Projects

JUNIPER RAG MAGAZINE (FOUNDED 2/1/2021) , an independent, art, photography and lifestyle magazine that promotes artists and photographers to reach new markets. We celebrate contemporary visual arts, alternative art and underground contemporary art.

If you would like to learn more or submit to JUNIPER RAG, our visual arts magazine, please visit juniperrag.com

exhibitions & showS (Curation & Participation)

2024

  • VANGUARD VIRTUAL EXHIBITION: CURATION by Miami-based Curator Tam Gryn // a virtual exhibition with 7 visionary artists from around the world who embrace techonology, AI and the future of art. This exhibition is a third in our series, including Unbound and Pulp. June, 2024

  • ARTISTS ON FIRE III: CURATION // Host group show with Juniper Rag artists in collaboration with Worcester Center for Crafts and Hot Night in the City, July, 2024

  • NEW ART CENTER GALA, Poppin’ at the Factory: CURATION // Host group show raising over $130K for Cultural Access Programs with Juniper Rag artists in collaboration with New Art Center of Newton, MA, April, 2024

  • COAST, Preservation of Our Blue Spaces: SOLO SHOW // March 6-24th at JMAC, Worcester, MA. Opening Reception March 9, 5-9 pm

  • PULP VIRTUAL EXHIBITION: CURATION by Lauren Szumita & Marie Craig // Host a virtual exhibition with 18 artists from around the world, April, 2024

  • SLOW ART: CURATION // Host annual Slow Art Event at The Worcester Art Museum bringing attention to the New Terrain exhibition to the global stage in participation, April, 2024

  • UNBOUND VIRTUAL EXHIBITION: CURATION //This group show consisted of 21 contemporary artists, demonstrate pushing boundaries and bridging the gap between contemporary art and the future of art. Jan, 2024

2023

  • ABOUT FACE: ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION // Fountain Street, December 3, 2023 at SoWA, Boston, MA

  • stART AT THE STATION: EXHIBITION // Art festival on December 3, 2023 at Union Station in Worcester, MA

  • FAY CHANDLER EMERGING ART EXHIBITION: CURATION // Hosted by the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture, the Fay Chandler EMERGING Art Exhibition will feature fresh, original, and contemporary works of art created by Greater Boston area artists. The awards are named after philanthropist Fay Chandler, a champion and advocate of the arts. She started her career as an artist later in life. Chandler serves as an inspiration for this exhibition and to artists of all ages. The art will be displayed at Boston City Hall in the Scollay Square Gallery and other galleries from November 15, 2023 to December 30, 2023 with a generous 9K in prizes awarded.

  • VEIL: CURATION // Host, Virtual Exhibition: Oct 27 - Nov 30, 2023 on juniperrag.com

  • SOLO SHOW: Showing the first in the series of COAST paintings at CLUB 321 at Mechanics Hall with renowned musician Duke Robillard, June 2023

    CURATION:

  • ABOUT FACE: CURATION // International Group Show with over 691 submissions, with a 3% Selection cap. Record breaking submissions. Curation for Fountain Street Gallery, July 2023

  • ARTISTS ON FIRE II: CURATION // Host group show with Juniper Rag artists in collaboration with Worcester Center for Crafts and Hot Night in the City, July 2023

  • NEW ART CENTER GALA, Paradiso Social Club: CURATION // Host group show raising over $80K for Cultural Access Programs with Juniper Rag artists in collaboration with New Art Center of Newton, MA, May 2023

  • Newton NOW at NEARBY GALLERY: CURATION // Host group show with Juniper Rag artists in collaboration with New Art Center of Newton, MA, May 2023

  • ESCAPE VIRTUAL EXHIBITION: CURATION // Host a virtual exhibition with 15 artists from around the world, Feb-March 2023

  • SLOW ART: CURATION // Host annual Slow Art Event at The White Room in Worcester, bringing Worcester to the global stage in participation, April, 2023

  • TORRID | Abstract Impressions: CURATION //This group show consisted of 30 New England artist and 57 pieces of art. I participate with one piece as well as hosted and curated the show. Feb, 2023

