Martha Bowers is an artist, choreographer, educator, producer and arts administrator renowned for her work in site-specific performance and for using the arts as a tool for social change and community development. With a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College, she is a part-time faculty member at New York University's Gallatin School and Tisch Under-graduate Drama Department where she focuses on the intersection of art and activism through the site-specific performance, community arts practices, and youth development.

Martha is the Founding Executive Director of Hook Arts Media (formerly Dance Theatre Etcetera), an organization recognized for making the arts a critical component of urban renewal efforts in Red Hook, Brooklyn for over 30 years. 

Martha’s essays on site-specific, community-based performance have been published in various outlets, including the Community Arts Network and a book on site-specific dance edited by Melanie Kloetzel and Carolyn Pavlik.