Welcome to my online home! Am guessing you are a North Carolina creative of some sort, yes?
The Fancy version of what I do: I help connect audiences with their communities using curiosity and compassion. My strengths are in instigating new projects, using local culture to enhance economic development, and bringing an entrepreneurial mindset to strengthening arts ecosystems. I am renowned for my reliability and meticulous attention to detail, and am esteemed as an invaluable asset to any team or organization. My innate capacity to dissect complex issues and unearth innovative solutions positions me as linchpin in projects requiring thorough analysis and strategic thinking.
The uncomplicated version: I am passionate about helping performing artists (and all artists, really) build thriving relationships with their fans. My particular strengths are STARTING THINGS and COMMUNICATING things. I haven’t met a person I couldn’t have an in-depth conversation about the arts with inside of ten minutes.
I’m also an Art-istorian. My research interest is on local arts ecosystems: how the arts function in communities over time. I’m currently working on The Stage is Open: 25 Years of the Triangle Theater Community from 1990-2015ish. More on that soon!
I hold a Master’s in Arts Administration from Goucher College and worked in theater management at four theaters across North Carolina from 2006 til 2019.
My first book is Courting the Community: The Impact of Performing Arts Centers on Arts Organizations in Small and Medium Cities (2014). Soon available as an e-book, but if you want it as a straight PDF, let me know!
From 2019-2022, I published the blog and two print issues of the Color of Fayetteville, highlighting hundreds of the amazing independent artists across Cumberland County.
I’ve written for The Indy and Americans for the Arts. I ran the column The Marbury Project about women in arts. Recently I’ve done journalism writing for the North Carolina Literary Review and the Arts Council of Fayetteville.
You can read more about what I’ve done in the past or about what I’m doing right now or my thoughts on all things local arts on my Blog.