About

Naeco Studio aims to intersect art and community care.

Origin Story:    

I founded Naeco Studio in 2018 to amalgamate my artistic practice with my passion for community. When people ask me what I do, I have a difficult time providing a concise ‘elevator pitch’... 

I am an interdisciplinary, conceptual artist, photographer, and writer who puts their practice out into the world. Beyond making art or offering photoshoot services- I've grown fond of facilitating accessible art-making for others. I lead art classes and workshops for individuals and groups. I utilize creativity as a catalyst for activism, community care, and intervention. Lately, I've been curating local art installation in businesses throughout downtown Guelph, and learning the ropes of professional installations. Many of these projects are peppered throughout my website. 

I am currently a Student Art Psychotherapist [DTATI Candidate] (details below) with supervision and insurance through the Toronto Art Therapy Institute (CRPO recognized). I am to graduate in the fall of 2025. 

I’ve always been an artist. That feels like the right place to start. Growing up in rural Ontario makes a kid creative. Art has been a way of regulating, expressing, and connecting for me as an individual.  

The word “Naeco” is ocean, backwards. Coming up with a name for an organization, before you know exactly which direction you’re sailing towards, is a fickle effort. But the ocean felt like an adequate metaphor for both the healing process and the creative process. To flow and to take shape, to float and also crash, to form and resolve. The unpredictable curls of the water lapping into themselves... turning inwards and pushing forwards. The ocean is a force of nature, as is our innate urge to create and solve.

Beyond my proneness towards creative expression, Naeco Studio was also formed out of necessity. My life experiences and the areas of education that I have completed had massive influence on the communities I strive to serve and the methodologies through which I do so. 

I am queer, neurodivergent, and live with a chronic illness and physical disabilities. I have lived experience with precarious housing, am an abuse survivor, and have had my battles with mental health. So when I output the claim that I prioritize marginalized needs and continually refine my cultural humility; I mean it with my whole heart. Putting this in writing is both a commitment towards expanding my learning and a promise to move at the pace of trust with all whom I work with. My identity informs the work I do. 

My education has also shaped my understanding of how to provide services and inspired radical shifts in my thinking. It has proven to me, time and time again, that creativity is an innately human drive that deserves time and space in our lives, and that artistic expressions have remedial capabilities. 

I graduated from the University of Guelph in 2022 with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) double-majoring in Studio Art and Philosophy. 

I am currently a student at the Toronto Art Therapy Institute [DTATI Candidate] which is recognized by the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. Having completed my coursework, I am conducting my 700 hours as a student art therapist, writing my thesis, and dreaming of the future where I can offer private practice services through Naeco Studio... 

My thesis explores a critical and structural analysis of the deinstitutionalization movement in psychiatric care. How that correlates to the Penrose Affect and my present inability to serve diverse clients with visible mental illness while following regulatory protocols. I'm deeply interested in amplifying conversations and art forms around oppression and justice; particularly where changes are possible. I'm a big fan of loopholes and challenging the system. 

Here’s a list of services I currently offer & things I’m up to:

Workshop facilitation: Arts-based, individual or group, singular or ongoing

Art lesson facilitation: Focus on improving a particular artistic skill or expanding approaches to art-making, individual or group, singular or ongoing

Community-care initiatives: Events, activism, accessible offerings to community focused on informed needs/ healing / expression

Photoshoots: Professional photography services

Art work/ writing: Original work for purchase, also available to hire on commission basis

Art Therapy: [DTATI Candidate] Facilitating Art Hives and Art Psychotherapy services for groups and individuals through a given agency. Clinical supervision and insurance provided by the Toronto Art Therapy Institute for all approved placements. Yes- I can run an Art Therapy group at your place of work! Please get in touch for more information.

Art Curation: Managing installation and/or curation of local artworks for local businesses, available for contract

Documentation Services: Conducting photographic and/or writing documentation to capture a place or event. Examples I’ve completed include: An off-grid retreat space for booking purposes, a gratitude ceremony for land stewardship, a series of live music events and their impact on community, etc.

