Simone Cottrell
Founding Member
Simone Cottrell (Jackson, MS) is a mixed-race Khmae Deep South creative, specializing in cultural strategy, community storytelling, and arts administration. Specializing in social practice theatre with vulnerable communities, Cottrell's 20+ years body of work ranges across arts and culture organizations, including Cultural Researcher for the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Project Consultant & Creative for Arts for EveryBody – Phillips County, AR, and Cultural Dramaturg for TheatreSquared’s Cambodian Rock Band.
She is quietly in progress with a contemporary fiber art installation and accompanying devised movement piece. Her interests include studying art law (First Amendment rights for artists and audiences), arts research, and advocating for the inclusion of rural Southern creatives in the broader arts and culture narrative. Cottrell is a 2026 recipient of the Smart Growth America's Outside In Fellowship and serves on the Mississippi Museum of Art's Community Arts Council.
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