ENCATC Academy on Cultural Relations and Diplomacy: The Rising Role of Cities

Leila Tamari is the Senior Program Officer at ArtPlace America. In her three year tenure at ArtPlace, she co-designed and co-led the National Creative Placemaking Fund, which invested $86.4 million in 279 creative placemaking projects across the United States from 2011-2017. Prior to ArtPlace, Leila worked with Creative Time, where she led various engagement initiatives and produced a diverse range of major public art projects in New York City – from solo artist commissions to group shows. Trained as a visual artist with an activist mentality, she received her B.A. from Smith College in Art History with a Museums Concentration. Leila is a native New Yorker and first generation North American.