Shannon Flattery is an Artist, Cultural Worker, and Activist based in Santa Fe. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of Touchable Stories, an organization that uses art to take community oral history onto the main stage of civic dialogue. Flattery is also the Co-Director of The Bobby Mendes Peace Legacy, an anti-violence program of Touchable Stories, co-directed by peace activist Isaura Mendes. The program was initiated during the Upham's Corner community history/exhibit project 1999-2000. Previously, She was a Multimedia Fabricator at Meow Wolf, Artistic Director at the New England Folk Music Archives, and Artistic Director at Kerrville Folk Festival Foundation.
Shannon was an Artist in Residence at the Arts Research Center from 2006 to 2007.