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My practice is about imagining how our species can be in right relationship with each other and the ecosystems around us. Being a Public Artist has me often reflecting on who “the public” is and how to create work that challenges dominant narratives about those in our public who bear the weight of an exploitative and extractive culture. The strength and humility of the relationships between people and the more-than-humans we’re in community with will determine our ability to adapt to changing environmental and social conditions in ways that can make our communities more resilient.

Industry Experience

• 2018 – Present – Arts and Culture Innovator, Creative Placemaking, Green Infrastructure, and commissioned artwork for the Towns of Hull and Rockland, the City of Everett, Franklin Park Zoo, and regional planners, MA
• 2017 – 2018 – Artist in Residence. Metropolitan Area Planning Council, Boston, Salem, and Worcester, MA
• 2017 – Guest Lecturer and Capstone Project Host, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA
• 2012- 2015 – Assistant Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Artward Bound, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

Publications

• 2019 – “Art Talk with Public Artist Carolyn Lewenberg,” by Rebecca Sutton, Art Works Blog
• 2019 – “Metro Boston to Get More Creative with City Planning,” by Emily Nonko, Next City,
• 2019 – Hylton, Cecilia. “An Artist Walks into a Planning Agency,” Cecilia Hylton, Barr Foundation
• Greene, April. “AIRs bring fresh perspective to government,” April Greene, ArtPlace America
• 2019 – Author, “A Reflection from MAPC’s First Artist in Residence,” ArtsBlog, Americans for the Arts

Connect:

• carolynl.net
• IG: @carolynlcreative