this program, which involved the thirty colleges in the Mid-Hudson area of New York, Fleming designed and produced yearly festivals in art, music, drama, dance, film, poetry, the culinary arts, and video. The festivals involved residencies of many major artists across different disciplines. The program also included a cross-discipline arts touring program funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts. Fleming has worked not only as a consultant in establishing cooperative arts programs, but also as a festival designer and producer. She has designed or produced events including private parties, events for hotels and small towns, movie shoots, and commercial events, and major New York City and international events. Having graduated with a BA from Bard College in Medieval Studies, most of Fleming's original event designs involve themes requiring historical and literary research. Events she has designed include the largest event ever to be held in the nation, The Harbor Festival '86, which was the Official New York City Public Celebration for the Centennial of the Statue of Liberty. This three-day event drew 12 million people and involved the construction of 9 major stages, over 3,000 performers, 10 parades daily, dozens of special events, the construction of over 400 specially designed vendor booths and a staff of close to 500 people. She was the designer and producer for "Walking On Air," a festival for the Grand Opening of the Walkway Over the Hudson in Poughkeepsie, NY. As designed, the Walking On Air event was regional in focus and consisted of a year of educational and creative visual arts programs with 50 communities on both sides of the Hudson River in Dutchess and Ulster Counties, NY. It culminated in 2 days of celebrations including a Grand Parade and an International VIP Grand Opening Ceremony. In 2008, she re-designed and produced "Sinterklaas! An Old Dutch Tradition in Rhinebeck." Originally conceived by Fleming in 1985, the project includes a Children’s Torchlight Parade, dozens of workshops, performances, and events. Between 1996-99 she directed the 650th Anniversary of the town of Nowy Targ, Poland, a month-long program involving American and Balinese craftsmen in puppet construction culminating in a procession for the World Bamboo Festival in Bali, an Iroko Tree Ceremony with the Mothers-of-Saint from Bahia, Brazil, and "The Making, Baking and Breaking of Bread," a community project that involved the construction of a working replica of