Gracie Golden is the Resettlement & Partnerships Manager at Artistic Freedom Initiative. Throughout her career, Gracie has worked at the nexus of art, cultural heritage, and human rights. In her current role at AFI, Gracie manages AFI’s resettlement program to provide holistic professional, logistical, and personal support to US-based at-risk artists and cultural workers. Before coming to AFI, Gracie worked at the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Cultural Heritage Center, implementing community-based and emergency cultural heritage preservation initiatives worldwide. She has also contributed to cultural heritage preservation initiatives at the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative. Gracie received her M.A. in anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania and her B.A. in anthropology and history of art from Johns Hopkins University.

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