Mark Fraire | Director, Dane Arts

Mark Fraire has worked as an arts administrator for over 20 years and has been involved in supporting theater arts on every level from producer to writer to actor to comic to playwright to manager to director.  He was the Grants and Fund Development Director for the Madison Metropolitan School District and helped raise in 2013-14, over $2 million in funds.  Fraire spent 17 years as the state’s Grants Officer for the Wisconsin Arts Board. 

Prior to that position, Fraire created the Community Education Department for the Milwaukee Repertory Theater where he was awarded the President’s Coming Up Taller Award for creating TEENworks, an innovative youth and community theater arts training program.  Fraire has an MBA in Corporate Finance from the University of Wisconsin- Madison.

Augusta Brulla | Cultural Affairs Specialist, Dane Arts

Brulla, a Madison native, holds bachelor’s degrees in Art and Communication Science and Rhetorical Studies from UW-Madison, and earned her Master of Arts-Business at the Bolz Center for Arts Administration. She brings over ten years’ experience in art administration, installation, and community outreach. Augusta has worked with hundreds of visual artists locally and nationally as a representative of various Wisconsin art galleries in both the non-profit and corporate sector. She has been a member of the Tania Tandias Flamenco and Spanish Dance Company since 2007, regularly performing at schools and festivals throughout Wisconsin.