Katherine Fleming
Katherine Fleming is the founder and director of Bridge Initiative, a nonprofit that bridges art and science to create public art for environmental advocacy. The organization came to fruition in 2015 after Fleming’s explorations in Antarctica enabled her to witness the enduring impact of climate change. Fleming’s mission became to synchronize art and advocacy for a positive impact.
Through Fleming’s leadership, Bridge has collaborated with artists, scientists, and disruptors together to create immersive educational campaigns to highlight facets of the climate crisis within localized and global environments. In her capacity as a creative community leader, Katherine Fleming currently serves as an advisor for The ReefLine, an environmentally-functioning artwork, artificial reef, and public park proposed to run 7 miles along Miami Beach’s shoreline. This project will provide a habitat for endangered reef organisms and enhance coastal resilience through its interactive installations. Fleming’s advocacy work has led to additional ongoing partnerships with artists, designers, and environmental groups such as OMA, Coral Morphologic, NOAA, Michele Oka Doner, Orlando Estrada, Alaska WhaleFoundation, Path of the Panther, National Geographic, The Everglades Foundation, University of Miami, and Mission Blue among others.
Prior to her environmental advocacy work, Fleming graduated from Parsons School of Design in New York City. She worked as a creative director, entrepreneur, and advisor in the luxury fashion sector, establishing a foundation in design that would later prove instrumental in her mission to bring awareness to the global climate crisis through the arts