Steven Frost, PlatteForum’s most recent resident artist and Kim Estes McCarty, Executive Director of PlatteForum candidly chat about Steven’s residency at PlatteForum, working with youth, organizational equity, queer art, fiber art and the changes that PlatteForum is currently undergoing.

Steven was PlatteForum’s 2021 summer resident artist, he is an interdisciplinary artist with a focus on textiles, memes, queer history, pop culture and community development in DIY spaces and libraries. He is also a professor of media studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. Kim is the Executive Director of PlatteForum, Through Kim’s collaborative leadership style, PlatteForum has achieved great success in building trusting relationships with teens, using art to educate them on important social issues, and helping them become highly engaged citizens and leaders. As executive director, Kim plays an active role in guiding youth as they transform from quiet observers to vocal contributors, and has been inspired by their active engagement in student council and school boards, participation in activist organizations and events, purposeful outreach to elected officials, and enrollment in college majors that lead to public service careers.

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