Almanack Arts Founded in 2014 by John S Johnson & India Blake

CALLIE KEVER - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2014-2024, BOARD CHAIR

Callie served as the Executive Director of Almanack Arts from 2014-2024, having helped create the original programming upon the organization's inception in 2014. In 2024, Callie moved her official duties for the organization over to the Board of Trustees, where she serves as Board Chair and oversees much of the day-to-day activities alongside Kelly Zutrau, the organization's new Program Director.
An actress at heart, Callie studied at The New Actors Workshop with Mike Nichols, Paul Sills, and George Morrison. She has a background in theatre, artist management, event production, and is the Co-owner of The Gaslight, a music venue and restaurant in the heart of downtown Nantucket,​ where she is busy booking live music nightly. ​ Callie lives on Nantucket full-time with her husband and ​their children.

KELLY ZUTRAU - PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Boston native Kelly Zutrau studied painting at The Cooper Union and went on to the Rhode Island School of design to receive her Masters of Art in Teaching. While in New York City, she met the multi-instrumentalist Joe Valle and Marty Sulkow and formed Wet —releasing their self-titled debut EP in 2014, for the taste-making pop label Neon Gold, before moving to Columbia Records for two understated, celebrated albums, Don't You (2016) and Still Run (2018). “Wet has what it takes to make everyone care about an indie band,” FADER announced in a glowing magazine profile before the band went on to play Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and sell out Webster Hall. They’ve toured with The 1975, Florence + the Machine, and Toro Y Moi. Letter Blue is Wet’s first album via AWAL. It’s full of modern love songs, plainspoken yet emotionally complex, with any insecurity still delivered with clear conviction. Clearly created in a spirit of brightness and improvisation, Letter Blue finds them moving with a gentle touch across multiple styles, from poppy country to R&B and even vibey soft rock. The feelings are very fluid: “You don’t know whether to applaud or cry,” Rolling Stone once said about Wet.