Ongoing questions that come up in my practice…

What would it look like if sliding-scale prices allowed disenfranchised people to access care and creativity? What if client-centered approaches were the norm? Which demographics are neglected by therapeutic spaces? Is therapy a collaboration? How can I enable children to be artistic, unabashedly? How can I do that with adults? What does art have the capacity to achieve in public spaces? How do photoshoots make people feel seen, beautiful, and centered? What bonds a community? How can creativity heal hurt after a rupture? Where are its limits? How can creative expression embolden empathy? What are my weak spots as a facilitator that I need to alleviate, what resources do I have to do so? How do I impact the land, how can I give back to it? How do I better maintain a culturally humble approach with the people I work with? How can I churn my privileges into giving? How much more curiosity do we owe one another’s perspectives? When is it my place in the community to name harm, and how do I assist in the responsibility of collective remedy? How can I honour my neighbours doing the work with me? How do I hold space for hard feelings in the room? How can I learn to respond from an informed place? How do I give at a high capacity and still fill my own cup? What is the dance between being human and professional? How do I move at the pace of trust? 

You can see these considerations in-the-works through the community care page. It’s a journey. Thanks for joining me.

Resume & C.V.

Jess Wilson / Naeco Studio

Professional experience, contributions, projects, galleries, education, publications, awards, training, certifications, etc.

[Last updated: January 2025]

Education

• Bachelor of Arts, University of Guelph 
Double-major undergraduate completed in Studio Art and Philosophy, with honours (2022) 
• [DTATI Candidate] Toronto Art Therapy Institute (present)
Coursework completed, accumulating practicum hours of art psychotherapy and completing thesis

Features in Galleries & Art Displays

•Juried Art Show (JAS), UoG, 2019
https://www.juriedartshow.ca

•Juried Art Show (JAS) UoG, 2020
https://www.juriedartshow.ca

•Juried Art Show (JAS) UoG, 2021
https://www.juriedartshow.ca

•Juried Art Show (JAS) UoG, 2022
https://www.juriedartshow.ca

•Over/Under Exposure, exhibit, 2019
Bereavement series, exhibited in conjunction with Photo IV contemporaries at UoG

•Manifold, exhibit, 2021
Paths of Least Resistance series, exhibited in conjunction with Specialized Studio contemporaries at UoG, collaboratively curated exhibition

•HOOP-LA, Necessary Arts, exhibit, 2021
Beautiful Basilica piece on display among 50 other local artists https://www.instagram.com/p/CWTJN1hpyRx/

•Alice Street Clubhouse TV, 2021-present
Video piece Yet So Far, made in collaboration with Emil White and Grant Darling, on public display after juried acceptance to the clubhouse TV https://alicestreet.club

•Art in the Bullring, 2021
Displayed original work Panus Conchatus, a digitally manipulated photographic work, for juried and public viewing

•MFA Open Studios 2022, Specialized Studio Artist
Exhibited personal studio to showcase completed and in-progress work as a part of the Specialized Studio program at the University of Guelph, open to the public

•Threshold, exhibit, 2022
Installation of a domestic space to read, paired with an original poetry anthology titled Unfurl, exhibited and curated in conjunction with Specialized Studio contemporaries at the Boarding House Gallery in Guelph https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb2vW0Vghng/ 

•Give a Sh*t, JAYUxGuelph immersive arts festival, 2022
Exhibited original poem relevant to social justice themes festival portrayed

•Numerous rotating art works at Cornerstone, 2023
Several pieces of art displayed for sale on a month-to-month basis at the Cornerstone restaurant in Guelph


•Numerous rotating art works at Which Craft, 2024
Several pieces of art displayed for sale at Which Craft located in Guelph

Funded Project Leading

• Maplewoods Centre for Family Therapy and Child Psychology, Guelph (2021-2022)

