Public Art and Equity with Amina Kache Cooper
09/13/21 • 48 min
This week on First Coat we have Amina Cooper. Amina is a curator, public arts consultant and public art policy strategist and founder of Amewa Fine Art. She has over a decade of experience working with fine art and public art collections for leading municipalities, museums and galleries in Washington, DC and Boston, MA. She currently manages over 3 million dollars in large scale public art projects as a public art consultant. She is also the inaugural Forecast Change Lab Research Fellow and initiated a broad survey of black public art. She created and runs the Instagram account @Blackmonuments.
In this episode we talk about how to create more equity in the public art space and learn from Amina's experience leading large-scale public art projects.
Show Notes: http://distillcreative.com/blog/09/13/21/public-art-and-equity-with-amina-kache-cooper-ep-19
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This week on First Coat we have Amina Cooper. Amina is a curator, public arts consultant and public art policy strategist and founder of Amewa Fine Art. She has over a decade of experience working with fine art and public art collections for leading municipalities, museums and galleries in Washington, DC and Boston, MA. She currently manages over 3 million dollars in large scale public art projects as a public art consultant. She is also the inaugural Forecast Change Lab Research Fellow and initiated a broad survey of black public art. She created and runs the Instagram account @Blackmonuments.
In this episode we talk about how to create more equity in the public art space and learn from Amina's experience leading large-scale public art projects.
Show Notes: http://distillcreative.com/blog/09/13/21/public-art-and-equity-with-amina-kache-cooper-ep-19
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Learn more about Distill Creative’s art consulting services.
Are you an artist? Sign up for our Distill Directory and you’ll be considered for art commissions and future projects.
Find more episodes at https://distillcreative.com/firstcoat
Instagram @distillcreative
Are you an artist? Sign up for our Distill Directory.
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Are you an artist? Sign up for our Distill Directory and you’ll be considered for art commissions and future projects.
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First Coat - Public Art and Equity with Amina Kache Cooper
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Welcome to First Coat, where we explore public realm art, how it's made and why it matters. I'm your host Stephanie Eche an artist and entrepreneur based in Brooklyn, New York. I run Distill Creative where I curate and produce site specific art projects for real estate developers. I focus on creating more equitable and inclusive projects, and I want to get more exposure for the artists and developers doing this work. This week on First Coat
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