In this episode, Blake and Brigitte sit down to talk about her experiences as a founder and executive director of a non-profit, and how that relates to the business community.
They also touch on Brigitte's article in published on Medium, (link below) and how our world has changed in the past couple of years. Brigitte speaks on new-found corporate social responsibilities that are taking center stage, but questions some of their merit.
Be sure to check out her art collective, The Union, here: https://www.u-ca.org/about
Link to Brigitte's article: https://brigitte-mcqueen.medium.com/
About Brigitte:
Originally from Detroit, Brigitte earned her degree in Journalism from St. John’s University in New York City. She has worked in advertising, as a pastry chef and spent 10 years in publishing as a Production Manager with Teen People magazine. After adopting Omaha as her home in 2006, she opened a commercial gallery, called PULP. As its Curator, she showcased the work of local and international contemporary artists. Following her desire to better support Omaha’s arts community through non-profit work, Brigitte became the Manager of the Underground at The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in 2010. While there, she helped to develop exhibitions and programs that extended the organizations mission to support exceptional talent to the arts community of Omaha. In January 2011, she left The Bemis to further pursue her commitment to cultivating the arts in the community and founded The Union for Contemporary Art.
In addition to her life within The Union, Brigitte is actively involved with the Kent Bellows Studio and Center for Visual Arts, Friends of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, The Joslyn Museum‘s Community Engagement Committee, Emerging Terrain‘s Events Committee and Filmstream‘s Community Development Committee. She also occasionally gets to bake, knit, quilt and renovate her 99 year old home in North Omaha.
In this episode, Blake and Brigitte sit down to talk about her experiences as a founder and executive director of a non-profit, and how that relates to the business community.
They also touch on Brigitte's article in published on Medium, (link below) and how our world has changed in the past couple of years. Brigitte speaks on new-found corporate social responsibilities that are taking center stage, but questions some of their merit.
Be sure to check out her art collective, The Union, here: https://www.u-ca.org/about
Link to Brigitte's article: https://brigitte-mcqueen.medium.com/
About Brigitte:
Originally from Detroit, Brigitte earned her degree in Journalism from St. John’s University in New York City. She has worked in advertising, as a pastry chef and spent 10 years in publishing as a Production Manager with Teen People magazine. After adopting Omaha as her home in 2006, she opened a commercial gallery, called PULP. As its Curator, she showcased the work of local and international contemporary artists. Following her desire to better support Omaha’s arts community through non-profit work, Brigitte became the Manager of the Underground at The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in 2010. While there, she helped to develop exhibitions and programs that extended the organizations mission to support exceptional talent to the arts community of Omaha. In January 2011, she left The Bemis to further pursue her commitment to cultivating the arts in the community and founded The Union for Contemporary Art.
In addition to her life within The Union, Brigitte is actively involved with the Kent Bellows Studio and Center for Visual Arts, Friends of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, The Joslyn Museum‘s Community Engagement Committee, Emerging Terrain‘s Events Committee and Filmstream‘s Community Development Committee. She also occasionally gets to bake, knit, quilt and renovate her 99 year old home in North Omaha.