Almitra provides mentoring to Arts & Business Council fellowship recipients, assisting them in identifying and implementing solutions to career challenges, and helping them achieve their goals. Following a 20 year career in the arts, Almitra founded her consulting practice, Art Maven Consulting, to foster visual artists’ professional development. Leveraging expertise gained in the contemporary gallery scene and non-profit arena, she works with private clients nationwide, as well as organizations such as the Joan Mitchell Foundation, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. She holds a B.F.A. from Massachusetts College of Art, and an M.A. in art history and museum studies from Tufts University.