Our public spaces and cultural institutions are changing and so too are the needs and dreams of the people they serve. With a changing world, also comes changing forms of cultural expression from the digital to the deeply physical.

With over 25 years of experience, Nato Thompson and his consulting group bring their vast experience, artist relations, and organizational know-how to advise, produce and strategize imaginative, exciting and impactful experiences. We pride ourselves on timely, efficient and top-tier cultural consulting.

Meet the Principal

Curator, author and self-described “cultural infrastructure builder”, Nato Thompson does one to one consulting and if the project demands brings an array of expertise to the table including production, marketing, social media, development, community organizing and architectural talent to the table.


  • Principle/Founder

    Nato Thompson is an award winner author, curator and entrepreneur. He believes deeply in the power of art to galvanize new ideas and new forms of community. He has worked over twenty years with the biggest names in contemporary artist such as Paul Pfeiffer, Pedro Reyes, Shirin Neshat Jeremy Deller, Simone Leigh, and hundreds more. He has vast experience in public art having produced some of the most memorable projects such as Kara Walker’s: A Subtlety and Paul Chan’s: Waiting for Godot in New Orelans. He was a partner at artwrld where he worked with contemporary artists to make high end digital artworks. He has organized numerous summits on art and social justice for the public art organization Creative Time. He worked with Philadelphia Contemporary on a project to build a 21st century museum in Philadelphia. He is also the founder and director of The Alternative Art School, an online art school connecting the worlds most visionary artists with working artists around the globe. He publishes books of contemporary cultural criticism. He lives and works in between Philadelphia and New York City. He is also a joy to work with. He actually likes people and art.

Great art requires believing in artists

We believe in a process of listening, assessing and carefully executing. We listen carefully to artists because they see things others do not.

Our Values

Great art requires great administration

Ideas and dreams are not made in a vacuum. They must be timetabled, budgeted, planned and paid for. A strong administrative and production capacity allows from dreams to come into the world.

Art is a noble road less travelled

The life of an artist is less traveled and it is meant to be that way. Such a road can be hard on artists and they bear the burden of this choice. But it is also a richly fulfilling journey that offers insights and visions.

The landscape of presenting culture are more in flux than ever

The gears by which we encounter art are always changing but all the moreso today. From social media to digital architecture, from interactive public art to the creation of new forms of arts infrastructure, the opportunities are there.

People are the sea in which we swim

Art doesn’t occur in a vacuum. Sites, programs and audience all constitute complex arrangements of backgrounds, experiences, perspectives and feelings. A method of navigating a context allows an artwork to swim in its sea.

Time/Money/Capacity

The triad of time, money and capacity inform the practical implications of making art happen. The less of one, means needing more of the other.