Leading with Artivism
“Leading with Artivism” is a live quarterly interview series, created and curated by Poet Gold in collaboration with Arts Mid-Hudson, featuring a diverse mix of Artivists (Artist Activists) who have taken up the charge through their art to highlight social issues. We invite you to ask questions and get an inside look at the hearts and minds of these courageous creatives.
Poet Gold is a rare talent who grabs you by the heart and says “Recognize” – Poet, author, performer, songwriter, community “Artivist” and speaker, Bettina “Poet Gold” Wilkerson is pushing the boundaries of poetry and the spoken word. Living with a chronic illness since childhood, Poet Gold, or as she is affectionately known as “Gold”, brings a soul-searching insight about the human existence, love, dreams, challenges, and triumph.
Q&A with Victoria Munro
Wednesday, November 19 at 7:00 p.m.
Virtual Live Stream Event
FREE BUT MUST RSVP!
About the guest
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Victoria Munro (b. 1975, Wellington, New Zealand) is a queer artist, educator, writer, and curator whose multifaceted practice bridges sculpture, public art, and cultural leadership. Her art practice is grounded in minimalism and material sensitivity, shaped through her long-standing affiliations with national and international reductive art groups such as Minus Space and PS Projects.
Currently, Munro is the Executive Director and Curator of the Alice Austen House Museum—an institution deeply rooted in queer history—where she stewards a site of LGBTQ+ visibility and storytelling. She also serves as Board President of the Museums Council of New York City and sits on both the Executive Leadership Committee of the NYC Parks and Open Spaces Coalition and the National Trust’s Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios Program.
As founder of the Queer Ecologies Garden Project at Alice Austen Park, Munro fuses environmental activism with queer theory, cultivating a living, evolving space that reimagines relationships between identity, land, and community. Her work—across sculpture, curation, and ecological practice—champions queer presence in both natural and institutional spaces.