Joy Glidden: From DUMBO to CPAL

JOY GLIDDEN is best known as the co-founder of the Dumbo Art Under the Bridge Festival (1997)

and the founder of the DUMBO Arts Center (1998). She was the director of New Orleans-based

nonprofit Louisiana ArtWorks (2007–2010), founding director of PBS Art Index TV (2010–present),

and senior advisor to the Northern New England Museum of Contemporary Art (NNE MoCA) as well

as the Northern New England Artist Legacy Project (NNE ALP) (2017–2020). Glidden is the founder

of the Center for the Preservation of Artists’ Legacies (CPAL) (2020–present), a 501c3 dedicated to

the preservation of visual contemporary artists’ legacies.

She served on the PROSPECT New Orleans Honorary Committee, on the Board of Directors of

ArtTable as the National VP of Programs, and currently serves on the Advisory Committee at

Harlem Burial Ground, Harlem, NY.

Glidden is known for her entrepreneurial design of innovative programs and unique infrastructure

build-out within the non-profit sector. She has given talks on developing non-profit art

organizations at New York University, 92nd Street Y, and the Pratt Institute, lectured on

entrepreneurship in the arts at Appalachian State University, and on professional career

development for MFA students at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and Louisiana State

University. Most recently, she has spoken on the advancing challenges in the burgeoning artist

legacy field to CUNY Queens College MFA students and faculty.

Glidden has delivered talks on the positive economic effects of an artist’s community with Danish,

Norwegian, and Korean government representatives.

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