2022

  • DARKNESS: CURATION // A Juniper Rag virtual exhibition of 32 artists from all over the world, Curated by Amanda Kidd-Kestler, Executive Director, The New Hampshire Arts Association

  • ARCK BOSTON FUNDRAISER, Igniting Imaginations: BOARD OF ADVISORS and GALA HOST COMMITTEE // with Rhondella Richardson, WCVB NewsCenter 5 Co-Anchor Gala Master of Ceremonies, Kim Janey, Former Mayor of Boston, Global Citizenship Award Recipient & Keynote Speaker, October 2022

  • KRIS WALSDMAN CURATOR-IN-RESIDNECE juror for Hopkinson Center for the Arts: JUROR // selecting Flor Delgadillo, Displacement. The exhibition will seek to awareness about what goes on beyond our borders, the gentrification and the erasure of community. The preservation of culture through stories and as well as reevaluating political systems. The group of artists come from different parts of the world all  sharing the lived experience of constant migration. Includes work from: Iaritza Menjivar I Marla McLeod I Alonso Nichols I Nikki Silva I Ravjot Mehek Singh I Rebecca Wakim, October 2022

  • Origin: CURATION // This group show consisted of 50 national artists, curated and installed by Juniper Rag at JMAC Gallery Worcester

  • Artists on Fire: CURATION & PARTICIPATION // Created three 16 x 16 pieces to show with 35 Juniper Rag artists at Worcester Center for Crafts

2021

  • Material Matters, ArtsWorcester in partnership with The Fitchburg Art Museum: For the last decade, ArtsWorcester and the Fitchburg Art Museum (FAM) have partnered on an annual “Call and Response” exhibition, an idea drawn from democratic and musical traditions in African and African Diaspora cultures.

  • Contemporary Crompton: multi-media pop-up art installation at The White Room at Crompton Collective in Worcester

  • ORIGIN at JMAC/Worcester PopUp, celebrating the launch of Juniper Rag Magazine

2020

2019

  • StART at the Station, Worcester, MA

  • SIGNALS, Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA

  • September - StART on the Street, Worcester, MA

  • VOYAGES OF EXPLORATION, Curation and Show Management of International Artists, Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA

  • 3 PENNY ARTRAISER, Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA

  • Harvey Ball Fundraiser Auction, Worcester Historical Museum, Worcester, MA

2018

  • StART at the Station, Worcester, MA

  • Cirque Du Noir XI, Founder & Show Director, Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA

  • StART on the Street, Worcester, MA

  • Greetings From Worcester ARTraiser, POW! WOW! WORCESTER, Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA

  • NOIR | Contributing Artists of Cirque du Noir X, Founder & Show Director, Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA

  • CREATIVES OF WORCESTER Photoshoots, Public Call for Creatives resulted in 5 shoots on different days for each genre of creatives in Worcester, MA

2017

  • StART at the Station, Worcester, MA

  • Cirque Du Noir X, Founder & Show Director, Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA

  • Spärk, CURATION & EXHIBITIONED, includes work also by Tara Sellios, Keri Anderson, Jessica Lyn Burhans and myself, Worcester Center for Crafts

  • StART on the Street, Worcester, MA

  • Entering Worcester ARTraiser for POW! WOW! WORCESTER, Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA

  • Parellels: Worcester Artists, UnchARTed and Gallery Z, Market St. Lowell, MALowell, MA

  • WOW: Women of Worcester, The Davis Art Gallery, Worcester, MA

2016

  • Cinco De Mayo ArtRaiser, Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA

  • Cirque Du Noir IX, Founder, Curator, Installation & Show Director, Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA

  • Entering Worcester, Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA

  • POW-WOW Worcester Worcester, MA as volunteer

  • CIRQUE-MSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, Founder, Curator, Installation & Show Director, Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA

  • Blue, Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA

  • Creative Hub Worcester, Auction, Worcester, MA

2015

  • StART at the Station, Worcester, MA

  • Cirque Du Noir VIII, Founder & Show Director, The People’s Kitchen Atrium, Worcester MA

  • StART on the Street, Worcester, MA

  • ARTraiser, Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA

  • RED: Material . Symbol . Emotion . Temperature, Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA

