Sienna Fekete

Sienna Fekete is a producer based in New York City with a background in radio, podcasting, and music. She is a Co-founder of Chroma, a cross-disciplinary studio centering womxn of color. She has worked exclusively with BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra, Playground Radio, On Air Fest, Red Bull Arts, Top Rank Magazine, and SiriusXM. She looks forward to creating more initiatives with Chroma, growing her practice as a curator and archivist, and building collectively with the community.

What drew you to the M.A. in Arts Politics?

I’m passionate about arts culture, public programming, and community; these are the types of work I make space for, whether that’s creating a dynamic range of immersive experiences, pitching new dialogues surrounding the arts and its current narrative, amplifying emerging voices, or curating work that reflects the diversity of New York and the larger global community. I believe that the Arts Politics M.A. Program brings this and centers this kind of creativity and consciousness. I look forward to further developing the scope, recognition, and accessibility of the arts and how we can engage with the art world. I strive to create work that is full of hope, resistance, mobility and makes space for people of color.

What are you doing now?

Sienna Fekete is the newly appointed Co-Director of Programs at The Center for Art and Advocacy. The Center for Art and Advocacy was established in 2022 to serve as a direct path to sustainability and equity for artists directly impacted by the criminal legal system. Upcoming programs include the exhibition opening of A Language We Share: Beverly Price and Gordon Parks on Friday, March 20 from 6-8pm. This exhibition features an intergenerational dialogue between 2023 Center Fellow Beverly Price and Gordon Parks, a world-renowned photographer regarded as one of the most impactful American artists of the 20th century. Additional programming includes a conversation with John Edgar Wideman, American novelist and short story writer; Mitchell S. Jackson, 2019 Center Fellow, 2021 Pulitzer Prize winner; and Reginald Dwayne Betts, 2017 Center Fellow and member of the Center Board of Directors; moderated by Elizabeth Alexander, President of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This panel will take place on Thursday, March 26 from 7-9pm at The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) in Brooklyn as part of their “Griot Talks” series.