Chrystal Falcioni

AGENCY
DIRECTOR

She/Her | Timezone: PST

Agency founder.

Artist agent and brand marketing specialist. Prior art and creative director positions in publishing, editorial and fashion industries provide broad knowledge, solid networks and a depth of experience.

Advocacy Chair ICON7; past Advisory Board SCAD Illustration Dept, Savannah, GA; speaker ‘Ethics & Illustration’, conferences & events; judge, domestic & international illustration competitions. Certified Licensing Executive (CLE) designation LIMA. Recipient of numerous art direction & design awards. 

Chrystal loves art books, vintage jewelry, making gelato, sculpture, Indian Food, fashion history, opera, travel and Les Puces.

B.A. Visual Communication, concentrations: Editorial Design & Fashion, minor: Psychology
Ryerson University - Toronto.

Residences past and present:
Los Angeles and Palos Verdes, CA, Paris, Milan, Munich, Toronto, Columbus, OH & Vancouver, BC.

Joey Chalmers

ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER

He/Him | Timezone: EST

Workflow management pro, experienced in studio management, visual promotion and arts administration. Prior work in object research and attribution for online auction houses and vintage booksellers.

Joey loves Mid-Century furniture, classic films, Jayne Mansfield, gravel art & fiberglass lampshades, carnivals, all variety of sprinkles in and on desserts, graphic novels and doodling.

B.A. Fine Arts, concentrations: Illustration & Bookbinding
School of the Museum of Fine Arts at TUFTS - Boston, MA.

Residences past and present: Boston, MA, Chicago, IL, Saint Petersburg, FL & West Warwick, RI.

Cora-Rae Silk

COMPETITION
COORDINATOR

She/Her | Timezone: EST

Accomplished artist manager and exhibition curator with director-level experience in arts programming, artist representation, non-profit organizations and community arts. 

Cora maintains active positions as Artistic Director of Myths & Mirrors Community Arts, and co-founder of the Northern Indigenous Artist Alliance (NIAA), an emerging arts service organization for Indigenous artists living and working in Northern Ontario.

Cora loves printmaking, fibre arts, Indigenous art and design, storytelling and podcasts, Degrassi, cheeseburgers, 90’s trivia, and her son River.

Advanced Diploma, Graphic Design, concentrations: Print Design & Illustration
Algonquin College - Ottawa, ON.

Member of Animakee Wa Zhing First Nation in Treaty 3 territory.

Residences past and present: Thunder Bay, Ottawa, Toronto, and Sudbury, ON & Vancouver, BC.

Elle Dalkner

SOCIAL MEDIA
ASSOCIATE

She/Her | Timezone: EST

Visual marketing and communication specialist with a background in art history, illustration, typography, and graphic design. 10+ years’ experience teaching illustration and typography at UArts in Philadelphia.

Event speaker at the HOW Design Conference & Society of Visual Communications, Dallas. Recipient of numerous art & design industry awards. 

Elle loves riding her bicycle, thrifting for vintage finds, making hot cocoa on the stove-top and going to the library.

B.A. Fine Arts, concentrations: Illustration & Electronic Media
University of S. Florida - Tampa.

Residences past and present: Dublin, Ireland, Tampa and St Petersburg, FL & Philadelphia, PA.

Josh Falcioni

3RD-PARTY MARKETING ASSOCIATE

He/Him | Timezone: PST

Digital media presentation, information architecture, site management, graphic design and exhibition design production for industries including illustration, museums, entertainment venues, tech start-ups, heritage buildings and film sets. Integration and management of digital audio and visual assets.

Josh loves science fiction, kayaking, technology, waterfront vistas, vintage watches and neo-futurism.

New Media Design and Web Development, concentrations: User Interface Design & User Experience. British Columbia Institute of Technology, School of Business + Media - Burnaby, BC.

Residences past and present: Vancouver, BC.