Adjoa Jones de Almeida's guest appearances

Adjoa Jones de Almeida

Cultura Conscious

Ethical Schools

Geoffrey Canada

Mark Gordon

Deborah Meier

Scarlett Lewis

Bob Moses

Melissa Rivers

Anna Allanbrook

Paulina Lopez

Jesse Lewis

Pedro Noguera

Cristina Garza

Eva Lopez

Zoe Weil

David Kirkland

Anabel Roque Rodríguez

OwlTail

We speak with Adjoa Jones de Almeida, Director of Education at the Brooklyn Museum. We discuss the significance of “art as experience.” Ms. Jones de Almeida describes art’s transformational power to educate and empower students of all ages, both personally and politically. The Museum partners with teachers across the academic spectrum and works to include diverse families and communities.

Adjoa Jones de Almeida of the Brooklyn Museum on art as experience

What is necessary for museums to radically imagine what is possible, not only what has been done? Adjoa Jones de Almeida, Director of Education at the Brooklyn Museum, shares how she decided to "step up" during a moment of transition for the museum. After beginning her career at the Brooklyn Museum in an entry level position, she hadn’t planned for a leadership role of this nature in her career trajectory. She shares how youth organizing and collectives have shaped the values that inform her leadership at a large encyclopedic museum. We also talk about organizational culture, how social movements change institutions, and the tricky nature of passion and work in a capitalist society.  After graduating from Brown University in 1995, Adjoa received a Fulbright scholarship to research community schools and cultural identity in Bahia, Brazil. In 1996 she moved to Brooklyn, NY where she worked as a high-school teacher at El Puente Academy for Peace &amp; Justice, and helped to create Sista II Sista (SIIS), a women’s collective dedicated to supporting young women of color in developing personal and collective power. In 2005, she earned her Master’s from Teacher's College in International Education Development. From 2006-2013 she lived in Arembepe, Bahia where she co-founded a community based organization, Diáspora Solidária, committed to social &amp; environmental justice, artistic expression and youth development. She began her work at the Brooklyn Museum in 2013. Reading:  The Art of Social Justice: Behold the beautiful struggle! by Adjoa Jones de Almeida  The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Adjoa Jones de Almeida contributor

What is necessary for museums to radically imagine what is possible, not only what has been done? Adjoa Jones de Almeida, Director of Education at the Brooklyn Museum, shares how she decided to "step up" during a moment of transition for the museum. After beginning her career at the Brooklyn Museum in an entry level position, she hadn’t planned for a leadership role of this nature in her career trajectory. She shares how youth organizing and collectives have shaped the values that inform her leadership at a large encyclopedic museum. We also talk about organizational culture, how social movements change institutions, and the tricky nature of passion and work in a capitalist society.  After graduating from Brown University in 1995, Adjoa received a Fulbright scholarship to research community schools and cultural identity in Bahia, Brazil. In 1996 she moved to Brooklyn, NY where she worked as a high-school teacher at El Puente Academy for Peace &amp; Justice, and helped to create Sista II Sista (SIIS), a women’s collective dedicated to supporting young women of color in developing personal and collective power. In 2005, she earned her Master’s from Teacher's College in International Education Development. From 2006-2013 she lived in Arembepe, Bahia where she co-founded a community based organization, Diáspora Solidária, committed to social &amp; environmental justice, artistic expression and youth development. She began her work at the Brooklyn Museum in 2013. Reading: <a href="http://ethicsineducation.org/2017/06/the-art-of-social-justice-behold-the-beautiful-struggle/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Art of Social Justice: Behold the beautiful struggle!</a> by Adjoa Jones de Almeida  <a href="https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-revolution-will-not-be-funded" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex</a>, Adjoa Jones de Almeida contributor

Radical Imagination with Adjoa Jones de Almeida 