2022 Art Curators Conference Catalog

Art Curators Conference

April 30–May 3, 2022

NYC and Virtual #AAMCNYC

Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) & AAMC Foundation

A Letter from Our Board President & Executive Director

Conference Supporters & Contributors Awards for Excellence

Featured Speakers

Conference Schedule

Panelist & Presenter Bios

AAMC & AAMC Foundation Leadership Gratitude

The information in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by AAMC and/or AAMC Foundation. AAMC and/or AAMC Foundation assume no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document. In no event shall AAMC and/or AAMC Foundation be liable for incidental or consequential damages arising from use of this document or other conference-related material. This document and parts thereof must not be reproduced or copied without AAMC and/or AAMC Foundation providing written permission, and contents thereof must not be imparted to a third party nor be used for any unauthorized purpose.

Design

by Manuel Miranda Practice.

Conference produced by Luce Productions.

AAMC & AAMC Foundation has offices in Manhattan, and our Conference is in Brooklyn, both in NYC, locations situated upon the unceded, seized territory of the Lenape and Canarsie peoples and benefited from the economies of slavery and the labors of African-descended captives. We owe our existence and vitality to generations from around the world who were brought here against their will, drawn here to escape persecution, and some who have lived on this land for more generations than can be counted. We pay respect to their communities, past and present. This acknowledgement asks us each to consider the many legacies of violence, displacement, migration, and settlement that bring us together for the Art Curators Conference.

The systemic violence and racism targeted at Black, Indigenous, and People of Color are harsh reminders of the inequities that persist in our society, particularly by the very institutions meant to protect them. AAMC condemns all violence, bias, aggression, and discrimination based on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, gender, and religion.

It is important to listen and learn together, and to also take action to make change a reality. We are dedicated to an environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity at our programs. Each individual has the right to be in a professional atmosphere that prohibits discriminatory practices, including harassment. A full code of conduct policy for the Art Curators Conference is available on the left-hand side of this web page, where you will also find the outlets to make a direct or anonymous report of a violation.

Thank you for making space to attend the Conference.

A Letter from Our Board President and Executive Director

Welcome to the 2022 Art Curators Conference centered on the theme of Sustainability & Revitalization.

Our offices are in Manhattan, and our main Conference venue is in Brooklyn, locations situated upon the unceded, seized territory of the Lenape and Canarsie peoples, and which benefited from the economies of enslaved peoples and the labors of African-descended captives. We owe our existence and vitality to generations from around the world who were brought here against their will, drawn here to escape persecution, and those that have lived on this land for more generations than can be counted. We pay respect to their communities, past and present. This acknowledgement asks each of us to consider the many legacies of violence, displacement, migration, and settlement that bring us together.

The Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) and AAMC Foundation is dedicated to an environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to be in a professional atmosphere that prohibits discriminatory practices, including harassment. Our full code of conduct policy for our Conference, programs, events, and workplace, as well as the outlet to make a direct or an anonymous report of a violation, is provided on our Socio platform.

All of us at the AAMC & AAMC Foundation are honored to bring together such an outstanding group of attendees, speakers, and supporters. Nearly all aspects of the Conference, including sessions, keynotes, breakouts, workshops, and even our Awards for Excellence Celebration, will be conducted simultaneously in-person and virtually. Our goal is to be able to listen and to learn in a more equitable, empathetic, and climate-conscious manner. Recognizing the lessons learned over the past two years, we are one of the few major Conferences in the field to be venturing into this dual realm.

It is with deep appreciation that we present our lead sponsor, Sotheby’s; friend sponsor, David Zwirner; friend sponsor, Bard Graduate Center; benefactor sponsor, UOVO; supporter, TEFAF; individual donors, Michi Jigarjian, Marie-Josée Kravis, Miyoung Lee, Ronay and Richard Menschel, Fred and Nancy Poses, Anthony and Sandra Tamer, and Cristin Tierney; and foundation supporter, Samuel H. Kress Foundation. We are also grateful to our Benefit Committee, Mary Hannah Byers, Co-Chair ; Jane Cohan; Whitney Donhauser; Marianne Lamonaca, President, Board of Trustees; Mary-Kay Lombino, Co-Chair ; Eric Shiner; Cristin Tierney; AAMC & AAMC Foundation Board of Trustees and staff; and Conference Producer, Lucy Lydon, for making this event possible.

Curatorial responsibilities are many and varied. They require knowledge, understanding, conscientiousness, and transparency. We appreciate that, with your engagement and support, the AAMC will remain the most valued resource for curators around the globe. Together, we will continue to strengthen our field in meaningful ways through programs such as this one that calls us to action. Thank you for being part of our community.

