# Michèle Saint-Michel | Portfolio
## Introduction
Producer & Cultural Curator
Michèle
Saint-Michel
NYC
Producer and strategist working across live experiences, film, and cultural projects. 300+ artists. End-to-end delivery. Trust-based collaboration.
Work Together
Experiential Producers Room
“Michèle has an incredible ability to synthesize ideas and turn them into meaningful outcomes. She’s a gifted collaborator—creative, perceptive, and deeply intuitive.”
— Debra F.
## Services
What I Do
Synthesizing art, commerce, and culture.
| Service Title | Description | Tags/Examples | Icon |
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| Exhibition Curation | Conceptualizing and producing art exhibitions that create dialogue between emerging and established artists. | Gallery shows, pop-ups, biennale contributions | :icon-frame: |
| Brand Partnerships | Connecting brands with artists for collaborations that feel authentic, not transactional. | Product launches, limited editions, brand experiences | :icon-handshake: |
| Cultural Events | Designing and executing events that blur the lines between art, music, fashion, and commerce. | Launch parties, symposiums, immersive experiences | :icon-party-popper: |
| Creative Strategy | Advising brands on how to authentically engage with culture and build credibility in creative communities. | Cultural positioning, artist programs, community building | :icon-lightbulb: |
## Philosophy
THE
PHILOSOPHY
Culture isn't a marketing channel. It's the fabric that connects us. Authenticity meets ambition.
Artist First
The integrity of the creative vision is non-negotiable. Brands gain credibility through association, not control.
Cultural Rigor
Every event, every partnership must contribute something meaningful to the cultural conversation.
Long-term Thinking
We're building reputations and relationships, not running campaigns. The work compounds.
## Approach
Approach
Designing for depth,
not spectacle.
I am increasingly disinterested in spectacle for spectacle's sake. Within experiential design and curation, I remain concerned with pace as a structuring condition, not as an aesthetic. Slowness, for me, is infrastructural.
The body does not respond well to panic. Neither does a meaningful experience.
Temporal Architectures
In recent work, I've returned to a core provocation: What temporal architectures do we build around the body? Designing for bodies means attending to rhythm, silence, and sequence, not simply to form. It asks us to locate the body as an active site of meaning-making.
“I’m so pleased with what came out of our work together. With such professionalism and care, Michèle helped me clarify my concept.”
— Margaret K.
| Concept | Description |
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| Slowness as Infrastructure | Pace is not aesthetic, it's structural. Let's create space for attunement. |
| Somatic Intelligence | The body is an active site of meaning-making. Design must attend to our rhythms. |
| Durational Ecology | Experiences that allow for lingering, drift, and affect to sediment. |
## Clients
Trusted By
Leading cultural institutions and forward-thinking brands
| Client Name |
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| Brant Foundation |
| MoMA |
| Louis Vuitton |
| White Cube |
| Cubitt Artists |
| Millennium Film |
| New Museum |
| Guggenheim |
| Hypha Studios |
| FOCUS |
| hARTSlane Gallery |
| The Met |
## Selected Work
Selected Work
Archive 2021—2025
Details
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| Year | Project | Role | Location | Type | Preview |
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| 2026 | The Odyssey x Maxime's | Experiential Producer | New York City | Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey NYC Premiere After Party at Maxime's |  |
| 2026 | FOCUS x LVMH | Experiential Cultural Partnerships Producer | New York City | Developed bespoke museum and gallery partnerships for Louis Vuitton Cruise 27, |  |
| 2026 | Aritzia | Production Assistance | New York City | Brand Power Lunch |  |
| 2025 | T.A.P.E. Collective Residency | Film Curating Residency | Malmö, Sweden | Residency |  |
| 2025 | no pattern against user | Group Exhibition | hARTslane Gallery, London | Exhibition |  |
| 2025 | Between a Frame and a Soft Place | Exhibition & Programming | Millennium Film Workshop, NYC | Exhibition |  |
| 2024 | TATE Modern x Uniqlo | Contributing Artist | TATE Modern & Uniqlo | Brand |  |
| 2024 | Lose Yourself in a Body | Scenography | Historic Baths, London | Experience Production |  |
| 2024 | wolf Mad Mad | Group Exhibition | APT Gallery, London | Exhibition |  |
| 2023 | Cubitt Artists Archive | Exhibition x Publication | Cubitt Gallery, London | Exhibition |  |
| 2022 | Lumifest Projection Festival | Video Design | Montreal | Installation |  |
| 2021 | Electric Medway | Cultural Festival | Kent, UK | Event |  |
## Press Room
Press & Community Building
Experiential Producers Room
Collaborations and events focused on the future of experiential production and cultural curation. Michèle Saint-Michel founded the Experiential Producers Room as a low-noise space for experiential producers, designers, and vendors to connect and get real-world answers about the work of crafting experiences.
