Apr 27, 2021
Dr. Alex Gee talks with Joy Bailey-Bryant, Lord Cultural Resources President, about the importance of cultural spaces and innovative museums. Baily-Bryant is involved in supporting the development of The Center for Black Excellence and Culture in Madison, WI. They connect over shared Black culture and tell stories of the power of preserving culture, demonstrating the resilient power of culture that has space to speak into itself. You won't want to miss a fun new edition of Black Ice Breakers.
As leader of cultural planning at the largest cultural
consultancy in the world, Joy works with city officials,
institutional leaders, and developers, in global municipalities
like Chicago; New York; Dhaka, Bangladesh; and Dharan, Saudi Arabia
to creatively plan cities and bring people (life!) to public
institutions. Joy led the teams for institutional and cultural
planning on remarkable projects like the National Museum of African
American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., reaching more
than 1,000 stakeholders across the country to learn their
expectations for the new museum; the National September 11 Memorial
and Museum at the World Trade Center, directing citywide engagement
in locations as large as Chicago and small as Decatur, Georgia –
speaking with thousands of individuals in meetings and on social
media – to assess, project, and plan for their cultural needs; and
planning and opening the expansion of the Albany Civil Rights
Institute in Albany, Georgia—unearthing thousands of untold stories
of the Southwest Georgia Civil Rights Movement.
A cultural planning specialist, certified interpretive planner, and
outreach facilitator, Joy honed her specialized skill working in
collaborative roles at the Institute of Museum and Library Services
(IMLS) and notable cultural planning projects.