With best wishes and gratitude,

Marianne Lamonaca Director of the Humanities Edge, Florida International University President, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

Judith Pineiro Executive Director, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

Board President and Executive Director

Art Curators Conference Code of Conduct

AAMC & AAMC Foundation are committed to an environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, in person or in a virtual setting. Each individual has the right to be in a professional atmosphere that prohibits discriminatory practices, including harassment. It is the policy of AAMC & AAMC Foundation to prohibit discrimination and harassment of any person in connection with any program or activity of the organization.

Discrimination is the unjust or prejudicial treatment of others based on human difference.

Harassment includes, but is not limited to:

• Comments or actions that minimize a person’s lived experiences, i identity, or safety

• Deliberate misgendering or use of “dead”ii or rejected names iii

• Deliberate “outing” of any person’s lived experiences or identity without their consent

• Sustained disruption of talks or other events

• Physical contact without consent or after a request to stop

• Unwelcome sexual attention

• Deliberate intimidation or stalking of any kind—in person or online

• Collection or distribution of harassing photography or recordings

• Threats or acts of violence

• Advocating for, or encouraging, any of the above behavior

i “lived experiences” means the firsthand accounts and impressions of living as a member of a minority or oppressed group.

ii “dead naming” means to use someone’s old name. It specifically refers to the practice of deliberately referring to a trans person by their pretransition name. Not only is it disrespectful, it can be considered an act of violence, especially when a person is not publicly out as trans.

iii “rejected name” can also include persons who have changed their names for non-transition-related reasons such as relationships, political statements, etc. Malcolm X changed his name for very specific reasons related to his identity; it is disrespectful to refer to him as anything besides Malcolm X.

• Feeling persecuted for your social privilege

• “Reverse”-isms, including “reverse racism,” “reverse sexism,” and “cisphobia”

• Reasonable communication of boundaries, such as “leave me alone,” “go away,” or “I’m not discussing this with you.”

• Refusal to explain or debate social-justice issues when the person being asked is put in a defensive position based on their lived experience, personal identity, or safety

• Communication in a “tone” you don’t find congenial

• Discussion of sensitive topics

• Criticizing racist, sexist, cissexist, or otherwise oppressive behavior or assumptions

This Code of Conduct applies to all AAMC & AAMC Foundation events, including our online Art Curators Conference.

If you or someone else is being discriminated against or harassed, please report it as soon as possible. You can make a report by emailing or calling our office directly or by making an anonymous report through the Conference platform, Socio.

We can’t follow up on an anonymous report with you directly, but we will take your comments seriously. We appreciate you sharing your feedback; this will help us to ensure safety at all our events.

This Code of Conduct is in place to protect the safety of all attendees. Attendees asked to stop any harassing or discriminatory behavior are expected to comply immediately. AAMC & AAMC Foundation staff may take action to redress anything disrupting the program or making the environment unsafe for participants. Anyone engaging in any of the behaviors outlined above may be subject to expulsion with no refund from meetings and related events, or future events.

This Code of Conduct is based on the policy from the American Alliance of Museums, which was based on the Geek Feminism wiki and uses language with permission from the Nonprofit Technology Conference’s Code of Conduct. Please note that AAMC & AAMC Foundation are not responsible or liable for the level of service provided by third parties listed in the resources section above.

Conference Supporters & Contributors

Thank you to the following for their support and enthusiasm for the 2022 Art Curators Conference.

Corporate Sponsors

LEAD SPONSOR FRIEND

Foundation Supporter

Individual Donors PATRON

Michi Jigarjian

Marie-Josée Kravis

Ronay and Richard Menschel

Fred and Nancy Poses

Anthony and Sandra Tamer

PARTNER

Miyoung Lee

Cristin Tierney

Featured Advertisers

Art Dealers Association of America

Cristin Tierney Gallery

Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center

The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery

Gill & Lagodich

The Hedda Sterne Foundation

Hindman

James Cohan Gallery

Lord Cultural Resources

Williams College Museum of Art

Advertisers

Betty Krulik Fine Art

Debra Force Fine Art

Dietl International

Getty Publications

Benefit Committee

International Society of Appraisers

Masterpiece International

Michael Rosenfeld Gallery

The Warehouse Art Museum

Mary Hannah Byers, Senior Director, Sotheby’s Advisory; Co-Chair

Jane Cohan, Partner, James Cohan

Whitney Donhauser, Ronay Menschel Director and President, Museum of the City of New York

Marianne Lamonaca, Director of the Humanities Edge, Florida International University; President, Board of Trustees

