Michelle Daly (they/she) is a consultant, curator, and artistic producer focused on supporting and empowering artists and cultural institutions to realize bold projects.

She brings her experience as an artist and arts manager to each opportunity in her signature artist-forward approach to curation, consulting, community facilitation, programming, and creative work.

“Your words of support are deeply kind but your actions speak of the great leader you are for the community.”

Daly Arts (established 2021) is the container for their creative, community-centered, curatorial, and consulting practices. As an independent consultant, they have worked with MASS MoCA’s Assets for Artists, New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), and New England Presenters.

As a freelance creative producer they have produced projects at various cultural institutions including Jacob's Pillow, the Wexner Center for the Arts, PICA’s TBA Festival, New York Live Arts, and EMPAC.

Michelle has served as associate producer at Jacob’s Pillow, public programs director at The Mount and director of the Berkshire Cultural Resource Center. In these roles, she helped facilitate partnerships with artists that resulted in vibrant programming, thought-provoking events, and processes that honor artists’ creative and emotional labor. During her time in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts, she has been repeatedly recognized as an outstanding local professional, including as one of Berkshire Magazine’s “Berkshire 25” and as one of 1Berkshire’s “40 Under 40.” 

Michelle earned her MA in Performance Curation from the Institute for Curatorial Practice in Performance at Wesleyan University and a BFA from Marylhurst University. She has shown her work across the country, including solo or two-person exhibitions in Portland, OR, Los Angeles, CA, Brooklyn, NY, and North Adams, MA.