In this episode we’re talking to Caitlin Crews, who I met through Fatima Jones at a Black Art Futures Fund friendraiser, and we became fast friends, and neighbors in Bedstuy Brooklyn. Then over the course of the interview, we learned — it turns out— Caitlin is related to one of my closest poetry friends from my days in college at UNC Chapel Hill! What a small world, and truly, we’re all connected. Caitlin has volunteered her time with Black Art Futures Fund and encouraged her colleagues at Adobe to support the work as well. Of course, we love that!
Caitlin Crews is originally from Uniontown, PA  and has called Brooklyn, NY home for the past 11 years. Currently, Caitlin is the Design Templates, Lead at Adobe. Her focus is on the advancement of creatives through design on the Adobe Stock Team. At Adobe, Caitlin is the lead for Black Employee Network in NYC for Adobe (BEN), served on the Community Grant Panel Decision Committee for Adobe New York, Adobe for All site lead and is a member of the Taking Action Task Force for Advocacy and Responsibility.
Previously, she worked as a Curatorial Assistant at the Brooklyn Museum. At Nautica she was a still life photographer and retoucher.  She was also a design and photo coordinator at Lord & Taylor and Victoria’s Secret. Her curatorial and community projects include Art 4 World Trade Center (2017) Northside Festival Block Party (2013-2018), Brooklyn Public at World Trade Center Gallery (2015), and Curatorial Assistant for Art in Odd Places RECALLed (2015). Caitlin has written for Got a Girl Crush Magazine, as well as a current member of the ISCP Young Patrons Committee. She received her M.P.S in Arts and Cultural Management from Pratt Institute and her B.S. in Photography from Kent State University.
This episode was recorded on February 5, 2021
Produced by Lauren Francis
Music by audionautix.com

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