People
At Recess, people shape the work.
Our team is a constellation of artists, organizers, educators, and cultural workers who lead from their lived experience and bring their full selves into the space. We work collaboratively across roles and disciplines, guided by the belief that creativity is co-created, leadership is shared, and care is a collective practice.
Staff
Resource Mobilizer
Sarah Ahmed is an art administrator, historian, and community organizer from Cairo and Texas.
Artist Social Worker
Saadiq is a dedicated Moorish-American social worker with over 16 years of experience.
Co-Director
Lindsay is a Brooklyn based artist, social justice advocate, curator & educator.
Associate Director of Facilities & Production
Kyle is an art handler, fabricator & designer who translates artists’ ideas into tangible spaces.
Co-Director
Ladi'Sasha Jones is an arts writer, toy designer and curator from Harlem.
Associate Director of Youth Organizing
KT is a multidisciplinary community engagement artist, educator, resourcer, and youth arts director
Associate Director of Artist Programs
Prerana is a cultural producer connecting art, civic engagement, and social justice.
Associate Director of Marketing & Communications
Alexa is a designer and ethnographer with a practice rooted in the Southern Black Oral tradition.
Board of Directors
Board Member
Wanett Clyde is the Collections Management Librarian at CUNY’s New York City College of Technology.
Board Member & past Critical Writer
Che Gossett is a Black non binary writer and critic.
Board Member
Anthonine Pierre is a Brooklyn-born Haitian facilitator, organizer and storyteller.
Board Member
LGL Tenacity (she/her/goddess): is a seasoned polymath Femme and social justice leader
Advisory Circle
Representing Session and Assembly alums, community partners, and thought leaders—the Advisory Circle supports the organization's staff and board in a project-based non-decision making capacity over one year cycles.
Advisory Circle : Amir Akram, Princess Kelly, Rowan Renee, Isaac I. Scott, Christopher Udemezue
Assembly Fellows
Fellow
artist exploring rap, clothing design, and somatic practices
Fellow
designer, makeup artist, and community organizer
Fellow
muralist and illustrator whose practice extends into clothing design
Fellow
tattoo artist, illustrator, and clothing designer
Fellow
video producer and digital archivist specializing in music videos
Fellow
rapper, doula, and music video producer
Coalitions
Recess is proud to be a member of many collective organizing coalitions, collectives, and other community groups that work together to advance shared missions.
Collaborative Arts Network New York (CANNY)
Downtown Brooklyn Arts Alliance (DBAA)
Community
Artist
Akeema-Zane is an artist and researcher working in literature, film performance and sound.
Fellow
artist exploring rap, clothing design, and somatic practices
Artists
Assembly offers system-impacted young people aged 18-26 an inroad to art.
Artist
AYDO (A young Yu & Nicholas Oh) is a collaborative artist duo based in New York.
Artists
"created to foster an alternative to everything." The collective is five to eight rotating members.
Artists
A network of femme and non-conforming people living and working with chronic illness.
Fellow
designer, makeup artist, and community organizer
Assembly Fellow
Novelist, hip hop artist, multi instrumentalist focused on the creation of dynamic worlds & stories
Institutional Supporters
Amalgamated Bank
AG Foundation
Arison Arts Foundation
Art for Justice Fund, a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Brooklyn Org
Ford Foundation
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
Mellon Foundation
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
Pinkerton Foundation
Ruth Foundation for the Arts
The Salomon Foundation
The Gage Fund
The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation
Wescustogo Foundation
In-Kind Support
Materials for the Arts & NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
Sustainers
We are grateful for generous support from individuals who sustain Recess with annual contributions ranging from $25 to $25,000.