“Awareness of the self and of others, in the places, time and history we live, drives artistic pursuits. Connecting is at the core of art expression, and when creativity sparks conversations, good things happen.”— Christine Arveil —
“Christine is one of the hardest working, most gifted and insightful collaborators I have had the pleasure to work with. She knows how to keep a project moving forward and has a unique outgoing capacity for connecting people and ideas. Christine’s sensitivity and creative experience is grounded in her own artistic practice. Like so much of what Christine offers, it bridges cultures, people and materials.”— Michael Sheridan, Community Supported Films Founding Director, Boston —
Born in Lyon, France, Christine Arveil was the first in her working-class family to enter university, graduating with a master’s degree in Classics and Literature from the Sorbonne, and later earning a competitive MBA in Art Management and Public Policies from Paris-Dauphine. She studied painting and lacquerwork in Paris with Luis Ansa and Isabelle Emmerique. Her work is exhibited in Europe and the United States.
Whether writing, painting, designing, or strategic planning, Arveil consistently works to an exacting level, creating spaces that harmonize technical mastery and imagination. Challenging the conventional dichotomy between art and life, she proposes an integrated Art de Vivre.
Her unique knowledge and practice of ancient European painting and lacquer techniques, as well as love of music, brought her to the violin world. Her Volcano Project, a large-scale multi-year, multi-expression project examines how adversity catalyzes the creative process. The ensemble of text, paintings, and sculptures was first installed in Portugal in 2010, then in the US, 2011, and was awarded First Prize and “People’s Choice” at the Chelsea Festival, Boston 2025. Arveil’s three-dimensional creations developed into design and construction of studio spaces and site-specific sculptural installations. Her recent creations incorporate live flora, reflecting on the dynamics between durable and ephemeral. In 2026, she is invited to stage a concert for the music ensemble A Far Cry, at Jordan Hall, Boston.
Alongside her creative pursuit, Arveil acquired substantial organizational and communication competence (MBA). She interacts as comfortably with artists as she does with scholars, diplomats and policy makers.The projects she initiated, articulating local and international dimensions, steadily demonstrated attention to inclusion, respect, and diversity. Early on, she was an intern with the Arab World Institute Department of Contemporary Art in Paris while she co-headed the project Art & Peace. She directed an international all-media festival in Greater Paris, later collaborated with several non-profits in the United States, and with Brown University School of Business & Engineering as a mentor fostering diversity in leadership and innovation, 2022.
From 2001 to 2023, she managed the Boston music studio of master bow maker and MacArthur Fellow Benoît Rolland. There, she structured a business and a legacy as his worldwide outreach expanded. She oversaw Rolland’s innovations and intellectual property, and addressed legal and ethical issues raised by the rarefaction of the wood used to make bows. Serving the nearly two thousand musicians who play Benoît Rolland bows, she animated a community around the Studio. She co-authored with Rolland close to 70 articles and lectures, creating the first curated body of knowledge about musical bows. In 2025, she was invited to write the proposal for a cutting-edge new synthetic bow to be developed at MIT.
Christine Arveil is an active friend to non-profits like Music for Food, Boston Music Shelter, My Life My Choice, Community Music Works, Community Supported Films, Apollinaire Theatre, and the Brother Thomas Fellowship, that channel respect and social justice through the arts.
She is proud to see her family evolving from traditional French roots to a community sharing multiple cultural heritages.