Awarded the Guelph Arts Council's 2021 Youth Opportunities Award. In collaboration with a team of employees at Maplewoods and Outlet Collective. Led four community-made mural developments from the planning process to execution. Researched art and therapy modalities, sought out funding, hired on undergraduate and community members to paint, guided workshops for muralists, provided documentation and advertising 


• Sights and Sounds: Community Audience Collaborative (2024)
Provided a 2024 Activating Community Micro Grant from the Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition. Naeco Studio organized a show in downtown Guelph where audience members were invited to do more than just listen. Each attendee was provided with art supplies and led through interactive art-making that responds to local musicians performing live, intimate sets. The event generated reciprocity between performers and audience members, as well as art and music. It was well attended and well documented.

• The Sanctuary on Sparks Lake (2024-2025)
Naeco Studio was hired to conduct documentation via writing and photography of an off-grid property outside of Sudbury, Ontario. By visiting the site numerous times, immersing in its offerings and assessing its local flora, fauna, and amenities; the cultivation of an independently-led documentation of the property was fulfilled. This property is being offered as a nature-therapy retreat space, including element such as guided forest therapy, intentional gardening, etc. The documentation project will be used for bookings. It was a challenging and rewarding process that required a high degree of camerawork and research. The listing will be shared as soon as it is available, in the meantime, here's a write-up on the project from my perspective and some of the results. More projects like this are welcomed. 

Publications & Mentions

•WATsnew, Homer Watson House & Gallery, Fall 2019 magazine, volume 5, issue 4, pg. 2
Interview regarding time spent as a youth art instructor at the gallery
https://www.homerwatson.on.ca/about/magazine/ 

•Guelph Arts Council (GAC) article, 2022
“Bridging Worlds and Nurturing Connections: The Mural Project at the Maplewoods Centre for Family Therapy and Child Psychology” write-up on recipient(s) of the Youth Opportunities Award and corresponding mural project
https://guelpharts.ca/general/bridging-worlds-and-nurturing-connections-the-mural-project-at-the-maplewoods-centre-for-family-therapy-and-child-psychology/

•Guelph Mercury Tribune article, 2022 
“Guelph Arts Council award goes to U of G mural project” write-up on Maplewoods mural project 
https://www.guelphmercury.com/community-story/10562234-guelph-arts-council-award-goes-to-u-of-g-mural-project/

•Kaleidoscope Magazine, CASU, 2019, Issue 18, page 16 & page 22 
Two original poems published: Isles and Un-Title-Able
https://www.kaleidoscopemag.com/copy-of-issue-17

•Otherwise Studios, “People Doing Cool Things: Support Local, Shop Small” 
Shoutout to local small businesses with arts-based offerings
https://otherwisestudios.com/supportsmall/

•Vocamus Writers Community
Writer bio as a member of Vocamus Writers Community
https://vocamus.net/community/authors/jessica-wilson

•College of Arts “Grypholio”, 2021
Write-up on series Layers of Cannon made in collaboration with Katherine Topping
https://www.instagram.com/p/CYjjSMJFyEw/

•Flora: Undergraduate Philosophy Journal Vol. 1 No. 1, published 2022
Published essay titled Beyond Deference: Standpoint Epistemology as Intersectional Intervention in a collaborative, annual, peer-reviewed philosophy journal hosted through the McLaughlin Library OJS platform
https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/flora#:~:text=Flora%3A%20Undergraduate%20Philosophy%20Journal%2C%20is,discourse%20at%20the%20undergraduate%20level.

•Unfurl, original poetry anthology, published 2022
Self-published and available through Amazon or locally in Guelph at the Bookshelf. "Poetry anthology composed throughout 2020-2022. Oozing with vulgarity and vulnerability through abstractions of personal life. Unfurl is an unorthodox opening-up-of piquant expressions through emotive punches.
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0B7RS71M2

Practicum Placements [ Student Art Therapist @ TATI ]

All placements from this list contribute towards required hours for graduation of the Toronto Art Therapy Institute and were approved and supervised in accordance with accreditation and regulations per CRPO. Art Therapy is a controlled act and cannot be conducted outside of regulatory protections.

