Jane Claire Hervey is a community and brand development director, award-winning curator, creative producer and accidental nonprofit founder.
Over the last decade, she has led teams and programs for 25+ creative companies and start-ups, arts and entertainment organizations and public spaces across the US. Designing thoughtfully curated experiences, brand identities and storytelling projects, her client list reflects independent creatives and nonprofits, cities and local government, as well as lifestyle and tech brands like The LINE Hotel, Bumble and Waymo.
Currently, she directs Future Front, a 501c3 cultural space she founded in 2015, alongside her own creative consultancy, group work.
This pioneering work in public and private creative programming, design and brand strategy has been recognized by ADWEEK, Texas Monthly, the City of Austin’s Women’s Hall of Fame and the National Endowment for the Arts. She's been a guest speaker and curator for organizations like SXSW, Austin FC, The Contemporary Austin Museum and Soho House. Using her background in strategic planning, design-thinking, adaptive operations and facilitation, Jane volunteers her time toward grassroots initiatives that support stronger communities through local creative advocacy, folk schools, health justice and arts healing.
Jane has also composed records & music as an independent recording artist for global projects since 2012, pulling influences from the likes of Björk and Frank Ocean.
The daughter of a naturalist, her artistic work is a practice in witnessing, blending sonic landscapes and spoken word with reimagined symbols of rodeo queen girlhood and the Gulf Coast tropics. Since putting out her first four-track lo-fi EP “Sour Grapefruit” in 2019, she has played South by Southwest (SXSW), opened for the likes of OSHUN, Nomi Ruiz, Bunny Michael and composed for an internationally recognized cross-border album.