Creatives Making Moves: Episode 20
Creatives Making Moves podcast spotlights passionate black women artists and creatives who are making bold moves as entrepreneurs.
November 19, 2020 by Victoria
#20: Walking In Your Purpose
Meet La Keisha Leek, an intuitive storyteller and passionate creative entrepreneur. Originally from Tampa, Florida, she’s an artists’ advocate, writer, and arts administrator based in Chicago. La Keisha is known for her wildly popular publication with Candor Arts, How to Make A Hood, a meditation on the misconceptions of Black bodies. She works at the MacArthur Foundation in Grant Management while successfully balancing being the Founder and Director of L’Louise Arts Foundation.
La Keisha’s years of curatorial experience as the Executive Administrator to Theaster Gates, and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, led her to want to start something new. L’Louise Arts Foundation was born. The Foundation supports emerging artists of color by providing professional and financial resources through their two core programs, Career Growth Lab and Career Growth Fund. It aims to provide essential skills, economic opportunities, and thought partnership needed for sustainable practices for artists and art administrators.
Join us as we discuss La Keisha’s calling as a Servant leader and how she helps artists create the narrative they want. If you’re looking for inspiration to follow your own path, this episode is for you!
Links in this episode:
L’Louise Arts Foundation Instagram