Joyce Foundation Names Tracie D. Hall as Director of Culture Program

The Joyce Foundation has announced that Tracie D. Hall, currently deputy commissioner of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, has been appointed director of the foundation’s culture program. She will join Joyce in mid-November after readying Chicago’s Public Art Plan and Year of Public Art initiative for launch late this year and in early 2017.

Hall joins the Joyce Foundation with deep experience at the intersection of arts access and equity, literacy, youth and economic development. Much of her career has focused on creating and building programs aimed at enlivening and strengthening the role of arts and culture in the economic, social, and educational fabric of communities.

Read the full announcement.