Abby Maier

Abby Maier is the COSE Arts Network leader at The Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE), the small business arm of the Greater Cleveland Partnership. The COSE Arts Network, an initiative formed in collaboration with the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC), connects local artists and other creative professionals to the health care resources, education, exposure opportunities, and other benefits that small business can access as members of COSE.

Abby's background is in fine arts. She has worked as an artist-educator in Cleveland, New York, and Washington, DC, primarily through educational enrichment programs, community organizations, and museums. She recently returned to Cleveland after spending a year traveling as a demonstrating artist through a fellowship with Artrain USA, a mobile art museum housed on vintage train cars. Abby also has extensive experience as an outreach assistant, administrator and guest artist for Community Arts Department (Parade the Circle), at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Abby received a B.A. in studio art from the College of Wooster in 2001.