Ken Hubbell, Creative Artist

I work in the liminal spaces of presence and formation, manifesting poet David Whyte’s message in the poem, Working Together:

My art and strategic practice capture potentialities, knowing, and clarity: inviting others in the formation of something new and meaningful that is still unfolding. In the process, we create a life worth living. Art historian Shana Nys Dambrot acknowledged these qualities upon selecting my Abiquiu work for a 2024 juried exhibit in California, “It was both quite accurate and very interpretive and it really gave the landscape a sort of fantasy dimension…It has a lot of feeling in it that seems like impressions of the experience at another level beyond observation…It reached beyond representation and into something more substantial, something personal.”

Ken has similar substantial consulting experience designing social solutions to complex problems (Native leaders and private foundations collaborating on social enterprise and governance in Indian Country across the upper Northwest; empowering vulnerable communities to redesign the future and long-term health of their neighborhoods; and coaching collaboration among diverse stakeholders to accelerate Native and Latino post-secondary and career success across the U. S.), adapting organization strategy to impact whole systems (ecosystem and force-field mapping, scenario building to rehearse futures and test strategy for foundations and natural resource, health, arts, and hunger relief organizations), and facilitating new business model development and learning for private tech firms.

Ken is the author of The Art of Change: A Handbook for Leading Effective Social Change (2012), A Field Guide to Community Coaching (2010) and other publications. He's also written What’s Love Got to Do with Philanthropy and other insightful scenario essays on the future of nonprofit organizations for Monographs edited by Gary J. Hubbell, which focus on discovering new meaning in the application of philanthropy in our times.