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Art Transit Authority researches, designs, and produces.
Sometimes.
It cares about cultural heritage and memory.
It participates in these through a gradient of business administration, culture, flow, and whimsical happenings.
A through line is enthusiasm for good relations, presence, and pleasant systems.
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People
Hali Dardar created ATA in 2011 as a wrapper for an project of whimsy.
Her work supports process development, community-based design, language revitalization, indigenous media, and memory documentation. Past interaction design projects include the 2021 and 2023 Indigenous Gulf Streams, Ripple Effect’s Water Glossaries, and both the Unrecognized Stories and Language Keeper interview series.
Dardar was a 2020 Southern Artist for Social Change through the National Performance Network, a 2024 artist in residence at Sipp Culture’s Rural Performance Production Lab, a 2025 Self and Universe Artist in Residence at Tulane University’s A Studio in the Woods, and a 2024 Monroe Fellow at Tulane University. She has previously led collaborative project management and design for Language Vitality Initiatives at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Shift Collective, and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. She holds a BA in print journalism from Louisiana State University and an MA in Arts, Culture, and Media from the University of Groningen.
Other people show up and help out with ATA as needed. You will be introduced those relations. You are also welcome to be a part of this - just reach out.
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