•Grief and Loss Group Art Therapy at Full Circle Art Therapy Centre, 2023
Co-facilitating Student Art Therapist for an Art Therapy group for 8 weeks through Full Circle Art Therapy for individuals within Ontario experiencing bereavement. https://fullcircleatc.com/art-therapy-for-grief-loss

•Anxiety Group Art Therapy at Full Circle Art Therapy Centre, 2023
Co-facilitating Student Art Therapist for an Art Therapy group for 8 weeks through Full Circle Art Therapy for individuals within Ontario living with anxiety.

•"Creating Room for Comfort" Group Art Therapy at St. Joseph's Hospice of London, 2022 & 2023
Co-facilitating Student Art Therapist for a two rounds of a 6-week Art Therapy Group offered through St. Joseph's Hospice of London for their recently bereaved clients, many of whom were caregivers. 

•Lavender Arts: Drop-In Group Art as Therapy for Queer Youth at the Dundas Valley School of Art, 2024
Co-facilitating Student Art Therapist for a 6-week drop-in style art as therapy program for queer youth in the Dundas area. Collaborating with an instructor and an additional Student Art Therapist, as well as several guest artists, to explore expression and experience among queer peers. 

•Collage Art Hive at the Guelph School of Art (2024)
Co-facilitated an Art Hive with a community member/artist. Focused on collage as a medium in the GSA space. 

•Wellness Retreat Collage Art Hive with A.R.C.H. Guelph (2024)
Co-facilitated with community organizer as part of a full day of wellness-based activities. Open to community members and A.R.C.H. clients. Self care's place in community care was the focus through collage as a medium. 

Markets 

•Zavitz Art Store, 2020
Showcased original works for sale at student-run art store

•Guelph Market, December Nights, 2021
Featured vendor at market, sold original works
https://guelphmarket.com

•Kindred Connections, Coffee, and Poetry Night, @ Sage Wellness Queen St. West, 2022
Featured vendor at writing-based market, sold original poems, prints, and poetry books, had the pleasure of performing my poetry to attendees 

•Parking Lot Party, 2023
Featured vendor at event catered to supporting local artists and businesses in Guelph. Sold poetry anthologies, zines, original art, and more 

•July's Guelph Queer Art Crawl, 2024
Hosted by Queer Night Out, Naeco Studio had the pleasure of setting up a table with original works of art for sale with a portion of sales donated

Workshops

•Introduction to Art as Therapy: Group Session (2019)
Naeco Studio facilitated introductory workshop at Otherwise Studio to introduce elements of art therapy.

•Art Regulation at Home: Two-Week Online Program (2020)
Naeco Studio designed artistic daily prompts which participants received each day for a two-week period. This was a response to a lack of creative and mental health services available during the pandemic.

• Enactus + Lang School of Business + MWMC (2020)
‘Movember’ Men’s Mental Health Stressbuster: Sustainable Paint Night, conducted research, organized, and led virtual workshop.

•Central Student Association, UoG, Mental Health Monday (2020)
Naeco Studio led virtual workshop for undergraduate students to try artistic methods of honouring their mental health through circumstances of the pandemic.

•“Write Your Heart Out” Take-Home Writing Wellness (2020)
Naeco Studio designed portable kits of text-based wellness exercises for participants to complete from home.

•“Activism By Artists”, free workshop to Guelph community members (2020)
Naeco Studio conducted one hour of artistic exercises with the group and two hours of productive discussion relating to artists offering their skills in a time of social need. Space was dedicated to sharing ideas on how to sustain advocacy efforts.

