Metasebia Yoseph
Metasebia Yoseph
Metasebia Yoseph is the Founder and Chief Creative Officer of the Muse Collective, a boutique consulting company based in Washington, D.C., which provides innovative marketing and brand management services, along with exhibtion design and event production . She received her B.A. in Art History at the University of Maryland - College Park, as well as, a Master's in Communication, Culture, and Technology from Georgetown University.
Metasebia has contributed to a variety of exhibitions, including I Kid You Not!, the Embassy of Finland's showcase for EuroFest, 2009. As a first-generation Ethiopian-American, Metasebia is passionate about using art to promote diplomacy and optimizing the economics of culture in development initiatives. She has spent time in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, working at the Institute of Ethiopian Studies preserving centuries-old manuscripts, along with other UNESCO projects. That expereince led her to co-found ECDcorp, a cultural development organization dedicated to the preservation and advancement of cultural heritage and the economic empowerment of artisans. In her spare time she is developing A Culture Of Coffee, a transmedia book project on the history and legacy of the Ethiopian coffee ceremony.