Beth Malone
Co-Founder of Dashboard
Dashboard is an award winning curatorial company and has presented 80+ exhibitions and artist projects in cities around the country, and has commissioned nontraditional works from over 500 artists. Beth Malone served as founding executive director of Dashboard for 11 years, from 2010 to 2021.
Beth is a TED Resident who’s TED Talk has been seen 1M+ times. She was named a Civic Fellow by Sarah Blakely (SPANX) Foundation and the Center for Civic Innovation in Atlanta. Beth is a graduate of Urban Land Institute’s Center for Leaders, Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta, and Ford Motor Company’s Gathering of Innovators. She was one of twelve curators worldwide to participate in an intensive on time-based media by Independent Curators International. Beth was on the steering committee for MARTA's art program, ArtBound, sat on Forward Arts' Emerging Artist Committee and American Art Museums' Public Engagement Committee. She was labeled a "Person to Watch" by Creative Loafing, Atlanta.
Beth has been a guest lecturer and curator at the University of Georgia, Atlanta Contemporary, SCAD Atlanta, Georgia State University, and University of Wisconsin-Stout, among others. She did a talk at TEDxAtlanta on the impact of Dashboard’s work, and has been an expert panelist on innovation, curation, land use, public art, art education and community development.
With a specialization in art education, in 2012, Beth started the Teen Program at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, which thrived under her leadership and has engaged hundreds of thousands of teens.
Beth is a board member of Fair Play, an organization aiming to make great healthcare equitable and affordable. Her writing has appeared in national and international publications. Her short films have screened in Atlanta and New York, and her visual art has been presented throughout the South.
Beth holds a Masters of Letters from the University of Glasgow, Scotland.