•“No Resolutions; Reflections”, virtual workshop (2020)
Naeco Studio facilitated a virtual workshop of guided art and writing prompts to focus on self-compassion and reflections on the year previous.

•10 Carden “Connecting Circles: Art as Therapy” (2021)
Naeco Studio led a virtual discussion of artistic therapy benefits and introduced exercises for folks to try at home. Space was prioritized for adults and seniors in the Guelph area experiencing isolation.

•“Discovering Your Grief” workshop collaboration with Tash Gray (2021)
Naeco Studio collaboratively led a virtual workshop for those experiences grief that needed processing especially in a climate without proper funeral services. Art and text-based exercises were conducted to address various forms of grief.

•Maplewoods Muralist Training and Collaboration Workshop (2022)
Naeco Studio, in collaboration with Alexa Collette and Maeve Hind, guided a workshop for muralists accepted on our behalf for the Maplewoods Mural Project. Workshop involved integrating various submissions into collaborative pieces, training on digital design software, and generating group expectations as a team.

•Introduction to Art Therapy & Community Care Workshop: Information Session (2022)
At the Orangeville District Secondary School, presented an informational introduction to the field of art therapy, including how to  accessing art therapy in the area, a synopsis of my journey to finding art therapy, and some introductory exercises on what one might expect in a clinical setting. 

•Community Canvases: Collaborative Art-Making for Community Care (2022)
Naeco Studio, in collaboration with Outlet Collective, orchestrated a workshop as a response to a pre-existing initiative by supplementing a creative touch. The evening involved guided art warmups leading to collaborative abstract mark-making on 30+ canvases. These canvases were donated to the Grace Gardens Permanent Supportive Housing Initiative in Guelph, which provided permanent homes and living supports for 30+ folks in the community to alleviate them from the housing crisis and the over-crowded, short-term shelter support alternatives. By inviting community to make mindful, collaborative art for these spaces, it was our hope that individuals would find their new homes to feel less clinical and more warm/encouraging.

•Art Engagement: Guelph Art Market (2024)
Naeco Studio facilitated an Art Engagement Table in the Guelph Farmer's Market building in collaboration with 10 Carden. Supplies and prompts encouraged all ages to be inspired by all of the local artists around them and contribute an artistic expression of their own. 

Professional Art Teaching Experience

•Visual Art Instructor & Program Designer: Homer Watson House & Gallery, 2019
Designed programs and carried out art curriculum for youth ages 4-8 at a historic art site. Multiple mediums were utilized, most notably acrylic paint and clay firing. Role also included curatorial responsibilities for end-of-year exhibit.

•Senior Photography Lab Monitor and Photo Technician Assistant: School of Fine Art and Music at the University of Guelph, 2019-2022
Involved a high degree of technical knowledge and teaching abilities regarding digital photography, film processing and developing, editing, and printing to support the undergraduate Studio Art Program as well as the Fine Arts Masters program. 

•Art Instructor at the Guelph School of Art: Exploration of the Self Series, 2023
Naeco Studio designed the 3-week series to re-introduce art to artists as more than a mode of mastery, but rather, a way of being and expression that is innate and cathartic. Participants were encouraged in many ways to use artistic modalities as a process for expression and going inwards, as oppose to the expectation that artistic efforts must be for gaining measurable skill or monetary outcome. The exploration was a multi-medium focused, and involved group sharing and fruitful discussion regarding the process and pieces made. https://www.wyndhamartsupplies.com/pages/guelph-school-of-art
(This program series ran a second time with a different group of participants and updated curriculum later in August of 2023.)

