ABOUT THE TEAM

Anna Schechter (Studio Director) and Sophia Cosmadopoulos (Gallery Director) founded Summertime in 2019 and have been passionate proponents of artists with intellectual disabilities since 2005, serving this community in a myriad of ways.

Taking parallel paths to reach Summertime, Anna has worked at YAI Arts in New York City, and Bomb Diggity Arts and Spindleworks in Maine. Sophia was the Gallery Manager at LAND Gallery, and has worked at Pure Vision Arts, AHRC, YAI Arts, and volunteered for New York’s HAI and Creativity Explored in California. 

Combined, they have curated, executed or facilitated over 50 exhibitions—national and international—including shows at Sotheby’s, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Outsider Art Fair, Fortnight Institute, Western Exhibitions, and Institute 193.

They have expanded visibility in the design world by developing products and books designed by artists with disabilities, sold at the Whitney Museum Shop, Printed Matter Inc., and Blu Dot Furniture. 

Sophia and Anna are committed to finding creative and progressive opportunities for the community and the artists they serve, taking these innovations a giant leap forward with Summertime.

Priscilla Frank (Studio Supervisor) works at the intersection of artistic expression and care work, with a little enchantment sprinkled on top. As the Studio Supervisor of Summertime, Priscilla oversees Studio Hours, working directly with artists as well as behind the scenes. She's also Summertime's resident writer, drafting everything from grant proposals to press releases and newsletter updates. 

Priscilla is also an artist, puppet devotee, and co-founder of the inclusive puppet troupe Pussypaws Puppetry. She recently created and directed That Paradise Place, an erotic puppet musical about the love, sex, and fantasy lives of artists with disabilities, which debuted to sold out audiences at Abrons Art Center in 2024. She’s published two books of e(a)rotic corn cartoons, called “Corn Smut and is devoted to beauty in all forms but especially flowers, potions, grapes, cakes, grandmas, and haunted dolls.