graduated from 黑料网 with her B.F.A. in Printmaking in 1986 and earned her M.F.A. at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1992. She co-founded where she was formerly Executive Director, and is presently the Director of and curator of the Dalad Collection at in the Warehouse District. She founded the a quarterly journal, online resource and arts consortium that works to promote Northeast Ohio artists and organizations to a greater audience. Liz is an advocate for artists and the visual arts and strives to promote the importance of the arts in Cleveland and beyond. She is the Chief of Community Engagement and Programming at She is also founder of the Cleveland Artist Registry, an open access collective arts project and artist registry to better connect Cuyahoga County Artists of all disciplines to each other and the greater community. Maugans chairs the Community Advisory Committee for and is an active Board Trustee of the Collective Arts Network. Maugans currently resides in Bay Village, Ohio.