•Lead Art Programmer and Instructor at The Learning Common School, Etobicoke, 2023
Naeco Studio designed a curriculum and taught art classes at the TLC school with these main themes in mind: connection, belonging, expression, conflict resolve, expansion, nature, and aesthetics. The Learning Common is a private school for students with learning exceptionalities not always supported effectively in the public funded school sphere. For instance, many youth at TLC have Dyslexia, ADHD/ADD, Autism/Asperger’s spectrum, or Specific Learning Disabilities in reading and writing. The goal was to provide a space for fun and meaning-making through a creative outlet. Students ranged from 8-13 years in age.https://www.thelearningcommon.org/about-us

•Private Lessons: One-on-one Art Classes
Naeco Studio has taught art to individuals in a variety of settings. Depending on the client's needs and creative goals, Naeco Studio can design and implement artistic teachings. Sliding-scale and material-inclusive options available. Please get in touch for more information.

Curatorial and Installation Experience

Curation and Installation for the Homer Watson House & Gallery’s Summer Colours Exhibition, 2019
After my position as the Visual Art Instructor and Program Designer for hundreds of youth in the span of a summer, I was delegated the task of curating the end-of-season exhibit to showcase their best work in theme with the historic institute. I hosted an opening ceremony and collaborated on the entire process from fundraising to installation. This was a multi-week curation process for an immense number of artworks on historic-site walls.

Installation at the Juried Art Shows, University of Guelph, 2018-2022
I learned to install my own work, of many mediums, for a juried art exhibit in the Zavitz building located on the University of Guelph campus. Installation involved specific guidelines and impacted the likelihood of being awarded.

Installation in Zavitz Gallery, Manifold Exhibition , 2021
My own work was a series titled Paths of Least Resistance, exhibited in conjunction with Specialized Studio contemporaries. It was a collaboratively curation exhibition where each of us had different functions in the process. I took on installation and photographic documentation, which can be explored in the hyperlink on the title above. Installing may own photographic works as well as the multi-medium pieces of my well-respected peers was a new level of installation pressure.

Installation at Boarding House Gallery, Thresholds Exhibit, 2022
Installation of a domestic space to read, paired with an original poetry anthology titled Unfurl, exhibited and curated in conjunction with Specialized Studio contemporaries. This installation process required more measuring and planning ahead with digital interventions; we had to plan the layout of a gallery we had never been inside.

Installation for Give a Sh*t, JAYUxGuelph Immersive Arts Festival, 2022
This was my first time exhibiting text on a wall; an original poem relevant to social justice themes festival portrayed.

Curation and Installation at Cornerstone, 2023
I kickstarted the rotational installation of local artist’s work you’ll still see today in Cornerstone, downtown Guelph. Working with the infamously old stone walls on Wyndham Street, a single cross beam is all there is to mount on. This was a challenge that would pay off and help me with future installations in the downtown core on the same style of walls. Several pieces of art are displayed for sale on a month-to-month basis at the restaurant. I’ve even had some of my own art up. Part of my role was also scouting emerging artists and showing them the ropes of making a contract to display their work publicly. I’ve since handed the baton over, but still get to enjoy the art when I’m in.

Curation and Installation at Which Craft, 2024-present
Thanks to my experience at Cornerstone, I approached the owner of Which Craft in early 2024 to make a contract as the art curator and installer of works. I made all the contracts, liability forms, scouted all of the artists who have displayed so far. They exhibit on a 2-month basis. Local, emerging artists are prioritized and we emphasize subject matter that is ethereal, spooky, strange, mystical, dark, and otherworldly to enrich the aesthetics of the space. I’ve shared a few write-ups on what this process has taught me.

Conferences & Panels

•UoG Campus Open House (2018)

•Youth Climate Action conference, organized by Emily DeSousa (Seaside with Emily), Mike Schreiner (Green Party), and MWMC (2019)

•START Accessible Panel, through Student Accessibility Services, UoG (2018)

•Bachelor of Creative Arts Therapies Committee (running title), student representative, School of Fine Art and Music department, UoG (2019-2022)

•Society of Undergraduate Philosophers Panel for the Initiation of 'flora', the University of Guelph's peer-reviewed, free, undergraduate publishing journal for philosophical papers (2022)

•Society of Undergraduate Philosophers: Possibilities & Pathways in Philosophy (2022)

Certifications and Training

Non-exhaustive list, inquire directly for specifics

Awards & Grants

• University of Guelph Entrance Scholarship (2017)

• Youth Opportunities Award, through Guelph Arts Council (2021)

• Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition's Activating Communities Micro-grant (2024)

Additional Professional Experience

(Transferable skills & areas of interest)

Certified Elderly Caregiver, through Warm Embrace Elder Care (2018), for injury rehabilitation, retirement, care home settings, palliative, and hospice circumstances.