Mary-Kay Lombino, Deputy Director and the Emily Hargroves Fisher ’57 and Richard B. Fisher Curator, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College; Co-Chair

Eric Shiner, Art Historian

Cristin Tierney, Owner, Cristin Tierney Gallery

Conference Producer

Lucy Lydon, Luce Productions

AAMC & AAMC Foundation Team

Judith Pineiro, Executive Director

Casey Collier, Development and Senior Communications Manager

Glorimar Garcia, Program Manager

Cassidy Tierney, Administrator

David Zwirner is pleased to support the AAMC and the Art Curators Conference 2022

On View in New York

Michaël Borremans

The Acrobat

Through June 4

Oscar Murillo

Ourself behind ourself concealed

Through June 4

Fred Sandback Through May 21

Nora Turato govern me harder

Through July 1

Richard Serra Drawings

May 4–June 18

Richard Serra Sculpture

May 4–July 15

Awards for Excellence

The Awards for Excellence, highly esteemed by art curators everywhere, celebrates achievements in creating connections and fostering engagement between nonprofit art organizations and communities; pushing boundaries with new approaches and perspectives in research, presentation, and access; and addressing social justice, activism, diversity, access, equity, and inclusion. Encompassing digital, print, and in-person curatorial-led projects, AAMC is proud to present the 2022 Awards for Excellence honorees.

Digital Exhibition

Willi Smith: Street Couture Virtual Exhibition, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Lead Curator:

Alexandra Cunningham Cameron

Curator of Contemporary Design and Hintz Secretarial Scholar, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Additional Project Leads:

Eric Nylund

Design Director, Linked by Air

Adam Quinn

Digital Product Manager, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Digital Publication

Malangatana: Mozambique Modern, Art Institute of Chicago

Lead Curators:

Hendrik Folkerts

Curator of International Contemporary Art, Moderna Museet

Felicia Mings

Curator, Art Gallery of York University

Costa Petridis

Curator of African Art and Chair of the Department of Arts of Africa and the Americas, Art Institute of Chicago

Mario Pissarra

Founding Director, Africa South Art Initiative

Additional Lead Contributors at Art Institute of Chicago

Allison Langley

Director of Paintings and Frames Conservation

Katrina Rush

Paintings Conservator

Julie Simek

Paintings Conservator

Online Program

The Black Index, University of California, Irvine

Lead Curators

Bridget R. Cooks

Professor and Curator, University of California, Irvine

Sarah Watson

Chief Curator, Hunter College Art Galleries, New York

Non-Catalog Publication

Black Power in Print: The Black Panther Newspapers at MoMA , The Museum of Modern Art

Lead Curator

Akili Tommasino

Associate Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Additional Lead Contributor

Jason Persse

Editorial Manager, The Museum of Modern Art

Exhibition or Installation from an Organization with an Operating Budget Up to $10 Million

Difference Machines: Technology and Identity in Contemporary Art, Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Lead Curators

Tina Rivers Ryan

Assistant Curator, Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Paul Vanouse

Professor, University at Buffalo

Exhibition or Installation from an Organization with an Operating Budget of $10–$30 Million

Alien vs. Citizen, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

Lead Curators

January Arnall

Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

Line Ajan

Formerly Barjeel Global Fellow, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

Exhibition or Installation from an Organization with an Operating Budget Above $30 Million

The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Lead Curator at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Valerie Cassel Oliver

Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art

Additional Team Leads at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Courtney Burkhardt

Director of Exhibition Planning and Publications

Kelly Burrow

Associate Registrar for Exhibitions

Shannon Petska

Senior Project Manager for Exhibitions

Ryan Schmidt

Senior Lighting and A/V Designer

Eric Steinen

Senior Art Handler for Exhibitions and Special Projects

Michael Taylor

Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Art and Education

Daniel Young

Director of Exhibition Design and Production

Publication from an Organization with an Operating Budget Up to $10 Million

Like Sugar, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College

Lead Curators

Sarah Goodwin

Professor of English Emerita, Skidmore College

Rachel Seligman

Assistant Director for Curatorial Affairs and Malloy Curator, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College

Additional Lead Contributor

Barbara Glauber

Graphic Designer, Heavy Meta

Publication from an Organization with an Operating Budget of $10–$30 Million

Mirror with a Memory: Photography, Surveillance, and Artificial Intelligence, Carnegie Museum of Art

Lead Curators

Taylor Fisch

Curator of Archives, kurimanzutto gallery, Mexico City

Dan Leers

Curator of Photography, Carnegie Museum of Art

Publication from an Organization with an Operating Budget Above $30 Million

Reconstructions: Architecture and Blackness in America, The Museum of Modern Art

Lead Curators

Sean Anderson

Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, Cornell University Department of Architecture

Mabel O. Wilson

Nancy and George E. Rupp Professor of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation and Professor in African American and African Diaspora Studies, Columbia University

Entrance to The Art Show 2020 at the Park Avenue Armory, photo by Josh Nefsky.

