Arts Administration

Born in Colorado to Brazilian parents, and growing up in Rio, Brazil, Csekö moved to Somerville, MA in 2010 to pursue an MFA at SMFA at Tufts. In 2022, Csekö is a Somerville Arts Council grantee, a CTV MassCreative Fellow, and a Somerville Museum Community Curator, she was also invited as an AIR at Sculpture Space, upstate NY. In 21’ she received a SAC Visual Arts Fellowship and was an AiR at the Umbrella Art Center 20-21’ in Concord MA. In 2020 she was invited as a Visiting Artist by Emerson College.

Dawn M. Simmons, is a playwright and director living in Somerville, MA. She is an Artistic Director with New Exhibition Room. Locally Dawn has worked for: The Theatre Offensive, Holland Productions, FeverFest(Small Theatre Alliance of Boston), The Boston Theatre Marathon, Mill 6, Actors Refuge Repertory Theatre, Fort Point Theatre Channel, Actors' Shakespeare Project, Another Country Productions, Company One, Boston Theatre Works, and As Yet To Be Theatre. In New York State, she spent 3 years with Irish Classical Theatre Company as their Resident Assistant Director.

I've been playing guitar for about 10 years in the blues and rock genres. I have a Bachelor of Music in Songwriting from Berklee College of Music. I am currently pursuing a Master of Science in Arts Administration at Boston University. I play in a bluesy rock band called Hevy Sol where I am the main songwriter, singer, lead guitarist, manager, and booking agent. I have also been known to do the occasional acoustic singer/songwriter performance.