Mary-Beth Shine is a licensed tour guide in NYC and organizes tours of artist's studios, public art and art in odd places in the five boroughs of NYC and sometimes beyond. She founded SHINE NYC ART after an educator at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine said "you should do this" during a tour with her students enrolled in the Pre-College Program at Pratt Institute. Since then, she has for many years offered tours of visual art spaces and public art for openhousenewyork and organized tours in Brooklyn, Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens and Jersey City.

Mary-Beth holds a B.A. in Art History and Photography from UMass/Boston and an M.A. in Folk Art Studies, a joint program between NYU and the American Folk Art Museum. She has resided in Manhattan for 6 years, Queens for 4 years, Brooklyn for 16 years and now lives in the Bedford Park neighborhood in the Bronx.

Photo: Paul Frankenstein
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