Amy Andrieux

An award-winning curator, storyteller, and educator, Amy Andrieux spent 20+ years as a media and advertising executive at TRACE, Red Bull Media House, MTV World, The Source, Translation, and more before venturing full time into the nonprofit sector. Led by the core principles of Design Justice,she weaves creative placemaking with empowered participatory design practices. As a digital maven, Amy has crafted curricula for Verizon Innovation/NYU Media Lab and is a former mentor at New Inc, New Museum’s art X technology incubator. Currently, she is a Professor of Integrated Design Strategies at Parsons School of Design and the Executive Director and Chief Curator at the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art (MoCADA) in Brooklyn, New York. Celebrated for her work uplifting the African diaspora, in 2020, Amy was awarded the 2020 Trailblazer Award from The 400 Years of African-American History Commission, and in 2023 she received a proclamation from NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams. In 2024, Amy became a Mellon Faculty Fellow of Excellence at The New School, and was recognized in NY City and State’s Power 100 list in Arts & Culture.