Yazmany Arboleda

Yazmany serves as NYC's inaugural People's Artist at the NYC Civic Engagement Commission, where he uses public art to bring communities together and support deeper civic connections. A Colombian-American artist and architect by training, Yazmany creates large-scale art projects rooted in the belief that art is a verb, not a noun. Over the past two decades, he has developed public art projects with communities across the United States and around the world, including India, Japan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Afghanistan, Spain, and Colombia. He has collaborated with Carnegie Hall, the Yale School of Management, and the United Nations, and is a co-founder of limeSHIFT, the Future Historical Society, Remember 2019, and the Artist As Citizen Conference. He currently serves as Senior Artistic Advisor for the Community Arts Network.