Leading creative operations for Bumbershoot Festival, I support arts curation and production, and lead communications, contracts & onsite artist activation for 300+ artists annually.

Bumbershoot

My creative approach collaborates naturally with wellness and bio tech companies, creating for Everly Health, Designs for Health, twenty eight health and afterglow.

Wellness

Honorarium Grant winner for one of the most iconic artworks of Burning Man in 2023. Co-creator and lead producer of 50-foot tall, collectively-created 1000 Hands.

1000 Hands

Lead creator & executor of SXSW activation Austin Edge, a 1-day micro-conference featuring beloved Austin artists and entrepreneurs, featuring wellness activations and sponsorships in 2024 + 2025.

Austin Edge

Designing for all mediums including digital, print, brand activation, stage design & production for the world’s greatest yoga & music festival, for over 4 years and 30+ events.

Wanderlust

I worked with one of Vogue's "Most Anticipated Restaurant Openings of 2018"to create a brand identity–including logo, map, neon sign, and custom font– for Sour Duck Market.

Sour Duck

Working alongside artists and curators on major exhibitions, executing on community-engaged art spaces and programs. Daily deliverables related to communications, curation, design, marketing and operations.

Cannonball Arts

From consulting to designing full-fledged events, I’ve worked with over 25 brands and projects as a freelancer. I love to share my expertise with brands big and small as they take steps to establish ethical & marketable brands, events & projects.

Brand Activations

Arts producer for several activations during the 3-day Prime, TX exhibit at SXSW 2023. Managed over 25 artist recruitment, training, scheduling and shift work. 

Prime, Texas

Founder & lead strategist for the 100+ person art collective & creative agency specializing in artful events, activations & commissions. 

Art Island

Some of my graphic design favorite work includes album artwork, poster design, logos & brand identity for music-adjacent projects. 

Music Industry

I’m a creative who knows no bounds- from brand to activation, consulting, curation and production. 

My background is in festivals, tech, and the wellness space in NYC and beyond, becoming an entrepreneur with an art collective who produced art-centric nightlife events and artful activations in Austin, before I transitioned to getting an MFA in arts leadership and now working as the lead arts producer for a festival and museum in Seattle.

”[She] is an instrumental force in the creation of a new arts center in downtown Seattle.”

[Seattle U Newsroom]

From writing to curating to directing projects with teams and my collective, I’m often trying new mediums and keen to get involved in new projects.

Hi, I'm Maria!

Creative * Founder * Producer *