Speaking

Michael is a passionate speaker on art, art history, art business, and associated topics, for audiences large and small. An engaging presenter, Michael has been invited to present for dozens of organizations throughout the northeast including the following:

  • Art Administration Association of New England

  • Art Institute of Chicago Docents Group

  • Art League of Rhode Island

  • Art*Noir at the Corliss-Carrington House

  • Arts Club of Washington, DC

  • Association for Preservation Technology

  • Attleboro Arts Museum

  • AS220

  • Assets4Artists via MassMoCA

  • Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum

  • Bomb Pop-Up, New York

  • Boston Athenaeum

  • Boston International Fine Art Show

  • Bristol Art Museum

  • Brown University Art Review

  • Community College of Rhode Island

  • Creative Reuse Center Residency

  • Dartmouth Cultural Center

  • Decorative Arts Trust Symposium

  • East Greenwich Art Club

  • Fall River Arts and Culture Coalition

  • Four Corners Gallery, Tiverton

  • Fuller Craft Museum

  • Harvard Art Museums

  • Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life National Gathering

  • Initiatives in Art and Culture: Arts and Crafts National Conference

  • Leadership Rhode Island College Program

  • Lifelong Learning Collaborative of Providence

  • Lyman Allyn Art Museum

  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  • New England Wax Encaustic Artists Conference

  • Newport Photographers Guild

  • Northwestern University, Covid-19 Critical Studies in The Arts Program

  • Plymouth Center for The Arts

  • Providence Art Club

  • Providence College

  • PC Entrepreneurship Society

  • PC Museum Studies Seminar

  • PC Student Alumni Association

  • Rhode Island Historical Society

  • Rhode Island School of Design Continuing Education Department

  • Rhode Island School of Design Museum

  • RISD Undergraduate African American Art History Seminar

  • RISD Undergraduate Art History and Furniture Seminar

  • Roger Williams University School of Business

  • Roger Williams University Art Department

  • Small Stones Festival of the Arts

  • South County Art Association

  • South Shore Camera Club

  • St. Botolph Club of Boston

  • University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth

  • University of Rhode Island

  • WaterFire Accelerate Professional Development Program

Teaching

In addition to talks and presentations, Michael has designed and taught unique five, eight, and ten week courses for Rhode Island School of Design’s Continuing Education Program, Providence Art Club, and Plymouth Art Association. Subjects have included:

  • Professional Practices for Working Artists

  • Social Media and Marketing for Artists

  • Art Appreciation

  • Artist Statement and Biography Writing

  • Art History and Appreciation

  • American Art in the Nineteenth Century

  • Women’s Art History

  • Cities and Art

  • Looking at Architecture

  • Jazz Age Art History

  • History of Photography

  • Medieval Art and Medievalisms

 
Contact Michael To Schedule a Talk or Class