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?”