Educational Assistant & Peer Helper at the University of Guelph’s Student Accessibility Services (2018-2021). Under the direction of an Advisor, supported accessibility through individualized accommodation and group advocacy. Assisting individuals with specific needs related to a variety of physical and mental disabilities and diversities.

Farm Hand & Farmer’s Market Representative at Hoppy Field’s Farm (2021). A small organic vegetable farm and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) contributor in Fergus, Ontario.

Farm Hand, Animal Carer, and Tour Assistant at Mcmaze Farm in St. Andrews, Ontario throughout my youth.

Relief Support Staff at Thresholds Homes and Supports (2023-2024). For the Extraordinary Needs Program. Supporting residents with complex mental health and intersectional needs with an emphasis on individualized care.

Volunteering member of My World, My Choice! through the University of Guelph (2018-2022). Workshop facilitator and communications committee. Educated and enabled autonomy in youth across Ontario to make informed decisions about sustainability and the environment’s impact on their health and wellbeing.

Volunteering member of the Undergraduate Philosophers Society (2020-2022). Events coordinator and media communicator. Created spaces for meaningful philosophical discussions, assisting students with editing, publishing, and oral defense.

Specialized Studio Course affiliate through the School of Fine Art and Music at the University of Guelph (2021-2022). This course required competitive application and interview processes to be approved for enrolment. Produced work in conjunction with research and peer critique whereby impacts of the art on surrounding culture and community was particularly pertinent.

Reading Champions Peer at R.O. Secondary School (2012-2015). Assisted children with developmental and cognitive disabilities to gain confidence with reading.

Barista and Server at a restaurant known for its engagement with local music and the arts- The Cornerstone in downtown Guelph (2023-present). Additionally, responsible for the spearheading of locally curated art installations that rotate in the space (though no longer managed or installed by me personally).

Social Media Manager and Bookings Organizer for The Cornerstone (2024-present). Conducting photography, marketing, social media posts, documentation, and analytics on behalf of the restaurant. Additionally, maintaining a point of contact with performers and events booked in the space. Appointed support staff for special events such as weddings and large music shows.

Naeco Studio has additionally collaborated, volunteered, assisted a project with, or has professional/artistic relationships with these organizations and businesses:

-Toronto Art Therapy Institute
-School of Fine Art and Music (UoG)
-Centre for Family Therapy and Child Psychology (Maplewoods Clinic)
-Society of Undergraduate Philosophers
-My World, My Choice (Guelph chapter)
-Guelph Arts Council
-Outlet Collective
-Vocamus Writers Community
-Kaleidoscope Magazine
-Stepping Stone Drop-In Centre
-Grace Gardens Permanent Housing Support
-Wyndham House
-The Bookshelf
-Guelph Black Heritage Society
-Guelph Market
-JAYU Canada
-Boarding House Gallery
-Zavitz Gallery
-Juried Art Show (UoG)
-Otherwise Studios
-Encampment Support Network (Toronto)
-Abolition Apostles Pen Pals
-Ed Video
-Necessary Arts
-Central Student Association (UoG)
-10 Carden
-Alice Street ClubHouse
-Queer Night Out / Queer Crawl
-The Cornerstone
-Which Craft
-The Guelph School of Art
-Dundas Valley School of Art
-Homer Watson House & Gallery
-The Learning Common School (Etobicoke)
-Shake It Off Studio
-Etc….