Michael Mehring has been actively involved in Los Angeles contemporary arts for the past 20 years. Mike has been on the board of directors of several visual arts organizations, including Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibition (LACE) (Vice President) and Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center (President). Mike was one of the founders of MOCA Contemporaries, a support counsel that went on to raise over $1 million for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. He is also on the advisory board of the Foundation for Art Resources (FAR), and has been an advisor to numerous non-profits, most recently the Foundation for International Art Criticism, publisher of  Art/Text. Mike has been integrally involved in the production of numerous multi-media presentations, including those by artists Diana Thater, T. Kelly Mason, Jessica Bronson and the band Savage Republic.