About

Michel Allen, a Memphis native, moved back to Memphis after over ten years working in New York and opened Allen Projects Consulting Firm. The main client Allen Projects works with is Jubilee Schools (Jubileeschools.org), as well as, a several other non profits.

Let Allen Projects take care of your marketing, event planning and social media needs. Allen Projects works with corporations, as well as non profits.

For one client in particular we redesigned the logo, website, media kit, planned events, managed social media and raised funds. We can do this for you.


History

Southern entrepreneur and Allen Projects director, Michel Allen, has been curating exhibitions in New York since 2000. Allen Projects art gallery was housed in New York's Chelsea art district from 2005-20010 at 526 West 26th. Now Allen Projects co-curated several shows a year with Franklin Reihlman at his space on 73rd between 5th and Madison, also in Manhattan. Originally launching her career in New York in the Summer of 1998, Ms. Allen was recruited to work at artnet.com. Soon thereafter, she completed a Masters in Business Administration with an emphasis in Visual Arts Management, where she also received a certificate in appraisals from NYU. Later she was then recruited to launch ART+AUCTION's artinfo.com and worked at Sotheby's in trust and estates. While working for over ten years in art publishing, Michel was consulting and represented several artists, in which she works with today. 

At NYU Ms. Allen's thesis' focus was on Marketing and Audience Development of the Alternative Space.  During her studies the required internship hours were spent at Art In General, then under Holy Block.  Also at NYU Ms. Allen took curatorial studies from Dan Cameron of the New Museum and Prospect 2.