Staff

Eileen Bagnall:

Executive Director

Eileen joined Arts Access as Executive Director in January 2022. Eileen most recently served as the Executive Director of ARTabilityAZ, and brings a passion for making arts accessible to her new role. She has an extensive career in arts administration having worked with professional theaters and managing performing arts centers. Eileen graduated from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Arts degree focused on Arts Management and Drama Theory and currently serves on the VSA and Accessibility Advisory Board at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

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[Image Description: A White woman with tortoiseshell glasses and shoulder length hair, wearing a black and white blouse under a black blazer.  She is outdoors, and smiling.]

Contact: eileen@artsaccessinc.org  or 919-833-9919 ext. 1

Makayla Haag:

Program Manager

Makayla is a mixed media artist with a passion for accessibility and disability justice. She studied art at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Previously she worked in accessibility at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, and in the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities in Chicago. Makayla enjoys using her art and design knowledge to educate people on disability and the importance of accessibility.

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[Image Description: A white woman with long blondish brown hair that fades to a soft pink. Wearing a white top and necklace. Smiling at the camera.]

Contact: makayla@artsaccessinc.org or 919-833-9919 ext. 2

Max Pulley:

Program and Admin Coordinator

Max graduated summa cum laude from Appalachian State University with a bachelors of Science in psychology. While at App State, Max worked with with the “See U Thrive” program helping students maintain their mental, emotional and physical health. Since graduating, Max has been leading Sensory Friendly Saturday art classes at Sertoma Art Center and is the Accessibility Assistant to Sertoma Art Center’s director, for a learning community geared towards disability access in the arts. Art was not easily accessible when Max was in school, and so it took a while to uncover the great passion and sensory experience that comes with creating. Max is a mixed media artist and writer who has many special interests including, but not limited to, ferrets, opossums, nature, comic books and much more. 

Max is a young, white person with short pink hair, wearing a black and white checked blazer.
[Image Description: Max is a young, white person with short pink hair, wearing a black and white checked blazer. ]

Contact: max@artsaccessinc.org or 919-833-9919 ext4

Thanks to our Grantors!

   NC Arts Council Raleigh Arts United Arts Council