Founders
Jack Waters
Co-Founder
Artist, Film Maker, Curator, Administrator. Jack has exhibited at the Whitney Museum and The National Gallery of Art. He is a subject of an Oral history by the Smithsonian Institution and is archived at the Fales Collection of the NYU Bobst Library.
Peter Cramer
Co-Founder
Peter Cramer is known for cross-disciplinary multimedia works that encompass experimental film, documentary, and diaristic approach. Through photography, film/video, installation and performance, his practice often addresses socio-political engagement and issues of sexual/gender identity, AIDS activism and archival histories.
Board Members
Peter Cramer
Lucia Maria Minervini
Board President
Peter Cramer is known for cross-disciplinary multimedia works that encompass experimental film, documentary, and diaristic approach. Through photography, film/video, installation and performance, his practice often addresses socio-political engagement and issues of sexual/gender identity, AIDS activism and archival histories.
Board Chair
Lucia Maria Minervini is a visual artist, an arts administrator and literacy educator. A curious innovator by nature, she pushes and blurs the boundaries of these disciplines with creative approaches to practice and problem solving. She is honored to to assist in providing community and cultural opportunities for the Allied Productions family.
Susan C. Brown
Sur Rodney (Sur)
Maya Suess
Board Secretary
Susan is a Research Regulatory Specialist. For 21 years her field of expertise was in research of AIDS treatment and care. Since then, Susan’s work has included biomedical as well as social and behavioral research.
Board Treasurer
Sur Rodney (Sur) is a writer, curator and archivist who works collaboratively, drawing variously on performance, his writing, and community archives.
Board Member
Maya Suess is an artist and arts administrator. Currently the Director of Fellowship and Public Programs at apexart in lower Manhattan, she served as Managing Director of Flux Factory –an artist-run residency space in Long Island City Queens– from 2016 to 2021.
Collaborators
Ana Anu
Interim Executive Director
Ana is a Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary ecofeminist artist. They have 15 years experience leading non-profits working at intersections of social and environmental justice, as well as a dozen years of consulting experience in sustainability strategy. Ana is a published poet, filmmaker, exhibiting visual artist, and climate educator. Their work initiates public discourse on environmental justice.
Rose Knopper
Program Coordinator
Rose is a freelance cinematographer and animator. With a background in painting, she brings her visual sensibilities to narrative and commercial film work. Their DP work has been featured at the Beverly Hills Film Festival, NewFest, NoBudge, and others. She is a co-founder of production company Junk Flower Films and holds a BFA in Film & TV from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. At Allied, they assist with archival projects & general operations.
Grace Muller
Archival Assistant
Grace is a multidisciplinary artist and training archivist from Pasadena, CA and Glover, V T. She received her BA in Studio Art from Bennington College in 2025. In her archival practice she seeks to steward the physical histories of alternative and transgressive arts spaces. She has assisted with archival processing / digitization for VisualAIDs, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, and dosa flying fish productions in Los Angeles.
Jason Llaguno
Media Coordinator
Jason Llaguno manages event photography and videography for Allied Productions, capturing the dynamic energy of the Lower East Side’s experimental art scene. Beyond their role at Allied, Jason’s work seamlessly intersects media and performance, blending visual storytelling with live artistic expression. Their keen eye and innovative approach brings immersive narratives to life, making them a vital creative force within the community.
Ethan Shoshan
Technical Consultant and Board Advisory Member
Ethan is an artist, community activist, and non-profit computer a/v technical consultant committed to building communities and support around social justice, art and activism. Ethan has been helping with Allied Productions for years and has been a staff member since 2016.