Visit the official website
https://experientialproducersroom.com
| Date | Event/Topic | Outlet/Context | Description | Photo |
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| June 2026 | The EPR Goes International | EPR—IRL Gathering
Protein Studios, London, UK | Studio Saint-Michel's Experiential Producers Room made its London debut with an IRL gathering at Protein Studios in Shoreditch, marking the community's first UK chapter following its founding gatherings in New York.
Protein Studios sits in one of the most influential creative neighborhoods in the world, a space where culture, creativity, and industry regularly converge. It was a natural home for a room full of the people designing the experiences that shape contemporary culture: experiential producers, creative directors, brand-side teams, fabricators, engineers, technologists, artists, and those finding their way into the field, all invited into the same room.
Space was intentionally limited, with RSVPs kept by approval to keep the Room feeling human. Rather than centring on a particular theme or case study, the evening was built entirely around London's experiential producers themselves, with drinks and bites alongside grounded conversations about the work, the industry, and what's next.
More than a networking event, the gathering extended EPR's purpose into a new city: creating a low-noise, high-trust environment for the people behind ambitious cultural and commercial experiences to speak openly, exchange knowledge, and build meaningful professional relationships.
Founded by Michèle Saint-Michel, Experiential Producers Room is part of Studio Saint-Michel's broader work across experiential production, cultural strategy, and creative community-building.
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| May 2026 | Producing the Intangible | EPR—IRL Gathering
Wythe Hotel, Brooklyn, NY | Studio Saint-Michel’s Experiential Producers Room returned for its second IRL gathering at the Wythe Hotel Garden Terrace in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, doubling in size from its first event and still selling out.
Set within one of Brooklyn’s most distinctive hospitality spaces, the evening brought together experiential producers, creative strategists, fabricators, artists, and cultural operators working across live events, brand activations, cultural programming, and experiential design.
The gathering centered on sensory-led experience design, production logistics, and the question of how to protect artistic integrity inside high-stakes commercial environments. Guests continued the conversation over passed bites, drinks, and a bespoke cocktail created for the evening: the Producer’s Penicillin.
More than a networking event, the evening extended EPR’s purpose into physical space: creating a low-noise, high-trust environment for the people behind ambitious cultural and commercial experiences to speak openly, exchange knowledge, and build meaningful professional relationships.
Founded by Michèle Saint-Michel, Experiential Producers Room is part of Studio Saint-Michel’s broader work across experiential production, cultural strategy, and creative community-building.
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| Mar 2026 | Future of Experiential | EPR—IRL Gathering
Maxwell Social, Tribeca, NY | Studio Saint-Michel’s Experiential Producers Room has grown from an online community into a sold-out IRL gathering series for experiential producers, creative strategists, fabricators, artists, and cultural operators working across live events, brand activations, cultural programming, and experiential design.
The first gathering took place at Maxwell Social in Tribeca, bringing together practitioners for a candid, field-specific conversation around production, rates, client dynamics, creative labor, and the realities of building ambitious experiences behind the scenes.
The series continued with a sold-out gathering at the Wythe Hotel Garden Terrace in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, convening the community for a focused conversation on sensory-led experience design, production logistics, and artistic integrity inside high-stakes commercial environments.
Together, the events reflect EPR’s larger purpose: to create thoughtful infrastructure for the people who produce culture, not through transactional networking, but through specific, generous, and strategically useful exchange.
Founded by Michèle Saint-Michel, Experiential Producers Room is part of Studio Saint-Michel’s broader work across experiential production, cultural strategy, and creative community-building.
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| Jan 2026 | Gathering Experience | EPR Grows to 500 Members | Founded by Michèle Saint-Michel, the Experiential Producers Room is a curated community for producers and adjacent practitioners working across live events, brand activations, cultural programming, fabrication, strategy, and creative operations.
Created as a low-noise space for practical exchange, EPR was built around the kinds of candid, field-specific conversations that are often difficult to find in one place: rates, roles, client dynamics, production realities, career navigation, vendor recommendations, and the often-invisible labor behind ambitious creative experiences.
Ahead of its first IRL gathering, Experiential Producers Room surpassed 500 members, reflecting a clear appetite for more intentional infrastructure within the experiential production field.
What began as an online room quickly became a growing professional network for experiential producers, creative strategists, fabricators, artists, and cultural operators seeking more specific, generous, and field-aware forms of exchange.
Developed through Studio Saint-Michel, Experiential Producers Room is part of Michèle Saint-Michel’s broader work across experiential production, cultural strategy, and creative community-building.
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## Contact
Let's Create
Something
Memorable
Supporting creative teams and agencies building culturally beautiful, fluent brand partnerships
michelesaintmichel@gmail.com
“Her execution is flawless but her true genius lies in being able to distill your work and inject it into every detail of her feedback.”
— Kaz W.
| Platform | URL |
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| Instagram | https://instagram.com/michelesaintmichel |
| LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/michelesaintmichel |
| Book time with me | https://calendly.com/michelesaintmichel/connect |
Michèle Saint-Michel
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