Natalie is co-owner and founder of The Celtic Junction, a cultural center for traditional arts in Saint Paul and the Executive Director of the Celtic Junction Arts Center (CJAC), a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to the operation of CJAC and its programs as the Irish Cultural Center of Minnesota, including the Eoin McKiernan Library, the Irish College of Minnesota, the Celtic Junction Concert Series, and the Irish Outreach Coalition.
Executive Director
Celtic Junction Arts Center
Categories covered by Natalie
Talks covered by this speaker
Opening a New Chapter: Irish arts, theatre and music and the places in which we gather – picking up the pieces
About this Speaker
Natalie holds a B.A. in Theater from St. Olaf College, worked as Assistant Production Director as The Minnesota Opera Company, held positions as Resident Designer with Theater Exchange in Minneapolis and Theater M and has toured the world with Riverdance, the Show.
She is also the founding Vice President of both Theater M, New York, NY, and of The Center for Irish Music, St. Paul, MN. Natalie owns and instructs for O’Shea Irish Dance, and is the creator and director of three ongoing, annual stage productions: Get Up Your Irish, Kickin’ It Irish, and the Celtic Holiday Hooley.
Natalie is a member of Irish Network Chicago, the Midwest Irish Cultural Centers Association (MICCA), and Network of Irish Cultural Centres of North America (NICCoNA), representing Minnesota nationally and internationally.