Meena Malik

Meena Malik is a musician, sound healer, arts consultant, conflict mediator and coach. She is a fierce advocate for equity in the arts and uses her voice and skills to create change. She is the founder of Magpie Cultural Strategies, a social impact firm on a mission to realize a collective liberated future for the arts field and beyond. She is an alumna of the artEquity Facilitator Training, the Emergent Strategy Ideation Institute Facilitation Cohort, Intercultural Leadership Institute and a Senior Associate of The Aspire Group. 
 
Formerly as the Senior Program Manager of Theater at the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), she managed the National Theater Project (NTP), a grant program that supports the creation and touring of devised ensemble theater work. Meena organized and led “Beyond Orientalism: The Boston Forum” and is a co-founder and steering committee member of Boston’s first API (Asian Pacific Islander) Arts Network. 
 
Meena has performed with Opera Providence, MassOpera, Boston Opera Collaborative, New England Orchestra among others. She was a founding member and performer with Voci Angelica Trio, an international band that created a musical fusion of world folk and classical music, for 14 years. With Voci Angelica, Meena toured to the USA’s East Coast, Midwest and Southern regions, Canada, Japan, and South Korea. Currently, she offers in-person and virtual sound meditation and sound healing sessions to her community.

photo by Jeffrey Filiault

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