Staff

Erin Muirhead McCarty (she/her/hers) is a seasoned development professional whose work has focused primarily on directing annual fund campaigns, individual and corporate giving, institutional fundraising, and strategic partnerships.

She holds a degree in studio arts, and art history from Virginia Commonwealth University’s nationally ranked School of The Arts, and studied visual arts and restoration in Florence, Italy.

Erin has a love of pop-culture, politics, travel and adventure, and enjoys binge-watching documentaries, she relies on her two teenage daughters to keep her current on all of the latest Tik Tok challenges, Instagram trends, and viral memes.

Lionel was born in Haiti. Ever since he was a child he had an interest in art-making. After immigrating to the U.S. He joined groups and attended schools that had a strong focus on art. As a result, Lionel worked for a variety of art-based nonprofit organizations. This garnered him a passion for teaching and mentoring youths. He then joined the Community Art Center and is now the Teen Media Manager. In this role, he can manage, mentor, and teach youth with the same passion that he has for art-making. His work usually involves comic book art, however, throughout the years He's expanded his skill sets into painting and filmmaking.

Sarah Winter (she/her/hers) was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She formerly worked in education and interactive media at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, where she worked on digital story-telling interactives and the early iterations of the Museums As Sites for Social Action (MASS Action) project, a national, collaborative project to create more equitable and inclusive practices in museums. In 2018, her adventurous spirit brought her to the West Coast; while in Eugene, Oregon, she coordinated community engagement and educational programs at an arts non-profit focused on arts accessibility, environmental sustainability, and recycled art. Sarah received her master’s degree in Art, Education and Community Practice from New York University, and holds a B.A. in Art History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In her spare time, Sarah loves spending time with family and friends, enjoying the outdoors, listening to podcasts and music (and singing along!), taking pictures with her old Polaroid, and trying out new baking recipes.

Shayla Young (She/Her) was born and raised in Massachusetts and has always had a love for the arts. Shayla graduated from Bridgewater State University (BSU), where she majored in English and minored in African American Studies and Theatre Arts.

During her time at BSU, Shayla worked as an intern for the Martin Richard Institute for Social justice and the AFAM department, hosting a series of events and advocating for the students of color on campus. One of her main projects at BSU was creating a Black History BINGO game that helped people learn more about African American figures as well as having fun!

Shayla is a passionate advocate for equity and social justice. During her time at BSU, Shayla ran an Arts of Activism project called "The Bigger Picture" where she interviewed peers on their perceptions  of campus safety. Shayla then took those views and incorporated them into a larger art mural of the school mascot, displaying all the student voices and their concerns of campus. "The Bigger Picture" was displayed at the 2022 BSU Kente Cloth ceremony and currently resides at the Martin Richard Institute of Social Justice office in Bridgewater.

In her free time Shayla is an artist, she loves to paint and sketch cartoons from sight. Shayla also loves and has a passion for Theatre Arts. Being part of an ensemble feels very familiar to Shayla, so she is excited to now be a part of this arts community!

Greggy Bazile is an artist from Cambridge Massachusetts. His work blends architectural thinking with product design, translating color, and material research into narrative motion. His work lives at the intersection of color, culture, and storytelling. A community artist at heart, Greggy grew up in the Teen Media Program at the center, where he assisted in creating and completing several murals, posters, banners, and designs for the art center. He began in the photography class and later joined the public art program, collaborating with several muralists before creating murals of his own. Greggy participated in events such as Mural Masters and The Port Arts Festival, and eventually returned to the center as a graphic designer with DIYDS in 2019.