Anna Döbbelin is an art historian and cultural manager specializing in art education both in front of and behind the scenes at cultural institutions. Her expertise in 20th- and 21st-century art and her perspective on cultural participation and audience development have led her to various museums and art initiatives, including the Kunstmuseum Bonn, the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, and the Käthe Kollwitz Museum in Cologne.
In addition to organizing the Photoszene festival, she heads the Studio Audience at ArtAsyl e. V. and teaches at the Federal Academy for Cultural Education and the Cologne Institute for Cultural Work.