2014

  • StART at the Station, Worcester, MA

  • Cirque Du Noir VII, Founder, Curator, Installation & Show Director, Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA

  • StART on the Street, Worcester, MA

  • Value Pack, Participating Artist and Marketing, Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA

2013

  • Cirque Du Noir VI, Founder & Show Director, Bocado, Worcester, MA

  • StART on the Street, Worcester, MA

2012

  • Cirque Du Noir V, Founder & Show Director, The Citizen, Atrium, Worcester, MA

  • StART on the Street, Worcester, MA

2011

  • Cirque Du Noir IV, Founder & Show Director, Bocado, Worcester, MA

  • Bloody Roots Festival, Ralph's Diner, Worcester, MA

  • StART on the Street, Worcester, MA

2010

  • StART at Union Station, Worcester, MA

  • Cirque Du Noir III, Founder & Show Director, Bocado, Worcester, MA

  • Start on the Street, Worcester, MA

  • Pecha Kucha, Bocado, Worcester, MA

  • Slow Art, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

2009

  • StART at Union Station, Worcester, MA

  • Cirque Du Noir II, Bocado Restaurant, Worcester, MA

  • Start on the Street, Worcester, MA

  • Pecha Kucha, Bocado, Worcester, MA

  • Slow Art, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

2008

  • StART at Union Station, Worcester, MA

  • Cirque Du Noir I, Founder & Show Director, Bocado Restaurant, Worcester, MA

  • StART on the Street, Worcester, MA

  • Pecha Kucha, Bocado, Worcester, MA

  • Slow Art, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

COMMUNITY

Cirque Du Noir / Founder / Creative Director / Worcester, MA / Founded, 2007 - present

A masquerade promoting the cultural strengths of Worcester, raising over 50K for local 501 (c) (3)s

stART on the Street / Coordinator & Marketing / Worcester / 2013 - 2017

Coordinator for Central Massachusetts's largest art, music festival with over 230 artists, bands and food vendors

1NTERRUPT / 2014 - present

Board of Directors and Marketing Manager for a cyber security event in Worcester, MA; Portland, OR; Atlanta, GA

Slow Art Worcester / Founder / Global / 2009

A global event (1,400 events around the world) with a simple mission: To help more people discover for themselves the joy of looking at and loving art.

Pecha Kucha / Founder / Global / est. 2009

Creative networking event devised in Japan by Klein Dytham Architecture to Worcester, hosted in over 200 cities

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

EVENTS:

Best Fundraiser 2017 by Worcester Business Journal for Cirque du Noir

DESIGN:

Invitation feature for BRIDES Live Weddings ‘12,13

BRIDES feature for Good Morning America ’12

Core Value Award for Re-Invention / Checkerboard ’12

Louie Award (Highest Industry Honor) / (Finalist ‘05,’07,‘08,’10)

Louie Award Judge, National Stationery Show, 2009, Washington, DC

1st Place Freddie Award / Innovative Technique in Thermography, Worldwide Thermographers Association

Published, in many wedding magazines and blogs, including The Knot, BRIDES Magazine, Martha Stewart Weddings

SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING EXPERIENCE

ARTS & CULTURE SECTOR:

JUNIPER RAG art and lifestyle magazine (ARTS/CULTURE)

° Developed and promote physical and online magazine and art promotion for visual artists, creative businesses all around the world.

° Curate physical and virtual exhibitions at low cost to create global accessibility using our marketing skills to promote work to new audiences.

° Connect artists with new opportunities and assist them in growing their network securing exhibitions, collaborations and new partnerships.

° Develop an online marketplace with low commissions to give artists a secondary sales outlet for their work.

