About MergingArts

MergingArts Productions produces cultural events and radio programming related to music and visual arts.

MergingArts Productions reaches out to communities both locally and globally.

Who We Are

MergingArts Productions is a non-profit organization incorporated in the state of Rhode Island, US. We are working on becoming a 501(c)(3) organization.

Founders

Toni Pennacchia

Toni is the Creative Director of MergingArts. She has over 15 years of radio experience including as a DJ and music director for genres including folk, world, and blues.  Her love of film began while working in the audio-visual department of the library - remember libraries?  She recently received a business degree from CUNY and has worked as a technical support specialist for the last ten years, currently supporting applications for distance learning in higher education.  She can hula-hoop for more than five minutes at a time.

Paul Elsnau

Paul is the Managing Director of MergingArts.  He has been involved since the turn of the century in in non-commercial radio in both on-air and audio production capacities.  Before joining MergingArts, he was at various times involved in music promotion, community theatre, and film festival work.  For the past several years, he has developed creative web based solutions for commericial and non-profit organzations.  He does not play foosball at work.

Board of Directors

Jessica Wilson

Jessica has 20 years of professional and community theater experience as an actor, tech, designer, director and playwright. She serves on the governing Boards for several theater groups and music festivals. In addition to her full-time career in healthcare and her theater work, Jessica is a radio personality/disc jockey, artist and musician.

Rachel Thibault

Rachel is a PhD student at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and is writing a dissertation on gender, cinephilia and film criticism. Her other academic interests include independent American cinema and '60s film culture.  She has been actively involved in the film festival community and has served as a juror in festivals regionally.

Chuck Rosina

Chuck is a media activist involved with community radio in the Boston area for over 30 years. He is currently based both at WMBR and WMFO. At WMBR, he currently hosts a bi-weekly eclectic free-form show called "In the Margin". Chuck also produces news pieces on the various activist communities in Boston, and sometimes files nationally syndicated stories through Free Speech Radio News.

Anne Merritt

Anne brings a focus in education and technology, with a Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instructional Technology and a Graduate Certificate in Instructional Design. She is an adjunct professor for Salem State College, instructing teachers to effectively use technology.  Anne also supports online university education programs and has been a teacher in K-12 for several years.

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For general questions, contact Toni P.

For technical questions, contact Paul E.