About the Speakers
Elizabeth Pepperman
Elizabeth Fearon Pepperman is a lawyer and passionate advocate for the arts with extensive experience leading nonprofit arts organizations to achieve ambitious projects. She is Chair of New York City’s Public Art Fund where she champions access to powerful experiences with art in the urban environment. Under her leadership, Public Art Fund has expanded its audience and impact significantly, working with cultural and civic partners to achieve major new public art commissions in destinations such as LaGuardia Airport Terminal B, Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Moynihan Train Hall and on over 300 bus shelters and newsstands in neighborhoods across New York City, Chicago, and Boston. Elizabeth is a past Board President of the Children’s Museum of the Arts where she led a strategic plan and capital campaign to build a new home for the museum in lower Manhattan and remains a committed board member and supporter of its free arts education programs. She is a former Assistant District Attorney and serves as a member of several professional organizations including the New York City Bar Association Art Law Committee, the New York County Bar Association Committee on Art Law, and the Center for Art Law. A lifelong New Yorker, Elizabeth is deeply committed to supporting the nonprofit art sector and advancing the cultural landscape of the city.
Larry Giannechini
Larry Giannechini is Deputy Director for Programs & Operations with the Public Art Fund, an independent, non-profit arts organization dedicated to bringing dynamic contemporary art to a broad audience in New York City and beyond by mounting ambitious free exhibitions of international scope and impact that offer the public powerful experiences with art and the urban environment. With over 10 years of experience developing and designing high-quality spaces for the public, Larry has a core knowledge of project design, construction, and management. A Professional Engineer, Larry’s background in design and construction has led him to providing project management services for large-scale sculptural and art installations in New York City and abroad. Prior to joining the Public Art Fund, Larry worked at Thornton Tomasetti on a wide array of projects in regions as diverse as New York City, Vietnam, and China, researching regional best practices and basis of design to offer clients comprehensive solutions for overall building design. His tenure in construction management continued at Lendlease, serving as the project manager for superstructure concrete for a 775’ residential and mixed-use project in New York City.
Michael ‘KAVES’ McLeer
Michael ‘KAVES’ McLeer is a man of faith. For McLeer, faith and spirituality are derived not from a theistic higher power but from a rich fabric of personal memories firmly anchored to a sense of place. That place has always been but one: Brooklyn. McLeer’s work has continually been inspired by the crumbling, many-faced Brooklyn of the 1970s and 1980s in which he was born and raised. McLeer has carried memories of this place in time and spent years recounting them as a kind of folklore through the formats of graffiti, music, and painting. He began making artwork in his early teens illegally spray painting subway trains, buses, and handball courts. This instilled in him a tendency of capitalizing on bold lines, high contrast, and fast mark-making. Graffiti also functioned as a form of storytelling and social commentary. It was a citywide bulletin board, a system of communication, and a platform for the youth for the development of individual fable.
Juyoun Han
Ms. Han is a Partner in the firm’s Artificial Intelligence Fairness and Data Privacy Practice Group. As a litigator, tech enthusiast, and a human rights advocate, Ms. Han is excited about innovative technologies and hopes to harness the law to promote fairness and accountability in the design and use of A.I. in our society. Having served as a law clerk for Hon. Steven L. Tiscione and a judicial intern for Hon. Kiyo A. Matsumoto at the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of New York (Brooklyn), Ms. Han possesses a deep understanding of courtroom advocacy and judicial procedures. At Eisenberg & Baum, Ms. Han counsels clients throughout trials and appeals in challenging cases as varied as street art litigation and anti-discrimination lawsuits as part of the firm’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing Law Center. Ms. Han frequently collaborates with advocates and public interest groups who share a common passion to eradicate inequality. Previously, she was invited to speak at the World Congress for the World Federation of the Deaf in Paris. Ms. Han volunteered at the International Justice Mission (Washington D.C.) to combat international sex-trafficking of women and children, and worked at the UNESCO Korean Commission. Prior to law school, Ms. Han taught high school and college-level students in South Korea.
Handouts and Reading Material
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Recording of the Lecture
