Amanda Lovelee

Amanda Lovelee is an artist who works in civic systems as a translator between government and community with the goal of building places where everyone belongs. She currently works as the Parks Ambassador for the Metropolitan Council based in the Twin Cities where her job is to connect people to the outdoors with a focus on equity. The creative tools Amanda has created for community engagement and connection have been used and replicated across the US. She is interested in how people connect and the spaces in which they do. Amanda holds an MFA in Visual Studies from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and a BFA in Photography from University of Hartford. Amanda is a Fellow of Salzburg Global Seminar.