Michael Yochum
Michael is a founding partner of Arc. While working as a financial consultant, he volunteered with ArtSpan, the largest artist-member organization in Northern California and producers of San Francisco Open Studios. He was the Chairman of that organization from 2009-2010. Since founding Arc in late 2009, he has worked with many individual collections and corporations, helping them to connect with local artists.
Michael studied art history at Middlebury College and ICU (Tokyo); and, he studied Japanese Art History in the graduate program at Columbia University. He and his wife, Priscilla Otani (also a partner at Arc and a working artist) are avid art collectors with a significant emphasis on collecting local San Francisco Bay Area art.
Michael is a founding partner of Arc. While working as a financial consultant, he volunteered with ArtSpan, the largest artist-member organization in Northern California and producers of San Francisco Open Studios. He was the Chairman of that organization from 2009-2010. Since founding Arc in late 2009, he has worked with many individual collections and corporations, helping them to connect with local artists.
Michael studied art history at Middlebury College and ICU (Tokyo); and, he studied Japanese Art History in the graduate program at Columbia University. He and his wife, Priscilla Otani (also a partner at Arc and a working artist) are avid art collectors with a significant emphasis on collecting local San Francisco Bay Area art.