{"id":1831,"date":"2026-08-02T15:20:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T23:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/?page_id=1831"},"modified":"2026-08-02T15:20:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T23:20:33","slug":"kalia-brooks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/kalia-brooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalia Brooks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section alignfull alignfull getwid-section-content-custom-width\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__wrapper getwid-padding-left-medium getwid-padding-right-medium\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-wrapper\" style=\"max-width:1140px\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background-holder\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__foreground\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-995f960e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kalia Brooks<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-heading__content\">Program Officer, The Hearthland Foundation<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kalia Brooks is a program officer at The Hearthland Foundation\u2014an organization that champions justice, equity, and connection through the power of art and storytelling. With a background spanning arts, advocacy, and nonprofit leadership, Brooks supports artists and creative organizations working at the intersection of culture and social change. She leads strategy, manages diverse grant portfolios, and cultivates relationships across the visual arts ecosystem to amplify narratives that reimagine our shared democracy. Grounded in equity and driven by curiosity, Brooks brings a curator\u2019s eye and a strategist\u2019s mind to her work\u2014valuing imagination, collaboration, and creative risk. Whether developing new funding pathways or convening artists and cultural leaders, she is committed to fostering a vibrant, inclusive arts landscape where visionary ideas can thrive, and communities can connect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-spacer\" style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/presenters\/\" style=\"color:#000000\">BACK<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/08\/Kalia-Brooks-resized.jpg\" alt=\"Kalia Brooks\" class=\"wp-image-1832\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1831","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"qubely_landscape":false,"qubely_portrait":false,"qubely_thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"cm","author_link":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/author\/cherylmann\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1831"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1834,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1831\/revisions\/1834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}