Leigh Wells

Leigh Wells (they/them) is a Kentucky-raised, Brooklyn-based educator, arts ed. administrator, and activist​. Leigh is passionate about the potential, importance, and impact of artmaking in practice with critical, intersectional, and interdisciplinary thinking as tools for greater shared understanding and re-envisioning education. Their work in arts education and non-profit administration has been centered in New York City, on the unceded lands of Munsee Lenape and Canarsie peoples, including work at the Queens Museum, Museum of Arts & Design, PROOF: Media for Social Justice, Museum of the Moving Image, and Community-Word Project. Leigh is currently the Senior Manager of Youth Programs at the International Center of Photography (ICP). Their writing and photography have appeared in CMYK, Gourmet, Spinning Jenny, Poets & Artists, Narrative, and more.