All Power to All People - Hank Willis Thomas ©2018 Oakland CA 2021 Image courtesy Kindred Arts / Cinque Mubarak

CONTEMPORARY ART CURATOR, PUBLIC PROGRAMMER

Marsha Reid is Executive Director of Kindred Arts: a cultural equity initiative that conceives of and produces public art interventions and community programs in public spaces. Working with cities and cultural offices to produce outdoor exhibitions and  public programs that celebrate multicultural traditions and histories, that commemorate the diverse heritage of public spaces, and which contribute objects to the public realm that tell a more honest and representative story of our shared history. 

Reid’s Keystone program is the Monumental Tour, a traveling outdoor sculpture exhibition that to date has mounted in 11 US cities. By erecting new, temporary monuments, the Tour and its accompanying public programs seek to challenge prevailing master narratives and spark civic dialogue about the act of memorialization, with the ultimate goal of debunking falsehoods and misperceptions within public memory, and igniting transformation in the commemorative landscape of each city it inhabits. 

British born West-Indian, Reid’s curatorial practice predominantly focuses on exploring the possibility of black subjects as representative of universal concerns, and countering anti-blackness within the arts. Reid is passionate about engaging communities, elevating diverse voices, and giving a platform to artists for innovative expression. 

She previously served as the Mgr. Artistic Planning for The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Live Arts, programming and presenting Large-scale performance marathons, innovative dance, theater, music, and inter-media performances. Prior, she produced outdoor public programs for the Lincoln Center for Performance Art.