Consultations

MAPS offers one-on-one consultation sessions with arts professionals on one of the following topics:

General project consultation

Starting a project? Just need to bounce some ideas? Not sure where to begin, or how to get to the next level? Let’s come up with a plan.

Grant application review

Applying for a grant, fellowship, or residency? Receive a review and feedback to strengthen your application. Limit one grant application per session. Drafts must be emailed in advance of session, at least one week before application deadline.

Marketing / PR strategy session

Need an audience? Need to reach them? Develop a plan to let people know about your performance or project and get the word out.

Schedule a consultation

To schedule a consultation please click below and follow the instructions provided. Please note all consultations are held online and cost $15.

Meet our Consultants

Liz Deichmann

Liz Deichmann has worked in commercial and nonprofit arts as a film producer, music talent buyer, and administrator. She is interested in working with artists and nonprofits to foster sustainable growth and innovative practices. She is a 2012 Community Arts Training alumna and co-founder of St. Louis Secret Sound Society and St. Louis Arts Project. Currently, she is pursing her PhD from the University of Missouri—St. Louis and holds a Master of Public Policy Administration and BA in Art History.

Brigid Flynn

Brigid Flynn has more than 15 years of arts administration and fundraising experience. She has worked at the Wexner Center for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts in New York City, and served as the Director of Institutional Giving for the Saint Louis Art Museum from 2008-2016. She currently is the Senior Associate Director of Development for the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts at Washington University. She is a past board member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals-St. Louis Chapter and Creative Reaction Lab, as has been a presenter at several major conferences. She holds a BA from Loyola University Chicago and an MA from The Ohio State University.

Misa Jeffereis

Misa Jeffereis is Assistant Curator at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, where she organizes the Street Views video projection series and has curated exhibitions by Jennifer West, Oliver Laric, and Jonathas de Andrade. Prior to CAM, Misa was Curatorial Associate at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, where she organized exhibitions by Lee Kit and the Guerrilla Girls. Misa holds a Masters in Art History from Hunter College in New York.

Sarah Kelley

Sarah is one of the co-creators at Union Studio, a St. Louis shop that works with over 80 local artists. Before entering the creative world, she studied Sociology and Women and Gender Studies at Brandeis University and worked in non-profits. She recently bought a home in Tower Grove East where she lives with her partner and misbehaved dog, Herman. On days off, you can find Sarah fighting with weeds in the garden, reading for her book club, or having a cold beverage in a cool place.

Angie Villa

Angie is most happy when her hands are busy and possibly covered in dirt, paint or glue. She thrives on doing, making and getting done. She works for Via Partnership, a consulting group which specializes in public art. They work nationally, but she is proud that many of our recent projects have been based in St. Louis. It is wonderful to be involved in growing the opportunities for artists in this region, especially in an inclusive way. She and her husband enjoy traveling, and seeing friends and family, but mostly treasure sunny days watching our two dogs chew on sticks and chase squirrels in our garden.

Kalaija Mallery 

Kalaija Mallery is a creative producer and community organizer from Oregon currently based in the Midwest. In her art/work and research, she responds to notions of collective liberation, the formation of underground religious groups + fringe-communities, and the end of the world as a cultural catalyst. Kalaija has an extensive background in DIY artist projects and gallery spaces; in 2017, she founded Third Room Project in Portland, OR, and she currently co-operates Monaco Gallery in St. Louis, MO. Kalaija is the Manager of Public Engagement at The Luminary, where her work is in collaboration with those in direct relationship with the organization and its impact; she works to provide resources to artists in the region and neighbors of Cherokee Street through educational programming, regranting initiatives, and artistic engagement. In addition to her multi-scaled work in institutions, Kalaija is a freelance photographer and regularly documents artwork around the city. She is dedicated to doing the most with the least, to healthy framing and good design, and towards asking, often, “What do we need more than space and each other?”

Lauren Pelletier

Lauren Pelletier is the Institutional Giving Manager at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (CAM), where she secures grant funding from government agencies, private foundations, and corporations to support the Museum’s exhibitions, learning and engagement programs, and special initiatives. Pelletier has over a decade of fundraising and communications experience in contemporary art organizations, and has secured major support for exhibitions and programs from National Endowment for the Arts; Institute of Museum and Library Services; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; Teiger Foundation; Pew Center for Arts & Heritage; Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation; The Coby Foundation; Henry Moore Foundation; PNC Arts Alive; and Mid-America Arts Alliance, among others. Prior to CAM, she was Development Manager for the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia, PA; Communications Manager for the Center for Craft in Asheville, NC; and Curatorial Assistant for the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation in Bethany, CT. She is a member of the St. Louis chapter of the Grant Professionals Association. She holds a B.A. from Central Connecticut State University in Visual Arts and has participated in the Duke University Nonprofit Management program. In addition to helping artists hone their grants as a consultant for Midwest Artist Project Services, in her free time, Pelletier (aka Art Brute) skates with and serves on the Charity committee for St. Louis’ Arch Rival Roller Derby.

Erika Fiola

Erika Fiola has more than 15 years of experience in community development, urban planning, non profit management, and grantmaking. Over the course of her career she has done work focused on downtown revitalization, long-range regional planning, creative placemaking and public art, and entrepreneurial ecosystem building. Erika is passionate about the interplay between art and community. She previously served as the Director of Grants and Strategic Initiatives at the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis and Impact Advancement Officer at ArtsWave in Cincinnati. Currently, Erika is a Senior Project Manager with PGAV Planners. Erika earned a master’s in urban planning and real estate development from Saint Louis University.

Grant Benoit

Grant Benoit (American, 1990) is an interdisciplinary artist who observes notions of memory through printmaking, sculpture, and craft methods. He received his Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking from Southern Illinois University in 2015, and his Bachelor of Arts in Studio Arts from Spring Hill College in 2012.  Benoit exhibits nationally and internationally, most recently being selected to exhibit work at Millsaps College and University of Dallas. 
Benoit was a 2016-17 Artist in Residence at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts and  alumni  of the 12 member collective, Good Children Gallery in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans. 
He is member of the artist advisory board of The Luminary and is the Director of Education at Craft Alliance