Director of Development
geraldine@echoartfoundation.com
Géraldine Guardia is a trilingual cultural manager and exhibition strategist whose work moves fluidly between logistics, storytelling, and community engagement across the Americas and Europe. Her practice sits at the intersection of art and infrastructure — the quiet, exacting labor that brings exhibitions, murals, and public programs vividly to life. She currently coordinates activities and grant applications at Unchained Mothering in Miami, and as Artistic Project Director for Open Walls, led the creative and logistical direction of a large-scale mural project at a Miami elementary school, forging partnerships with school districts, the Chilean consulate, and cultural foundations. Her formative years were shaped by her tenure as Senior Supervisor of Cultural Projects at Chile’s Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage, where she oversaw a national portfolio of public art initiatives and trained project leaders across the country. Earlier, she coordinated international festival logistics for audiovisual works at Cannes, Berlinale, and Ventana Sur; directed exhibitions of Chilean cinema, including at Expo Shanghai; and led an arts workshop for Save the Children in Lebanon. She holds a Master’s in Art and Politics from New York University and a degree in Journalism from the Universidad de Chile. As Director of Development at EchoArt Foundation, Guardia leads the organization’s fundraising strategy and institutional growth, translating the same precision and cross-cultural fluency that define her project work into sustainable funding pathways for the Foundation’s public art initiatives. She identifies and cultivates relationships with grant-making bodies, cultural institutions, and community partners, and manages the full lifecycle of the Foundation’s grant applications — from eligibility review and narrative development to reporting and compliance. Drawing on her background coordinating national cultural policy in Chile and forging institutional partnerships across school districts, consulates, and nonprofits, Guardia builds the infrastructure that allows EchoArt Foundation’s programming, including initiatives such as Latin & Caribbean Roots in the Patio, to move from concept to fully funded, community-facing reality. Her approach to development is rooted in the belief that sustainable funding is itself a form of cultural stewardship, ensuring that diaspora communities have lasting access to the art and traditions that reflect their heritage.