During her years in New York City, Michele was executive editor and publisher of an arts monthly magazine in which covered performance art, music, film, books and visual artists. In 1992 she moved to Montana where she began freelancing for for local, regional and national magazines, with an emphasis on writing about art and artists, using what she called the “John Ashberry school of art writing.” Using her poetry background, she can capture the artists’ process and convey a deeper understanding of art through language.