marshall@spacescle.org

Marshall Pecora (Visitor Experience Coordinator) is a recent graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art with a BFA in Illustration and a minor in Creative Writing. He has strong skills in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Lightroom. As Lead Content Creator for the Campus Activities Board, Marshall designed artwork for school-wide events, and his illustrations were featured on TheyDrawAndCook.com, reaching over 100k followers. He also worked as a Library Assistant, managing data and assisting patrons at the Gund Library. Marshall’s work has been showcased in several exhibitions, including the Student Independent Exhibition 77 and the 2023 Alumni Exhibition.

pita@spacescle.org

Pita Brooks is a dynamic arts leader, multimedia artist, and advocate for creative communities. As Executive Director of Akron Soul Train (AST) until February 2025, she led the organization’s growth, increasing earned income, securing new grants and sponsorships, and expanding programming. Her leadership brought in record-breaking artist applications, strengthened community partnerships, and enhanced AST’s long-term sustainability.

Now part of the operations team at SPACES, Brooks supports grants, exhibitions, and organizational initiatives. With past leadership roles at moCa Cleveland and the Cleveland Institute of Art, she brings deep experience in arts administration. A practicing artist working across materials, she also co-runs newsense projects, a Lakewood-based gallery fostering inclusive dialogue.

thea@spacescle.org

Thea (she/her) is an independent curator and writer based in Akron, Ohio. She collaborates alongside artists to produce exhibitions, publications and public programs for the greater Northeast Ohio community. Spittle holds a Master of Arts in Curatorial Studies from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York and a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and Spanish from Hamilton College, Clinton, New York. Her first curatorial project, the sunroom, was in a Cleveland Heights home, and showcased site-specific installations throughout the home and its yard. She served as co-curator for CAN Triennial 2022 producing exhibitions at Zygote Press, Morgan Paper Conservancy and artNEO. She also co-directed Gallery 2602 with Deidre McPherson, a roaming exhibition and public programming platform situated within community spaces. Currently, she curates exhibitions for the Museum of Creative Human Art, who are in residency with the Conservancy for the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.