Beka Economopoulos Explained

Birth Date:1974
Education:Northwestern University
Known For:Social justice activism
Website:notanalternative.org/ and http://thenaturalhistorymuseum.org

Beka Economopoulos (born 1974) is an American artist and director of the art, activism, technology, and theory non-profit "Not An Alternative". She is a co-founder and director of a traveling pop-up museum, The Natural History Museum, as well as an organizer of the March for Science.

Personal life

Economopoulos was educated at Holton-Arms School and Northwestern University.[1] She is married to Jason Jones. They have one child, and they live in Vashon, Washington.[2]

Career

An environmental justice activist since about 1993, Economopoulos was a co-founder of The Natural History Museum in 2014,[3] a traveling museum and museum transformation project highlighting sociopolitical forces that shape nature, which The New York Times and ArtNet named "Best in Art in 2015".[4] [5] She is a founding member of Not An Alternative, a social justice arts collective, and she was a co-organizer and Board Member of the March for Science in 2017.[6] She is a sustainability advocate, and has been Director of Online Organizing at Greenpeace and the Director of Strategy at Fission Strategy. In those positions she worked with the Global Climate Change Alliance and the United Nations Foundation.[7]

Economopoulos and The Natural History museum have mobilized protests of museums with connections to petroleum interests and climate change deniers, urging museums to cut ties with them.[8] [9] [10]

Selected publications

Awards

In 2018, Economopoulos became one of twenty Roddenberry fellows in the inaugural year of the fellowship, designated to support, "leaders and disrupters whose work is making our country more inclusive and equitable for all".[11] [12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Precious . Tom . August 3, 2000 . Protests Ebb in Aftermath of Violence . subscription . live . https://archive.today/20240627-002010/https://buffalonews.com/news/protests-ebb-in-aftermath-of-violence/article_04d48120-78a9-5dee-8feb-78a1ec2f25d1.html . June 27, 2024 . October 23, 2018 . . en-US.
  2. News: Boyle . Christina . February 24, 2012 . Occupy Wall Street baby born in a Brooklyn cab, and videographer dad captures it on film . subscription . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171025191844/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/video-occupy-wall-street-baby-born-brooklyn-cab-videographer-dad-captures-film-article-1.1028034 . October 25, 2017 . June 20, 2018 . . en-US.
  3. News: Karr . Rick . May 3, 2018 . American Museum of Natural History In New York Grappling With A Board Member Dilemma . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230602021048/https://www.npr.org/2018/05/03/608291942/american-museum-of-natural-history-in-new-york-grappling-with-a-board-member-dil . June 2, 2023 . October 23, 2018 . . . en.
  4. News: Cotter . Holland . Holland Cotter . Smith . Roberta . Roberta Smith . December 9, 2015 . The Best in Art of 2015: Gains . live . https://archive.today/20240627-002843/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/09/arts/design/best-art-2015.html . 27 June 2024 . June 20, 2018 . . en.
  5. Web site: 2018 . The Natural History Museum and the Future of Nature with Beka Economopoulos and Dan Kammen . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240225143145/https://bampfa.org/event/natural-history-museum-and-future-nature-beka-economopoulos-and-dan-kammen . February 25, 2024 . October 23, 2018 . . en.
  6. News: St. Fleur . Nicholas . April 22, 2017 . Scientists, Feeling Under Siege, March Against Trump Policies . subscription . live . https://archive.today/20170802-031031/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/22/science/march-for-science.html . August 2, 2017 . June 20, 2018 . . en.
  7. News: March 5, 2018 . The Natural History Museum Co-Founder & Director Named 2018 Roddenberry Fellow . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240228160649/http://thenaturalhistorymuseum.org/the-natural-history-museum-co-founder-and-director-beka-economopoulos-named-2018-roddenberry-fellow/ . February 28, 2024 . June 20, 2018 . The Natural History Museum . en-US.
  8. Book: Janes . Museums without Borders: Selected Writings of Robert R. Janes . . 2015 . 978-1-317-44323-0 . London . 435– . 932622739 . Google Books.
  9. News: Pogrebin . Robin . Robin Pogrebin . January 17, 2017 . Museum Trustee, a Trump Donor, Supports Groups That Deny Climate Change . subscription . live . https://archive.today/20210917-172148/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/arts/design/natural-history-museum-trump-climate-change.html . September 17, 2021 . October 23, 2018 . . en.
  10. News: Tran . Lucky . December 9, 2015 . Artists and Activists Sing, Spill 'Oil' in Anti–Fossil Fuel Protests at the Louvre . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240605115651/https://hyperallergic.com/260399/artists-and-activists-sing-spill-oil-in-anti-fossil-fuel-protests-at-the-louvre/ . June 5, 2024 . October 23, 2018 . . en-US.
  11. Web site: 2018 . 2018 Fellow - Beka Economopoulos . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240225230721/https://roddenberryfellowship.org/fellow/beka-economopoulos/ . February 25, 2024 . April 15, 2018 . Roddenberry Fellowship . en.
  12. Web site: Roddenberry Fellowship . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240621191020/https://roddenberryfellowship.org/ . June 21, 2024 . June 20, 2018 . Roddenberry Fellowship . en.

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