Arlene Goldbard
Arlene Goldbard is a New Mexico–based writer, visual artist, speaker, consultant, and cultural activist. Her books include The Wave (Waterlight Press, 2013), The Culture of Possibility: Art, Artists & The Future (Waterlight Press, 2013), New Creative Community: The Art of Cultural Development (New Village Press, 2006), and In the Camp of Angels of Freedom (New Village Press, 2023). She is Chief Policy Wonk Emerita of the USDAC.
Goldbard’s essays have appeared in many journals, such as Art in America, The Independent, High Performance, and Tikkun. She is a former President of the Shalom Center, and now sits on its board as well as the board of ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal and Tsofah.
Goldbard was one of 2015’s “fifty most powerful and influential people in the nonprofit arts,” and a 2019 recipient of the Randy Martin Spirit Award from Imagining America. She works for justice and compassion while advocating for community-based arts. Listen to her podcast, A Culture of Possibility with co-host Francois Matarasso.