PROJECTS
Since our founding in 2011, ArtRise Projects has directed ground-breaking civic partnerships, worked with internationally renowned artists, and provided strategic counsel to leading cultural funders as well as standard bearing arts organizations across the country. Highlights can be found in the portfolio below.

Philadelphia | 2013 – Present
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
Exhibition, Public Interpretation & Performance Initiatives

San Francisco | 2013 – Present
CLIMATE ONE AT THE COMMONWEALTH CLUB
Strategic Brand, Website & Audience Engagement Counsel

National | 2018 – Present
ART MUSEUM MARKETING ASSOCIATION
Charting the Future

Big Sur | 2021 – 2025
Emile Norman Arts
Strategic Plan

Oakland | 2021-2023
People’s Kitchen Collective
Interpretive and Engagement Strategy

Washington D.C. | 2019 – 2021
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Envisioning the Future of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival

San Francisco | 2012 – 2021
Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture
Arts Models & Campus Master Planning

Washington D.C. | 2019 – 2020
Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
Building a Model for Exhibition & Experience Planning

Minneapolis | 2019 – 2020
Walker Art Center
Evaluation of the Mellon Interdisciplinary Initiative

Washington D.C. | 2018
Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
Strategic Planning & Leadership Dialog

Stanford University | 2018
Stanford Arts
Strategic Plan – Professional Development & Student Activities

Oakland | 2017 – 2018
People’s Kitchen Collective
Strategic Capacity Building and Audience Engagement Plan

Washington D.C. | 2017 – 2018
Smithsonian Institute
Feasibility Study & Program Charrette

Los Angeles | 2016
Vireo: The Spiritual Biography of a Witch’s Accuser Production

San Francisco | 2014 – 2016
Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture
Janet Cardiff’s The Forty Part Motet

San Francisco | 2013 – 2015
For-Site Foundation
@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz

Philadelphia | 2013 – 2015
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
Strategic Communications & Engagement Plan

San Francisco | 2011 – 2013
KQED Media
Reinventing KQED Arts Service

San Francisco | 2011 – 2013
For-Site Foundation
International Orange Exhibition

San Francisco | 2009 – 2010
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
75th Anniversary & Expansion Campaign Launch

Berkeley | 2000 – 2006
UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Branding, Visitor Engagement & Capital Campaign

Minneapolis | 1994 – 2006
Walker Art Center
Audience Engagement Initiatives
CURRENT AND RECENT ARTRISE PROJECTS CLIENTS
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
California College of the Arts
Climate One at the Commonwealth Club of California
Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
KQED Public Media for Northern California
National Arts Marketing Project
Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
The Support Center for Nonprofit Management
