​TESS HANSEN

2021-22 COMMUNITY CONVENING COHORT PARTNER
​​CLAIMING THE VISUAL NARRATIVE - NEWARK PUBLIC ARTS PROJECT

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I currently work at Princeton University in their Diversity and Inclusion Department. I'm a passionate advocate for public art.

I LOVE art. I majored in film so I appreciate visual art as well as dance and music. I think it brings people together. It's a great way to form a relationship with someone because everyone sees something different. Your perspective of an art piece is one hundred percent unique and no one else in the world can have the exact same relationship to the same piece of art that you do. It is so important to recognize that your experiences allow you to see something in a completely unique way. Sharing these views is what makes the world a better place.