Charanya R

Charanya Ramakrishnan is a leading international art educator with over a decade of experience in the field. As a multimedia artist and educator, she has led several innovative projects and was awarded the Fulbright scholarship for Arts and Cultural Management. She holds a dual degree with a Masters in Art Education and Community Practice from New York University as well as a Masters in Social Work from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India.

She has played key leadership roles in civil society and non-profit organizations and was on the board of Yakshi Resource and Creativity Center for Rural Children and Youth. Her work also involved organizing for food sovereignty, resource rights and social justice. She also collaborated with traditional artisans, visual artists and musicians to develop unique educational modules for children and youth.

Charanya is deeply passionate about the power of art in transforming lives and is currently the Director of Community Engagement at the Louis Armstrong House Museum. She is committed to enhancing community engagement, developing creative pedagogy and leading the educational initiatives at the museum; that draw from the transformative elements of jazz, the civil rights movement, the archives and oral histories rooted in radical hope and imagination.