kingdom, France and now United States. Since 2001 she has been organizing summer artistic Workshops in France and has successfully overseen the selection, training and artistic production of over 20
selected artists from 2001-2004. She established Communaute Artistique La Citadelle NFP to promote, sponsor and exchange art and culture between France and ex-Yugoslavia, and has now established “La Citadelle Art” NFP here in South Barrington to promote artistic exchange between Europe and North America and to help develop young artists on both continents. She has been recognized for her work in numerous European magazines. During the last 3 years, helping to present international artists, she organized art exhibitions in cooperation with SBPD, Cook County office of Maria Pappas and Hilligoss Galleries.
Vesna Boscovic is a graduate of University of Belgrade, Serbia, in chemistry engineering for ceramic and glass. She has 20 years of International experience working and living in ex-Yugoslavia, United Kingdom, France and now United States. Since 2001 she has been organizing summer artistic Workshops in France and has successfully overseen the selection, training and artistic production of over 20
selected artists from 2001-2004. She established Communaute Artistique La Citadelle NFP to promote, sponsor and exchange art and culture between France and ex-Yugoslavia, and has now established “La Citadelle Art” NFP here in South Barrington to promote artistic exchange between Europe and North America and to help develop young artists on both continents. She has been recognized for her work in numerous European magazines. During the last 3 years, helping to present international artists, she organized art exhibitions in cooperation with SBPD, Cook County office of Maria Pappas and Hilligoss Galleries.
Nita Hunter, Theater Chairperson
Nita has been writing, producing, and directing audio theater for the past five years. She formed her own theater group, RG Productions, with the goal of bringing authentic Old Time Radio classics to venues in Kenosha and Lake County communities and beyond! Two of her original radio plays have won statewide and national awards: "And on the Eighth Day," (a re-telling of the Scopes Monkey Trial), and 'Rebecca Diamond: Private Eye. She is also a full-time sixth grade teacher with the gifted program in Barrington School District 220. She and her family have resided in Barrington for over 20 years.
Nita has been writing, producing, and directing audio theater for the past five years. She formed her own theater group, RG Productions, with the goal of bringing authentic Old Time Radio classics to venues in Kenosha and Lake County communities and beyond! Two of her original radio plays have won statewide and national awards: "And on the Eighth Day," (a re-telling of the Scopes Monkey Trial), and 'Rebecca Diamond: Private Eye. She is also a full-time sixth grade teacher with the gifted program in Barrington School District 220. She and her family have resided in Barrington for over 20 years.