Photo by Jessye Herrell, 2017

Lindsay Catherine Harris (they/she) is a Brooklyn based artist, social justice advocate, curator and educator.

Born in Southern California in 1986, raised in Santa Fe, NM, and matured in Brooklyn, NY, Lindsay holds a B.A. in Africana Studies & Art from Vassar College and M.A. in Arts Politics from Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. Lindsay’s multimedia project Evoking the Mulatto (2015) has been exhibited at BRIC Arts Media, Brooklyn Museum, YouTube Space and published by The Atlantic, Blavity, and NPR. Co-curated by Lindsay, Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall, an exhibition featuring 28 LGBTQ+ artists and collectives making work in NYC today within the legacy of the Stonewall uprising, was named NYTimes Best Art of 2019.

In 2023, Lindsay joined Recess, an abolitionist arts non profit in Brooklyn, as Co-Director, where they partner with artists and system-impacted young adults as visionaries in an ecosystem of care and accountability. Previously, Lindsay led youth leadership and arts programming at Brooklyn Museum for 9 years across multiple positions, most recently as Director of Education. Lindsay is committed to increasing meaningful civic engagement through the arts, challenging inequity, and amplifying youth voice—specifically femme, queer, and trans youth of color—in cultural programming in Brooklyn. Lindsay has worked at public schools and community-based organizations across NYC including Educational Video Center, Museum of the Moving Image, BRIC Arts Media, Brooklyn International High School, and Center for Urban Pedagogy. Lindsay was named one of NY Politics’ 2023 Power Players in Education.

Lindsay was a Flaherty Film Seminar Fellow (2015), Black Public Media Nonso Christian Ugbode Fellow (2013-2015), Laundromat Project Create Change Fellow (2016), NYU Global Institute Critical Collaborations Fellow (2016-2018), and NYFA Incubator for Executive Leaders of Color Fellow (2024).

(Photo by Jessye Herrell)