Rebecca Ustrell

Director Of Engagement | Project Director, Curious Publishing

Rebecca.Ustrell@theartsarea.org

Rebecca Ustrell is an artist, educator, and documentarian in the Inland Empire of Southern California. In 2018 after a long period of creative burn-out, she leaned into her life-long passion for printed ephemera and founded Curious Publishing, a non-profit artbook publishing company which focuses on archiving stories and creating wealth by supporting queer, BIPOC, and femme creatives through small-run artbooks, zines, and print collections. In 2023-2024, she was the Activist Artist in Residence for the Community Engagement Center at Pitzer College, and is currently the Event Coordinator for Museum Arts & Culture at the City of Ontario. She has served at The Arts Area in many ways first starting at a volunteer for the Ontario Art Walk in 2018, then serving as the Community Engagement Coordinator where she grew the Ontario Art Walk by creating the Ontario Art Walk guide alongside the President and CEO, John Machado (2018-2023). She now serves as the Director of Engagement overseeing community partnerships, special events, and fundraising campaigns alongside Managing Director, Crystal Rodriguez.

Curious Publishing is a fiscally sponsored project of The Arts Area.