Sparks & Starts

Mary Bevans Gillett is a retired arts administrator, writer and consultant based in Ann Arbor and Traverse City, Michigan. She is the former executive director of the Northwest Michigan Arts & Culture Network and the Region 2 Regrant Coordinator for Michigan Arts & Culture Council. Mary was the project manager and co-editor for Transformational: Stories of Northern Michigan Arts & Culture, the co-author of The Insiders’ Guide to Michigan’s Traverse Bay Region and a former regular contributor to the Grand Traverse Business News, the Traverse City Record-Eagle, Grand Traverse Woman, among others. She currently serves as board treasurer for Michigan Writers and is a board member of Creative Washtenaw and the Cultural Advocacy Network of Michigan.