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Georgiana Pickett

Ms. Georgiana Pickett has been a steadfast contributor to the arts environment on local, national and international levels for 21 years. After entering the field through in the visual arts in her hometown Buffalo, New York, Georgiana moved to Miami where she became the Artistic Director at Miami-Dade College’s globally recognized Cultural Affairs Department. Georgiana served at Miami-Dade College for 6 years where she became a valued member or contributor to many regional and national arts organizations and an advocate for multiple artist and community-based projects. She served on the Boards of CEPA Gallery, Tigertail Productions and the Association of Performing Arts Presenters in the early part of her career. Georgiana Pickett now lives in New York City. She spent two years there as an arts management consultant serving artists and arts organizations in the areas of project and resource development, programming, production and research. Some of her clients included the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The Harlem Arts Alliance, The August Wilson Center for African American Culture as well as many individual artists. In 2004 she joined 651 ARTS and has served as its Executive Director since then. Based in Brooklyn, 651 ARTS is an internationally recognized presenter and producer of contemporary performing arts from the African Diaspora. Based in the BAM Harvey Theater, 651 ARTS presents an annual season of contemporary dance, theater, and music events in venues throughout Brooklyn as well as provides services and resources for artists to develop new work. 651 ARTS’ flagship program Africa Exchange brings artists from Africa to the United States and sends US based artists to Africa to perform, develop new work, conduct research and to engage in international dialogue and exchange. Happily, Georgiana also travels to Africa at least once a year to further this program.  Georgiana also serves on the Board of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council of the State University of New York at Buffalo.