CLUB 321 at MECHANICS HALL (ARTS/CULTURE)

° Developed and grow art programming at Club 321 events for Mechanics Hall and WICN NPR Radio

° Curate artists to show in solo exhibitions during monthly Club 321 events at the hall

SALISBURY CULTURAL DISTRICT (ARTS/CULTURE)

° Developed and grew Salisbury Cultural District social media presence

° Devised a plan to increase SCD visibility, marketing and cross-promotion efforts

° Attended SCD Executive Committee meetings, subcommittee group meetings and SCD stakeholder meetings

° Helped to build mutually-beneficial relationships and network of SCD stakeholders

° Currently monitor and support social media efforts as admin of SCD FB page to keep up momentum (unpaid)

° Share relevant community information as it came available for stakeholders and community friends in the SCD and the city

CIRQUE DU NOIR (ARTS/CULTURE)

° Developed and grew Cirque du Noir’s audience with social, bringing in over 2400 people in 13 years and raising over 54K

for the community and over 30K directly to artists from two curated shows held in reciprocation for their support to Cirque

° Developed photo shoot pre-promotion and social media shares to increase audience engagement steadily at 17% annually

° Invited photographers to shoot the event and use their images as cross-promotion increasing both our visibility

° Invited local dance studio to collaborate

° Increase community’s awareness of the rich culture Worcester has

° Write content, press releases and get media traction to increase attendance and exposure

° Appear on WCCA TV to promote event

° Produce a video for the event and share across all channels

° Management and hanging of two group shows with over 350 pieces of art apiece from over 70 artists, NOIR and CIRQUE-MSTANTIAL EVIDENCE

START ON THE STREET/AT THE STATION (ARTS/CULTURE-LOCAL)

° Developed social media plan to engage artists in the event

° Photographed the event and shared images throughout the year to keep momentum going

° Created all of the posters and handouts for the event and graphics for social media

° Produced a video with emerging entrepreneurs, Seed to Stem, after identifying them to share success tips

PECHA KUCHA & SLOW ART WORCESTER (ARTS/CULTURE-WORLD-WIDE)

° Applied and was approved to run global events in Worcester by both global headquarters

° Developed all promotional posters and social media presence

° Developed the #1 social media following in the world for the Worcester, MA chapter and was asked to advise other locations on

organic SEO, including The Smithsonian, MoMA SF, and other prestigious galleries and museums

° Managed relationships with founders of both global events

° Recruited presenters, developed events and grew attendance through social media

TECH SECTOR:

BETR Productions (AUDIO/VISUAL)

° Produce branding and brand guide for 3 products

° Produce product pitch decks for 3 innovative products

SHARDSECURE (CYBERSECURITY)

° Produce custom animation and graphics for social media

° Grow a social media presence for a start-up to engage early adopters for an innovative product

TERN (TECH / E-COMMERCE RETURN COMPANY)

° Produce custom animation and graphics for social media

° Grow a social media presence for a start-up to engage early adopters for an innovative product

1NTERRUPT (CYBERSECURITY/TECH)

° Board Member and Marketing/Design Manager for cybersecurity event

° Developed and grew annual event, keeping momentum and engagement going throughout the year

° Created branding and messaging content for social media and press releases

° Actively recruiting through back channels and social media for annual event to keep momentum up

° Share relative global information on social media to keep participants motivated to find careers in cybersecurity

BONBILLO (ENTREPRENEURSHIP/EDUCATION)

° Produced branding and promotional video for social impact incubator for MIT and Babson

° Watch and support their social media efforts, sharing with my audience

REAL ESTATE SECTOR:

WORCESTER PUBLIC MARKET (BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT/RETAURANT)

° Developed branding for WPM and helped establish a web presence

° Created a website to drive candidates for the market in contact with hiring managers

° Watch and support social media efforts presently as admin of FB page to keep up momentum (and presently do)

° Create leads for KSL management to find vendors, employees and collaborators through my personal network

KELLEY SQUARE LOFTS (BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT/RESIDENTIAL HOUSING)

° Developed all branding for KSL and helped establish a web presence on social media

° Created a website to drive potential renters for the apartments to contact with residential managers

° Wrote all content for extensive storytelling of Worcester, The Canal District and life in the city

° Currently developing social media channels in coordination of launch of business

SAVVY STAFFING (BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT/MARKETING)

° Developed all branding for SS and helped establish a web presence on social media

° Designed and managed development of a website to drive potential job seekers to jobs in Central Ma

° Wrote all content for extensive storytelling with a diverse immigrant population and language translations