Vox Populi is pleased to announce the appointment of Blanche Brown [she/hers] as its new Executive Director. Blanche Brown has been acting as Interim Executive Director since October 2022, transitioning collaboratively with Danny Orendorff upon his departure for The Contemporary Austin. The board of directors and collective membership body look forward to Blanche assuming the full-time role of Executive Director of Vox Populi in October 2023 and continuing her stewardship of the non-profit contemporary art space and collective.

"Blanche's unwavering support for artists and her deep love for Philadelphia make her an excellent leader for Vox Populi. Her creative spirit and personal history with our collective are invaluable assets. I am excited to see Vox Populi and our artist members flourish under her wholehearted leadership." - Lea Devon Sorrentino, Vox Collective Member

Blanche Brown has been dedicated to Vox Populi in a variety of dynamic roles. She first joined Collective Membership in 2019, acting as the host of Minute Fest, a digital performance festival series, open to all, that ran throughout the pandemic. In 2022, Blanche served as Collective Member President leading up to her appointment as the Interim Executive Director of Vox. She has served as Interim Director for the past year, during which time, she has helped steward the Vox's Pew-funded project Teaching at The End of Times. She also oversaw a right-sizing of the galleries and secured additional funding, most notably a grant for multi-year support from the Warhol Foundation.

“Vox Populi believes strongly in artist-based leadership. Blanche has incredible energy and great working relationships with the members, board and community collaborators; we are all excited to continue working with her” - Mark Stockton, Acting Board President.

In addition to working as an administrator and organizer, Blanche Brown is a practicing transdisciplinary artist. She grew up in the Florida panhandle and holds a BA in American Studies and Gender Studies from UNC Chapel Hill and an MFA in Poetry from Temple University. Her docu-poem, Consider the Oyster, won the 2019 Diagram/New Michigan Press chapbook contest and The Subject Line Reads was released by Cut Bank in Fall 2022. Blanche Brown brings over eight years of experience working on behalf of community-based 501(c)3 organizations; she is “honored to be trusted with Vox's mission and vision.”