Susannah Tantemsapya, FRSA

Susannah Tantemsapya, FRSA

Susannah Tantemsapya is the Founder and Executive Director of Creative Migration, a women-of-color-led, international arts organization focused on cultural and climate diplomacy, based in Los Angeles and Bangkok.12 Her most ambitious endeavor to date is Bangkok 1899, a cultural & civic hub in Thailand that was established in 2019 with major support from the Ford Motor Company Fund and The Rockefeller Foundation.13

Since 2021, she has served on the Convening Team/Steering Committee of Entertainment and Culture for Climate Action (ECCA), a global collaborative initiative supported by UN Climate Change.1 She has recently joined the Entertainment + Culture Pavilion team as their Non-Profit Advisor to launch the inaugural edition at #COP28 in Dubai, UAE.1

Susannah is also on the Advisory Board of the Hollywood Climate Summit, a Global Ambassador & Fellow at the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), on Tatler's Gen.T Asia List (2019), a Founding Member of Soho House Bangkok and an advisor for the exhibition Brackish Water Los Angeles (Getty: Pacific Standard Time 2024).12

Key Roles

• Founder & Executive Director, Creative Migration (2005 - Present)12
• Convening Team / Steering Committee, Entertainment and Culture for Climate Action (ECCA) (2021 - Present)1
• Non-Profit Advisor, Entertainment + Culture Pavilion (2023 - Present)1
• Advisory Board, Hollywood Climate Summit (2023 - Present)1
• RSA Global Ambassador & Fellow, Royal Society of Arts (RSA) (2015 - Present)1

Education

• B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill2
• Fall Semester Baja, NOLS2
• Architecture Workshop, Arcosanti2