The ASPCO Board of Directors determines overall policy, and manages the business and affairs of ASPCO. The Board of Directors is elected by its members each January.
James Tootle
President
James Tootle is a designer, artist, life-long screen printer, and co-founder of ASPCO. After moving to Austin in 2008, he put an ad on Craigslist to find others who would be in interested in forming a screen printing co-op that shared responsibility, resources and community joy. In his spare times, he builds guitars, runs a web design firm, and rides motorcycles. He is fortunate to have the support of the best board of directors on the planet, and is proud of what they have accomplished as a team of artists and creators. He has a German Shepherd and two cats that kind of get along.
Amanda McInerney
Vice President + Education Chair
Amanda Linn McInerney is a Texas-based visual artist and printmaker. She is one of the co-founders of Artist Screen Printing Cooperative where she teaches screen printing to the public. She graduated from Iowa State University in 2004 and continued her printmaking career in San Diego, California until she moved to Austin in 2010. Inspired by electron microscopy, her work consists of simple compositions to emphasize the organic growth of life and chaotic scenes to display stress and tension. Currently her work is based on mortality and traditional burial practices of Native American tribes.
Laura Fisk
Vice President of Facilities + Equipment
Laura Fisk is an illustrator and printmaker working out of Austin, TX. She is the owner of Fisk & Fern, a little paper and household goods company featuring her silly and strange characters. She has been screenprinting for over 10 years, and loves the way her hand drawn goofy style translates to layers of ink. She joined ASPCO in 2011 when she and her husband moved to Austin, and couldn't imagine a better place to print or a better artist community to be a part of. As Vice President of Facilities and Equipment at ASPCO, she helps maintain smooth operation of, you guessed it—our top-notch facilities and equipment!
Brian Stokes
Historian
Brian Stokes owns and operates Trick Pony Studio, a brand of graphic tees. The line is inspired by iconic, classic tees from the past—with a slight twang that is undeniably Texan. As Board Historian, Brian documents the future of ASPCO. As a long-time member of ASPCO, he lends his understanding of the working of our co-op to assist in guiding the path of ASPCO forward.
Christine Angelone
Vice President of Membership
Christine Angelone has been with ASPCO since 2014. Christine works as a marketing professional by day and owns and operates POOR GIRL EMPIRE, LLC. with her partner Alexander Bingham by night. She also is an avid writer, illustrator and proud resident of South Austin.
Abbey Tootle
Treasurer
Abbey Tootle is a founding member of ASPCO. The Project Management skills she blasts at Apple are put to good use as she helps manage our co-op in ways that are impossible to count. Abbey is a self-proclaimed Excel and Quickbooks nerd, and she makes sure our co-op stays in the black. She is a marathon runner, Rotarian, and all around awesome blossom (extra awesome)! She is our #1 fan and cheerleader, and her efforts are inimitable. Also, her husband James wrote this.
Brian Maclaskey
Board Member at Large
Brian Maclaskey (he/him) is a printmaker and illustrator living and working in East Austin, Texas. After pulling his first print in 1999, he was hooked and began a near life long investigation of the screen printing medium, with special expertise in works on paper and color theory.