Charanya Ramakrishnan

Charanya Ramakrishnan is a leading international art educator with over a decade of experience in the field. She is a recipient of the prestigious Fulbright Award for Arts and Cultural Management. In recognition of her academic excellence, she was honored with the Department Banner Bearer Award for outstanding achievement in the Master’s in Art Education and Community Practice program at New York University, as well as the Best Field Work Award for her Master’s in Social Work from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India.

As a multimedia artist and educator, Charanya has led several innovative international projects across Japan, Brazil, the Philippines, Thailand, Colombia, and has worked extensively in India. She was the coordinator for the international project : W.H.O Resource on Arts Practice and the Ethics of Care at Arts + Health @ NYU that brought together arts practitioners across the globe. Charanya has held key leadership roles in civil society and non-profits, co-founding the learning center Kudali and serving on the board of Yakshi- Resource and Creativity Center for Rural Children and Youth.

At the museum, Charanya currently leads the Corona Collections Project and also designs educational modules on housing and justice arts through research into community archives. As a collage artist inspired by the work of Louis Armstrong, she has facilitated workshops with various organizations including the Whitney Museum, Museum of Moving Image, Lewis Latimer House, using collage as a medium for archiving and personal storytelling. She is deeply committed to community engagement and educational initiatives that draw on the transformative power of community archives, jazz and visual art. 

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