Mission

Making Art Your Opportunity, LLC (M.A.Y.O.) is a multimedia and multidisciplinary production and consulting company that focuses on building community through the arts. 

The mission of M.A.Y.O. is to utilize the arts as more than just tools for entertainment, but also as a platform to help clients accomplish goals, strengthen communities, and lead with authenticity.

Our Story

Making Art Your Opportunity was born from our longtime friendship and long history of producing events together. Our first event together was the Belly Top Brunch for Marvin’s birthday which later inspired our first annual Bride Brunch, a charity event where our guests dressed up as brides and wedding guests and got “married to the cause.” After several successful years of Bride Brunch, we started producing variety shows that featured local artists and created a sense of community onstage, backstage and with the audience. Finally we realized we needed to take our productions to the next level by creating Making Art Your Opportunity.

Jonathan “J-Star” Mayo
(any pronouns)

With a degree in theatre from Morehead State University and an MS in Leadership for Creative Enterprises from Northwestern University, J-Star has had the privilege of working for many theatres in the Chicagoland area. They’ve worked almost every aspect of theatre and events from onstage to backstage to administrative. J-Star loves building community through the arts.

Marvin “Marvette Devo” Ausby
(any pronouns)

Marvette Devo is a creative force that exists currently in the Chicagoland area. They took flight in early September, 2018 and has been ambitious about having their voice heard. With a performance and vocal studies background, they bring an innovative and fresh twist to drag. Marvette has a message to all those weirdos out there, “be unique and love who your are inside and out!”