Leadership

Dorothy  is a fabric and multimedia artist and community activist who is inspired by history and current issues of social justice. She also was a faculty member at the Associated Colleges of the Midwest Chicago Program where she taught seminars on systemic racism, criminal justice, and social problems for twenty six years.

Amber is a Chicago based artist and teacher at the University of Chicago in the Department of Visual Arts. She is a co-founder of Project Fielding. Amber’s deep experience with complex collaborations, teaching across all age groups, and creative endeavors on an architectural scale uniquely position her as the executive director of Narrow Bridge. Amber’s work as an artist is grounded on ongoing collaborations, some decades long. She is a leader who brings people into work and then maintains those connections. As an artist who works on large scale projects, she brings tremendous creativity as an executive director.

Barbara  is an artist and the founder and executive director of the Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange (CCRx) which fosters creativity and environmental stewardship through creative reuse and redistribution of surplus to Chicago teachers and nonprofits. Prior to founding CCRx, Barbara worked for the City of Chicago, creating and implementing programs for artists and small arts organizations.

Nef is a retired lawyer and law librarian. She is a professor emeritus at Colorado Law and a lifelong maker. Her scholarly interests focus on such issues of legal informatics as access to legal information, human/computer interaction, and algorithmic accountability. Her current work focuses on user interfaces and AI.

Livia Krohn Miller is a designer and artist, now pursuing a Master of Architecture I degree at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Their work explores ecologies, relationality and material re-use.

Shonna Pryor is a conceptual artist, art programs producer, and an educator at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her visual arts practice has sought to create equitable space and expanded awareness.

Allison Peters Quinn is the Director of Exhibition & Residency Programs at Hyde Park Art Center, a writer and art administrator based in Chicago. Through her practice, she explores civically-oriented art projects that address intersections between public space, the built environment and human agency.

Miriam is currently pursuing a PhD in industrial ecology and has a background developing environmentally benign educational shops and production facilities as well as teaching safe, conscientious making. Prior to graduate school she worked at the intersection of urban sustainability and manufacturing in the Chicago area.

Charlie is the founder of Adaptive Operations, an architectural firm focused on adaptive reuse.  Prior to this, he was the Creative Director at Rebuilding Exchange, a building materials reuse non-profit. He currently teaches at the Illinois Institute of Technology.