Prerana Reddy is a NYC-based cultural producer connecting art, civic engagement, and social justice. She is the Associate Director for Artist Programs at the abolitionist art nonprofit Recess in Brooklyn, where she manages Session, an artist residency and project room engaging the public in liberatory practices, and a Critical Writing program commissioning new works of cultural criticism.
She previously served as Director of Programs at A Blade of Grass, supporting socially engaged art through grants, public programs, and research. From 2004–2018, she was Director of Public Programs & Community Engagement at the Queens Museum, where she developed initiatives such as an arts and social justice program for immigrant youth and Immigrant Movement International, a multi-year project with Cuban artist-activist Tania Bruguera.
Reddy holds a Master’s in Cinema Studies from NYU and has an extensive background in film programming, including work with the New York African Film Festival, 3rd i, and Alwan for the Arts. As part of the Visible Collective, she collaborated with artists, activists, and lawyers to create multimedia projects addressing post-9/11 xenophobia. She currently chairs the boards of Rockaway Film Festival, Rockaway Initiative for Sustainability & Equity, and ArtBuilt. In her spare time, she loves to jump into the ocean—no matter the temperature!