Amira Malcom is a Philadelphia born writer, project manager and visual strategist.
Will pet your dog, no questions asked.
Starting in editiorial photography at a nationally awarded high school publication, Amira got her start in photography with Carmel High School's newsmagazine, the HiLite. Her love of media and storytelling led her to initially major in Journalism when she started her undergraduate studies at IUPUI, but quickly evolved into a double major in Photography and Media Arts and Science with concentrations in art history, film production, and storytelling after being inspired by Big Hero 6.
In 2018, she graduated with a BFA in Photography from Herron School of Art and Design and a BS in Media Arts and Science from Indiana University's Luddy School of Informatics and Computing. Currently living, working, and learning in Indianapolis, she enjoys indulging her passions with imagemaking, cultural and community enrichment, and petting every dog she finds along the way. In her spare time, you can find her playing video games on her Nintendo Switch, reading, perfecting her strawberry hot sauce recipe or sharing memes.
With experience working in some of Indianapolis's largest arts institutions, including the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Big Car and the Harrison Center, Amira's attention to detail and creative touch have been applauded by clients and colleagues alike. Career highlights include contributing to the inception of the Greatriarchs series at the Harrison Center, and bringing to life Phase II of the Center for Black Literature & Culture at Central Library.
Amira’s academic interests span new media, youth culture, philanthropy related to cultural appropriation, and the codification of lived POC experiences. She currently is pursuing these interests at IUPUI with dual masters in philanthropic studies and library information science. Her writing concentrates on these intersections and aims to access a still-understudied part of the human experience that addresses memory, culture, and social connections within social digestion of media and architecture of racialized spaces.