Kristina Newman-Scott is transforming the Brooklyn cultural scene.
“It truly is ‘Celebrate Brooklyn.’ You could be sitting next to Taylor Swift or the guy who owns the small business down the street,” says Kristina Newman-Scott of Brooklyn art nonprofit BRIC’s outdoor concert series at Prospect Park Bandshell, which recently wrapped up for the season. “It’s unpretentious in a lot of ways, which I really love.”
One year into her tenure as BRIC’s president, Newman-Scott is launching her strategic vision for the arts and media organization. The energetic leader, who previously served as the director of culture and historic preservation for the state of Connecticut, compares the energy of Brooklyn to her hometown of Kingston, Jamaica: “always on.” It was there that she studied arts and worked as a TV personality before relocating to Connecticut.
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“In my position right now, which is in a position of power, it’s important for me to keep that at top of my mind,” she says. “It has been important to me to make sure I’m creating pathways for people of all different walks of life, but particularly people of color who haven’t had access to the cultural sector. And I feel like it’s my responsibility in a lot of ways because a path was created for me and I have to continue to pass it on.
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