Amelia Carter
Amelia is a mixed Black lesbian multidisciplinary artist and cultural producer from Philadelphia. For eight years, she has used film, installation art, and creative programming to organize communities around LGBT, racial, and economic justice issues. Her films, direct actions, events, and installations are community-driven and have participatory art at their core. Through her art activism with Penn Community for Justice (PCJ), Philly Human Rights Appeal (PHRA), Germantown United CDC (GUCDC), iMPeRFeCT Gallery, Kolkata Anandam for Equality and Justice (KAEJ), and beyond, Amelia engages themes like gentrification, police accountability, racial inequity, sustainable economic development, and human rights advocacy.
Amelia has ten years of professional experience working in global education at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2022 she became Managing Director of the public art and history studio Monument Lab.
Awarded Grants
2022
Leeway Transformation Award (LTA)
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Overview
Amelia is a Black lesbian multidisciplinary artist and cultural producer from Philadelphia. For eight years, she has used film, installation art, and creative programming to organize communities around LGBTQ, racial, and economic justice issues. Her films, direct actions, events, and installations are community-driven and have participatory art at their core. Through her art activism with Penn Community for Justice (PCJ), Philly Human Rights Appeal (PHRA), Germantown United CDC (GUCDC), iMPeRFeCT Gallery, Kolkata Anandam for Equality and Justice (KAEJ), and beyond, Amelia engages themes like gentrification, police accountability, racial inequity, sustainable economic development, and human rights advocacy.
Amelia has ten years of professional experience working in global education at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). She recently resigned from her post as Assistant Director of the Penn South Asia Center (SAC) to pursue her artistic career full-time.
