Lynn Lucius has helped artists and arts organizations develop in the Greater Milwaukee area for more than 23 years.  She came to her arts career through an unconventional path.  With a Master’s degree in the Administration of Nonprofit Programs with a Hearing Impaired Emphasis from New York University, she initially began working in the field of nonprofit social services. As Program Director at Federation Employment and Guidance Services in New York City, and then as Regional Manager for the State of Wisconsin Bureau for Hearing Impaired, she developed programs and services for hard of hearing and deaf populations.  When she found herself trying to interest deaf people in attending Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concerts, she realized it was time to pursue her strongest passion – music – in a new direction that she calls her “profession of the soul.”

Lucius began her new career in the arts as Program Director for ArtReach Milwaukee. There she directed community-based visual and performing arts programs for underserved populations. Subsequently she began an association with Joan Lounsbery Management Services, where she worked for six years delivering organizational management services primarily to nonprofit organizations in the community.  At the same time she also became involved with Artist Series at the Pabst.  As their Assistant Director and later Executive Director, Lucius spent more than 13 years with Milwaukee’s premiere presenter of chamber music and jazz, hosting internationally renowned and emerging musicians in performances at the historic Pabst Theater.

Today, Lucius works as an independent arts consultant to local and national clients.  Since she began consulting in 1999, many community nonprofit arts organizations, performing arts centers, and colleges and universities have benefited from her services in the areas of artistic programming, public and private sector grant-making, and event management.  In addition to her professional work in the arts, she has served as a volunteer on numerous nonprofit boards, committees and grant review panels.  A lifelong learner, Lucius continues as part of an 8-hand piano group and develops her language proficiency at the French Institute of Milwaukee.

Max and Tybie Taglin have worked tirelessly as Community Arts Advocates in the Greater Milwaukee area.  As a couple and individually, they have integrated their passions for music and the arts with history and science, in a lifelong commitment to music performance and music education that has enriched our community.

As Founders of the Artist Series at the Pabst, for 30 years the Taglins brought national and international classical and jazz musicians to the Milwaukee community.  Through Taglin Enterprises – Access Milwaukee, they also presented custom tailored tours highlighting area history, music, theater, art, and ethnic neighborhoods, and with Tours d’Art provided tours for Gallery Nights.  With Shari Malofsky at the Piano Gallery, the Taglins organized and sponsored art and music collaborations for a decade.  In the 1980s, they were also involved with the Milwaukee Symphony Ball as co-chairs and advisors, and the UWM Viennese Ball for scholarships.

Tybie was a substitute music teacher in Milwaukee, Shorewood and Whitefish Bay schools, and Director of Music for Congregation Shalom for 30 years.  She authored Shalom Sings, a national award winning book of Jewish Holiday songs for children, and was Founder and Producer of “A Gift of Love” interfaith music programs.  During that time she was also Director of Cultural Arts at the Jewish Community Center.  There she furthered the professional development of gifted high school and college students through the Young Artists in Concert program, and co-founded “Summer Evenings of Jewish Music” with Max acting as leader of the Klezmer Band.  Previously involved with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra League, Tybie continues to be active in the arts community with the Skylight Theater and the Milwaukee Chamber Theater.

As a trumpet player and teacher, Max worked for a decade in Milwaukee Public Schools and performed with a variety of groups including the Milwaukee Symphony “POPS”, “Music Under the Stars,” and the Florentine Opera Orchestra.  For 35 years, he also made a career in health care administration and consulting in long-term health care.  He is a Founder Member of the Wisconsin Association of Homes Serving the Aging and an honorary member of the American Federation of Musicians Milwaukee, Local 8.

Both Max and Tybie were born and raised in Milwaukee.  They attended North Division High School, where Max received a Civic Music Association award for music achievement in 1942.  Tybie studied piano at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, and earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Education and Music from Milwaukee State Teachers College (now UWM).  Max earned his Bachelor of Science Degree and Masters Degree in Social Work from UWM.  They have two children and four grandchildren.