Burns Maxey is all about ideas that move people — and the places they call home. A creative strategist with a sharp eye and a deep love for community, she brings strategic thinking and hands-on skills to every project.
Burns leads CitySpace in Easthampton, MA, where she’s helping transform a historic town hall into a dynamic, affordable center for the arts. From capital campaigns and grants to launching programs that give artists space to thrive, she knows how to turn vision into reality.
Before that, she shaped Easthampton’s cultural landscape as the city’s Arts Coordinator and later led digital and creative marketing at New England Public Media, managing everything from podcast platforms to brand design.
As an artist, Burns plays in the space between story and structure. Her art explores place, people, and the wild haunts in between, through printmaking, performance, and immersive installations. She’s into woodblocks, linocuts, and screen printing — and folds that analog energy into her design practice, too.
Starting her college education at Bard College, then earning a BFA from RISD, Burns teaches arts marketing, consults with mission-driven organizations and people, and brings curiosity, clarity, and style to everything she touches.
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