Helping you find your path!
Helping you find your path!
We work at the intersection of the arts, tourism, and economic development. Whether you are a local or state government agency, an artist, a non-profit or a for-profit organization, we will assist you to move your work forward.
Strategic and cultural planning
Program development
Studies and research reports
Business development for artists
Program evaluation
We are award-winning planners, artists, educators, and arts administrators with a passion for sharing our knowledge and skills. Over 30 years of challenges and successes in government, non-profit, and education environments make us the experts you want to hire. We are proven collaborators with the ability to develop the solutions to your needs.
Our team is based in Santa Fe and Las Cruces, New Mexico. We have worked with non-profits and government agencies that include the city of Las Cruces, the city of Santa Fe Arts and Culture Department, Court Youth Center, Creative Santa Fe, New Mexico Arts, Española Valley Fiber Arts Center, and the New Mexico Association of Grantmakers. Talk to us today about how we can help you find the best path forward.
We create a team relationship with our clients based on clear communication and specific project goals. Our ethical standards are the highest, and we make it a priority to give long-lasting value to our clients. That’s how we ensure your success.
We have a passion for arts and creativity and a unique blend of experience from working in the arts, tourism, economic development, education, and government. We are consultants who help you get the work done, offering an outside point of view to identify opportunities and complement your own expertise. We are selective, working with only a small number of clients so each one gets the time and attention they deserve. Call us today to discuss your needs and define a scope of services. We know the pressures of running organizations and businesses. We are here to help.
Sabrina V. Pratt, arts and cultural sector expert, has over 30 years of experience in the fields of arts and culture, tourism and economic development. Her consulting emphasis includes strategic planning, growing arts and cultural organizations to new levels of success, research and writing on trends in global creative and cultural industries, and advising individual artists on business development.
Pratt directed the City of Santa Fe Arts Commission from 1990 to 2012. She developed an entrepreneurial approach for the city agency, establishing numerous innovative programs that have contributed to arts and cultural life in Santa Fe. An experienced speaker, she has made presentations at conferences in the U.S. and around the world, including Italy, Portugal, South Korea and China.
Irene Oliver-Lewis is a Latina performing artist and writer, arts advocate, arts in education administrator, and community organizer, living and working in her native city, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Oliver-Lewis brings to the firm her belief in the power of the creative economy to transform a community in multiple economic development and placemaking aspects. She has a 40-year history of producing, designing, and implementing a variety of arts, culture, and historic preservation projects in New Mexico, the United States and in international locations.
Oliver-Lewis uses a variety of creative/arts strategies and techniques to advance focus groups, workshops, and community participation. Her specialty is the integration of arts and culture in non-traditional spaces with diverse audiences.
Winner of the International Creative Tourism Network Award for Best Strategy in Creative Tourism Development 2018
Winner of 2019 Innovation in Planning Award presented by the American Planning Association - New Mexico for the Las Cruces Arts and Cultural District Plan
"...the jury noted the document’s Action Plan, which centered around four goals designed to maximize the District’s role in transforming Downtown Las Cruces into a world class destination and economic center without compromising the community’s values."
~John Valdez, , AICP, President, APA-NM, 2019
Sabrina Pratt contributed to an exciting new book to be published in September 2021 by CABI, an academic publisher in the life sciences. Santa Fe, New Mexico is the only U.S. city to be featured among cities throughout the world. This book provides a synthesis of current research and international best practice in the emerging field of creative tourism. Including knowledge, insights, and reflections from both practitioners and researchers, it covers types of creative tourist, trends, designing and implementing creative tourism products, embedding activities in a community and place, and addressing sustainability challenges. Applying lessons learned from the CREATOUR project in Portugal and other initiatives, the editors present key information in an actionable manner best suited to people working on the ground.
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