Amanda Lovelee is a Minneapolis-based artist who works in civic systems as a translator between government and community with the goal of building equitable places where everyone belongs. Lovelee spent seven years as the Artist in Residence for the City of St Paul creating art projects that changed systems and uplifted underheard voices. As Parks Ambassador for the Metropolitan Council, she connects people to the outdoors with a focus on equity. Lovelee’s creative tools for community engagement and connection have been used and replicated across the US. She is interested in how people connect and the spaces in which they do. Lovelee has received funding from ArtPlace America, Jerome Foundation, Knight Foundation, McKnight Foundation, MN State Arts Board, Salzburg Global Seminar and the National Endowment for the Arts. She is currently a 2022 Mcknight Visual Artist Fellow and Design for Civic Change Fellow at the Center for Urban Pedagogy.