Michael is the Curator of Exhibitions at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA, since 2003. He was the Chief Art Preparator at the Gregg Museum of Art and Design for 10 years at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. He has taught art at Pope John Paul II High School in Hyannis, and presently teaches acrylic painting for adults at the Cape Cod Museum of Art. He has held workshops at the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA, Truro Center for the Arts, Truro, MA and at the Weny Education Center at the CCMOA.

Michael attended Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA in the 1970s. Also a decorative arts artist, Michael was awarded “Craftsman of the Year” by the early American Life Magazine in 2002 and 2005.