Lauraberth (they/she) is the Co-Director of Programs at the Center for Art and Advocacy and a Professor of Museum Studies at New York University. Lima has also worked as an established Cultural Consultant with over 15 years of experience in education and community engagement in cultural institutions. Lauraberth brings a social justice lens to programming through interdisciplinary expertise in BIPOC representation in the arts, abolitionary praxis, health equity, museum and art education, youth and early childhood development, as well as programming for LGBTQ2SIA+/gender expansive communities.
Lima has worked with the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI), The Aspen Institute, Wellcome Trust, Art21, Visual AIDS, MoMA PS1, Creative Time, Columbia University Teachers College, Vassar University, Little Sun, and more. Prior to consulting Lauraberth served as the Director of Education for No Longer Empty, Manager of Family and Community Engagement Programs and the Internship in Museum Education Program at the Museum of the City of New York, Family Programs Coordinator at the Brooklyn Museum, Education Director at the Boys and Girls Club of Boston, a Teaching Artist, and more.
Lima is the founder of @CaboQueer, is a founding member of the arts education organization, The Love Yourself Project, NYC, 501(c)3, and a member of The Committee to Empower Voices for Healing and Equity (led by NYC DCLA). They currently serve as Vice Chair of the Making Gay History Board of Directors.
Lauraberth was born in Cabo Verde, West Africa, raised in Rhode Island, and has been based in NYC since 2009. They earned an MFA in Photography, Video and Related Media from the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan and now live with their wife and child in Jackson Heights, NY.
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"Abolition is my love language." - Lauraberth Lima, 2021