The Pennsylvania College of Art & Design acknowledges that York has a thriving creative community with several organizations that offer meaningful support. One thing that is often lacking, even in well supported arts communities, are spaces that allow creatives to experiment or workshop ideas. PCA&D York’s Work/Space is a creative pop-up program where artists and creatives apply to use the Duke Street space for an experimental action, event, or creative idea for two weeks.The PCA&D Work/Space program’s goal is to promote curiosity, prototyping, and exploration of new concepts within the York community.

My team with the Center for Creative Exploration at PCA&D and our Exhibitions Department teamed up to submit an application to program the Lancaster Amtrak Station cases with financial support from the City of Lancaster, Office of Public Art.

Each First Friday from May to October Ewell Plaza hosts First Friday Markets & Makers which is held in partnership with Pennsylvania College of Art & Design and features arts organizations hosting free make-and-take projects for all ages as well as an arts market which provides opportunities for emerging artists to show and sell their work.

My work as co-chair on the artist-designed fence by Béatrice Coron located at the Martin Luther King Jr. wading pool in Lancaster, PA.

Exploring financial sustainability and intended mission impact to help make strategic programmatic decisions.

Reports generated for communicating about various aspects of programming.

As part of my LEAP 650 course, I had to design, host, and asses an event. I chose to bring together Lancaster arts nonprofits to satisfy my course requirements and gather important data about the state of our work in our region.