Skip to main content
  • Current Students
  • Parents & Families
  • Alumni
  • Faculty & Staff

Footer quick links

  • Request Info
  • Plan a Visit
  • Apply Now
  • About
    • Calendar for Events
    • Campus Departments
    • Campus Map
    • Chapel
    • College Profile
    • Community Commitments
    • History of Westmont
    • Institutes & Centers
    • Leadership
    • News
    • Our Commitment to Diversity
    • Ridley-Tree Museum of Art
    • Westmont Magazine
      • Request Info
      • Plan a Visit
      • Apply Now
    • Visit
  • Academics
    • Academic Services
    • Augustinian Scholars Program
    • Experience Opportunities
    • Global Education
    • Majors and Programs
    • Office of the Provost
    • Our Approach
    • Outcomes
    • Voskuyl Library
      • Request Info
      • Plan a Visit
  • Admissions & Aid
    • Affording College
    • Apply to Westmont
    • Visit Westmont
    • Transfer Students
    • Returning Students
    • International Students
    • Our Commitment to Diversity
    • Admitted Students
    • Fall Orientation
    • Prospective Parents
    • Meet your Counselor
    • Confirm your Place
    • Words of Warriors
      • Request Info
      • Plan a Visit
      • Apply Now
    • 9th-11th Grade Students
  • Student Life
    • Student Spotlights
    • Words of Warriors
    • CATlab
    • Living on Campus
    • On Campus Activities
    • Off Campus Activities
    • Our Commitment to Diversity
    • COVE Career Center
    • Ministries
    • Chapel
      • Request Info
      • Plan a Visit
      • Apply Now
  • Giving
    • Why Give?
    • Where to Give
    • How to Give
    • Giving Societies
    • Contact Us
      • Give Today
  • Athletics
  • APPLY TODAY

Westmont Magazine

  • Magazine Home
    • Feature Stories
    • Westmont News
    • Alumni Stories
    • Faculty News
    • Past Issues

SPRING 1999

Westmont Magazine An Artist as Trustee

As an artist, Denise Adams expresses her creativity in many ways. A painter who works with oils, she produces landscapes, still lifes, and portraits. For 10 years she owned an interior design studio and retail store for home furnishings. She has also taught art at a public junior high school.

Denise first became involved at Westmont when she met President David Winter and he encouraged her to join the Art Council. As a member of this volunteer group, she led the successful fund-raising drive to underwrite the cost of publishing “The Art of Dining” cookbook (see form below). This winter she accepted an invitation to join the College’s board of trustees.

“The Christian foundation drew me to Westmont,” Denise explains. “It’s a place where I can combine my faith with my interest in art and education.”

Born and raised in Ohio, Denise graduated from Kent State University with a degree in fine and professional arts.

Her skill as an interior designer is evident in the lovely Montecito home she shares with her husband, Stephen, chairman of the board of Affinity Group. They have beautifully renovated a house previously owned by Ronald Coleman. Denise particularly enjoys painting in the late actor’s art studio.

A member of the board of visitors for the Yale School of Music, Denise supports a number of arts-related institutions in the community.

Footer links menu

  • Request Info
  • Plan a Visit
  • Apply Now

Footer Utility menu

  • Employment
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Emergency Info
  • Feedback

955 La Paz Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93108 

805-565-6000

Contact Us

 

Social media menu

©2021
Westmont College - All rights reserved