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NEWS/LETTER


September 2026

Summer brought some real moments of joy and pride here in New York - from celebrating the togetherness that sports brought to us and seeing great art to spending time at our incredible public beaches, libraries and parks with my very special community here! I hope you have captured feelings of local pride in your community to usher in the fall too.  In times of upheaval, a sense of belonging feels particularly critical to sustaining ourselves and holding on to the futures we believe in. 

As a new season begins, I am excited to welcome new projects and clients for fall and into 2027! If you or any organizations you love need support for facilitated visioning, change work, planning or starting something new, I’d love to connect!  I am also including an invitation for conversations with those of you who may be thinking about the same things I am right now.

In 2026, after 7 years of practice and 3 interim leadership roles at Lohar Projects, I made time for reflection  - which led me to some bigger questions about leadership development and internal organizational culture in our sector. Currently, I am taking a broad look at programs and resources supporting leadership development for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) individuals. If you are (or have been) part of organizing, facilitating or participating in any such programs, I invite you to have a short dialog with me about your experience and welcome recommendations for people, books, articles or podcasts on this topic. (please reach out!)

Concurrent with this, I am grateful for my work with clients this year, whose conversations have supported my reflection process in generative ways.  I returned to Grounds for Sculpture to develop plans for expanded capacities to support artists through their recent merger with the Johnson Atelier (congratulations!), strategized for the future with More Art, and returned to one of my favorite places, Wassaic Project, as a critic-in-residence for two weeks in spring.

As always, at the heart of my practice (and inspiration) are artists and art workers. This year,  I had a chance to facilitate a session for the Museum HUE Leadership Cohort on strategic planning and organizational design while continuing my role as a mentor for the NYFA Incubator for Executives of Color. Creative Capital brought me into dialogue with a few expansive artists whose work feels like the spark, joy, and questions we need right now so I am sharing them with you too - Liz Ferrer (catch LIZN’ BOW in Times Square this month!), Benjamin Akio Kimitch, Miatta Kawinzi, and Serife Wong. And last but never least is another favorite, NEW INC, where I am working with the program to provide customized planning tools for members to bring their ideas to life. 

This suite of activities, seeing and supporting our arts ecosystem in a wide range of ways, is what I love most about Lohar Projects - unexpected connections, new questions, and incredible people to expand ideas with.  I welcome it all as an opportunity to weave something bigger together.