Sydney Summey is a graduate student in the MA program in Arts Policy. Sydney graduated from Ohio State in 2022, receiving her Bachelors in Fine Arts with a focus in photography. During her time in her undergraduate studies, she cultivated her craft and perspective of the arts to not only be viewed but used to challenge history and create change. This has led to her to express these ideas in relation to the Black Experience through photography in shows at The Urban Arts Space and diverse engagement in academic settings. Sydney cherishes the vulnerability and transformation that the coming together of community and art can produce.

Fun Fact: Sydney loves a good book and enjoys sci-fi, fantasy and dystopian novels most. If she has a spare moment you’ll probably find her reading, and if she goes anywhere, she usually has her latest read in her bag.

Research interests:

• Afrofuturism
• Black Feminist Theory
• Multicultural Art Education