Maggie Negrete Email & Phone Number

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Grantwriting, partner and staff management, direct service with youth, program development, lesson planning and facilitation, managing green spaces.

I create graphic assets, coordinate board meetings, facilitate Creators Makers Teachers Salon for local teaching artists as well as provide support to various program areas and events.

My visual art aesthetic is based in black and white line-drawings that echo late 19th, early 20th century fantasy illustrations with influences of the psychedelic art of the 1960s and '70s and classic, wood-type based graphic design. I apply this aesthetic to poster design and client commissions as well as my personal artwork that commonly takes a zine format. In general, the subject of my work centers on themes of friendship, adventure, feminism and the occult. My ongoing comic book… Show more My visual art aesthetic is based in black and white line-drawings that echo late 19th, early 20th century fantasy illustrations with influences of the psychedelic art of the 1960s and '70s and classic, wood-type based graphic design. I apply this aesthetic to poster design and client commissions as well as my personal artwork that commonly takes a zine format. In general, the subject of my work centers on themes of friendship, adventure, feminism and the occult. My ongoing comic book series, Adventuring Princesses subverts traditional gender stereotypes in fairytale and fantasy literature for an all ages audience. Additionally, I encourage readers to utilize the white space of my page to color and therefore personalize the narrative.Another ongoing project, the Apothecary of Esoteric Panacea (AEP), is an interactive installation that provides participants with crowd-sourced healing through the use of recycled containers and custom labels. The AEP seeks to address the growing physical disconnect between community members and our ability to provide each other support and relief from psychosocial ailments.Outside of visual art, I am an active community arts organizer. Currently, I am affiliated with Steer Queer Literary Arts Zine, the Pittsburgh Zine Fair, and am pursuing programming for the indie comics community. I have previously organized events for the Monalloh Foundry which incorporated local musicians and artists around thematic showcases. Show less

I am the lead teacher for the Arts in Action afterschool program at Arsenal Middle School where we serve a broad community of students, including those with special needs. My curriculum is project based and varies from individual to collaborative works around the program theme of social justice. I oversee two other teaching artists and work closely with school administrators and teachers.

social media, marketing, office administration, program curriculum/facilitation, case management

I coordinate events, design advertisements, and hold office hours as a service to my department.

Certificate In Early Education

Ba, Latin American/Latin@ Studies

Activities and Societies: Contrast Magazine, Co-operative Living, Student Activist Union My studies have focused on Mexico, social.

High School Diploma