Summary
Aimee Shapiro is a civic arts leader and curator with over two decades of cross-disciplinary experience in non-profit, academic, and county arts institutions, now serving as Executive Director of the County of San Mateo Office of Arts and Culture. She spent a decade shaping public programs and community engagement at the Anderson Collection at Stanford and previously led education and artist initiatives at the Broad Art Museum and SFMOMA. Aimee specializes in building sustained partnerships that advance equity, inclusion, and belonging through unexpected collaborations and site-responsive public projects. Her curatorial portfolio includes high-profile exhibitions and participatory projects like Hostile Terrain 94 and Wendy Red Star: American Progress, demonstrating a knack for blending scholarship with civic discourse. Based in Palo Alto, she combines studio art training (BA, Oberlin; MFA, MICA) with hands-on program leadership, making her equally fluent with artists, administrators, and policymakers. Colleagues describe her as a connector who turns institutional resources into community-centered cultural impact.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
MFA, MFA at Maryland Institute College of Art
BA, Studio Art, BA, Studio Art at Oberlin College