Arts Ecosystem Strategy & Coaching

Build the vibrant arts community your town dreams of.

After fifteen years building arts organizations, public art programs, and downtown partnerships, I help arts leaders and cities build thriving arts ecosystems.

Not sure? Book a discovery call and we'll figure it out together.

15+ years of arts leadership
10x organizational growth, lived firsthand
Every seat held: nonprofit · city · downtown authority · tourism board
Current engagement: City of Ringgold, GA - arts ecosystem roadmap

Every town has the raw materials for a thriving arts scene. Most never unlock it.

Not for lack of passion - for lack of a proven system. Arts organizations burn out their leaders and plateau. Downtowns stay quiet after 5pm. The community everyone imagines never quite arrives.

Why Culture Catalyst

Three things you won't find anywhere else

01

A field-tested model

Frameworks built in the trenches of real arts organizations and real city halls, including one organization grown tenfold, not theory from a conference stage.

02

Fluent in all three languages

Nonprofit, city hall, and downtown authority. I've held a seat at every table - almost no consultant has.

03

A clear roadmap

Whether you're an organization of one or a city of thousands, you'll know exactly what to do next.

Christopher Brazelton, principal of Culture Catalyst Group
Your Guide

I've sat in your chair.

I've made payroll in an underfunded arts nonprofit, recruited boards that actually serve, helped craft a city's public art master plan, partnered with a downtown development authority, and served on tourism boards. I've spent fifteen years at every seat of the table where arts communities get built - and I've turned what works into a system you can run.

It's all one model - the Three Tables Framework - and it's yours to run.

The path is simpler than you think

STEP 1

Book a discovery call

Or choose your path above. Thirty minutes, no pitch - you'll leave with something useful either way.

STEP 2

Get your roadmap

Built for your organization or your city, scored against a proven model - starting from where you actually are.

STEP 3

Build it - with a guide alongside you

Coaching, workshops, or embedded leadership. The vibrant arts community, actually built.

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Practical, field-tested resources - the same ones behind the paid engagements.

Two paths. You get to choose.

The path with a system

A financially healthy organization. A downtown alive with people. Programs that change lives. A community proud of what it built.

The path without one

Another plateaued nonprofit. Another quiet Main Street. Another burned-out leader. Another year the dream stays a dream.

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