President of BRIC Kristina Newman-Scott on stage through the forty third Annual BRIC Have a good time Brooklyn! Competition Opening Evening on the Prospect Park Lena Horne Bandshell on July 31, 2021 in New York Metropolis.
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In a report from the Knight Basis, the Miami-based group introduced that Kristina Newman-Scott, a legendary Jamaican artist, will oversee the group’s huge arts portfolio.
The brand new vp, Newman-Scott, will oversee a brand new portfolio of US$466M to help artists and humanities organizations in constructing extra resilient and vigorous communities by way of their abilities. As well as, it is going to assist allow artists all through the nation to make use of new and progressive applied sciences and strategies to reinforce experiences, have interaction new audiences, and encourage new works.
Maribel Perez Wadsworth, Knight’s Basis President and CEO, commented on Kristina Newman-Scott’s achievement. She stated, “Newman-Scott understands the ability of the humanities to construct and strengthen the neighborhood and its inspiring impact.
“She deeply understands the constructive results of a thriving arts ecosystem on native economics. She is an lively champion of native artists and organizations, constructing communities the place everybody can take part. I couldn’t be extra delighted to welcome Kristina to the Knight Basis.”
For her half, Newman-Scott described the Knight Basis as an industry-leading funder inside the arts, with a confirmed observe report of significant and sustainable impression for the populations it serves.
She additional defined, “I’ve labored throughout each nook of the artwork world, from training artists to curators to directors. I carry a multidisciplinary method that meets arts organizations and artists the place they’re of their skilled journey. I’m thrilled to affix a corporation with a transparent devotion to this work and such a wealthy historical past of outcomes.
I stay up for constructing on Knight’s Basis’s unbelievable legacy.”
Kristina Newman-Scott graduated from the Edna Manley Faculty of the Visible and Performing Arts in Kingston, Jamaica, with a bachelor’s in high-quality arts.
For over 20 years of management within the arts in New York Metropolis, she was named one of many 2020’s Observer in NYCity Arts Energy 50 and 2021 Metropolis and State NY Energy 50, serving to form New York’s digital future.
Newman-Scott has additionally labored extensively in an enormous community within the New York Metropolis cultural world. Her expertise has additionally taken her to perform because the Director of Tradition for the State of Connecticut, the place she oversaw all arts, preservation, and cultural initiatives within the state.
The Knight Basis was established in 1950 and has invested in journalism, the humanities, and civic innovation for over 70 years to assist create, inform, and reform communities by way of numerous cultural spheres.
