maya shaw is a community cultivator, event producer, and fun seeker. always exploring what’s next, always thinking ‘what if…’
community manager (2020-): works in tandem with the director of culture to curate how it feels to work at Arts and Letters. partners with creative teams to produce agency events and parties, leads agency-level philanthropic initiatives, and creates employee programming/experiences. builds and maintains relationships with community partners nationwide and on a local level.
public projects:
5 in 45 (Sophia Chang, Roxane Gay, Ibra Ake): a virtual speaker series where we invite trail-blazing storytellers to answer 5 inspiring questions in 45 minutes.
the BLK MARKET: a community project created by for the culture, a collective of black employees at arts and letters creative co. together we created a market highlighting black businesses in the greater richmond community.
photography: shannon lowe, ethan hickerson, and infinity multimedia
events chair (2023-2024) - planned and produced monthly events for the club and its members to connect, network, and build community. acted as event designer/producer for the 2023 richmond show.
photography: alex oswald
programming manager (2019): developed and managed programming for the first “brand house” by lululemon. the lululemon re:pair lab was an experiential pop-up built to celebrate the 2019 new york city marathon. centered all programming around elevating the diverse voices within the nyc run community and beyond.
lululemon lab nyc
community manager (2016-2019): led, managed, and executed experiences, events, and PR strategies to increase brand awareness. worked alongside the sales team to create effective KPIs and action plans for community, visual merchandising, and sales that lived harmoniously to achieve the business’s goals.
sofar x lab photography and video: solea van heyningen
co-founder. symposia is an experiential wine and sound pop-up series.
photography: ethan hickerson and Mychal Spivey
shaw. events
breaking the grass ceiling - women in cannabis: an event held in partnership with humble bloom co. highlighting women in the cannabis industry striving to make a change.
shaw. one year party
shaw. x plant people x loosie’s kitchen: a cbd infused dinner held in partnership with plant people and loosie’s kitchen in brooklyn, ny.
photography: virginia stroh
founder of shaw. (2017-2019): an online smoke shop focused on elevating marginalized artisans in the cannabis industry. what started as a shop grew into a space for advocacy, activism, and kinship.
former board member of the floret coalition (2020-2021).
press: forbes, vice, healthyish, fashionista, outline, emerald magazine
photography: virginia stroh