ABOUT ME
KIM COOK CREATES: Impact. Stories. Community projects. Places. Experiences. Spectacle. Known for her ability to take conceptual work and translate it into results, Kim has established herself as a trusted collaborator and ally with a multitude of artists and organizations.
Kim comes from a place of authenticity - she is a reliable resource who delivers as she says; and always better than expected. Her early background is deeply steeped in participatory activism and cultural community giving her a depth of lived experience that is diverse and multi-disciplinary. These beginnings combined with her commitment to learning and personal growth make her a many faceted and gifted creative professional.
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Kim’s professional background includes leading Creative Initiatives for Burning Man, working as a Creative Director for Montreal’s Moment Factory, and founding New Orleans’ LUNA Fête Festival when she served as the CEO for the Arts Council New Orleans. She is also the force behind the creation of a podcast series and curriculum on Cultural Synergy with the United States Institute of Peace. She has a B.A. in Performing Arts, an M.A. in Arts and Consciousness, and a certificate in Circus Dramaturgie from the French and Belgian National Circus Schools. Kim is a 9 time National Endowment for the Arts grant recipient and a Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Fellow.
Her creative work includes theater, circus, dance, festivals, visual art installations, place shaping, digital media, social/virtual reality, NFT production, spoken word, and writing. She successfully builds urban, regional, national, and international projects that are dynamic, and sometimes she does things for the adventure, the learning, the discovery, the fun.
Kim is Available for the Following Services
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Show-Making
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Concept Development, Dramaturgy, Director
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Creative Placemaking/shaping Consulting
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Experience Design
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Social Practice and Place-based Art and Events
EXPERIENCE CREATORS QUALITIES
As experience creators:
We know the power of intention and we value thresholds - how you begin matters.
We honor our words by reflecting them in our actions. Everything we do says something about us.
We listen acutely to our participants, collaborators and clients (external and internal)...
EXPERIENCE CREATOR
HONORS +
PANELS +
ART JURIES
HONORS
Nine time National Endowment for the Arts Award
Coming Up Taller Award, Oakland Youth Chorus
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GRANT PANELIST​
Rockefeller Multi Arts Program
Creative Capital
California Arts Council
San Francisco Arts Commission
Philadelphia Culture Fund Recipient
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JUROR​​
Art Prize Challenge
SXSW Cities Design Challenge
SXSW Art Program
Baltimore City Light Festival
TRAINING
M.A. Arts and Consciousness, JFK University
B.A. Music, Theater, Dance, Cal State East Bay
Fellow, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Certificate in Dramaturgie - Cirque, Centre National des Artes du Cirque
Certificate Group Facilitation
Community At Work
Certified Fork Lift Driver
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Kim with the Oakand Youth Chorus Staff
SPECIALTY KNOWLEDGE AREAS
ART DISCIPLINES​​
Creative Placemaking
Interdisciplinary Performance
Circus Arts
Hip Hop Culture
Migrant/Diasporic Arts
Art & Technology
Dance – many disciplines
Site Specific Work
Storytelling and Writing
STRATEGIC TOOLS​
Planning and Project Design
Team Facilitation
Revenue Generation
Finance/ Capital Structure
Social Impact Measurement
Initiative Design
Community Collaboration