Left scrim: John Marin, Weehawken Sequence, by 1916, courtesy Menconi + Schoelkopf, New York.

Right scrim: Gideon Rubin, Untitled, 2019, oil on linen, courtesy the artist and Hosfelt Gallery. Lighting by Foscarini.

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Hindman is committed to achieving the highest levels of success for our institutional clients and providing a holistic suite of services including consignment, appraisal and acquisition.

Caroline Mujica-Parodi Director, Museum Services carolinemujica@hindmanauctions.com

Briar Koehl Business Development Senior Associate briarkoehl@hindmanauctions.com

Jorge Tacla

Cristin Tierney Gallery

Curated by Christian Viveros-Fauné

September 9 - October 28, 2022

The Armory Show

September 9 -11, 2022

Jorge Tacla, Identidad Oculta 160, 2021. oil and cold wax on canvas. 40 x 30 inches.

Featured Speakers (listed by appearance)

Sunday, May 1

Keynote Address

by Gretchen Jennings, Co-Founder of The Empathetic Museum on Empathy as Action

From her childhood in the Philippines to her recent museum teaching in India, Gretchen Jennings has been interested in culture, race, and languages—all phenomena that make us both different and similar as humans. With an MA in African and European History and in Education, she began her museum career at the National Museum of African Art just as it was joining the Smithsonian Institution in the late 1980s. Her initial role as an educator at the Museum of African Art evolved into work as project director both for the Psychology exhibition, created in the 1990s with the American Psychological Association and the Ontario Science Centre, and for the 2002 exhibition Invention at Play, created by the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History. Both exhibitions won awards of excellence from the American Alliance of Museums. In addition to management roles in education and exhibition development, Gretchen served as Editor in Chief for the Journal of Museum Education from 1996 to 1999 and Exhibitionist (now Exhibition), the journal of the National Association for Museum Exhibition, from 2007 to 2014. She has visited India six times since 2009, teaching in the MS in Museum Communication program of the National Council of Science Museums in Kolkata. Her teaching has centered on the theory and practice of creating accessible and family friendly exhibitions. In 2011, she began her blog Museum Commons, where she first proposed the idea of the Empathetic Museum. Since 2013, The Empathetic Museum has emerged as a group of colleagues dedicated to the inner transformation of museums by creating a culture of empathy and resonance with their audiences. The Empathetic Museum provides a philosophy, tools, and workshops for confronting histories of colonialism, racism, and privilege and for the practice of institutional empathy. In addition to her work with the Empathetic Museum, she is a member of The Museum Group and participates in other museum social-justice initiatives such as MASSAction (Museums as Sites for Social Action) and Museums and Race. Gretchen lives in Washington, DC, with her husband, Jim Fallon, and enjoys gardening and volunteering for the national villages movement to support aging at home.

Monday, May 2

On Becoming and Being a Cross-Racial Ally: Tips and Tactics for Talking about Race (Part II)

with Dr. Kenneth V. Hardy, PhD, Clinical & Organizational Consultant, Eikenberg Institute for Relationships

Dr. Kenneth V. Hardy is a Clinical and Organizational Consultant at the Eikenberg Institute for Relationships in New York, NY, where he also serves as Director. He provides racially focused trauma informed training, executive coaching, and consultation to a diverse network of individuals and organizations throughout the United States and abroad. He is a former Professor of Family Therapy at both Drexel University in Philadelphia and Syracuse University in New York, and has also served as the Director of Children, Families, and Trauma at the Ackerman Institute for the Family in New York, NY. He is the author of Culturally Sensitive Supervision: Diverse Perspectives and Practical Applications; Promoting Culturally Sensitive Supervision: A Manual for Practitioners; Revisioning Family Therapy: Race, Class, and Gender ; and Teens Who Hurt: Clinical Strategies for Breaking the Cycle of Youth Violence. In addition to his consultation work, Dr. Hardy is a frequent conference speaker and has also appeared on ABC’s 20/20, NBC’s Dateline, PBS, and The Oprah Winfrey Show.

Featured Speakers (listed by appearance)

Monday, May 2

Keynote Interview

Pamela J. Joyner on The Black Trustees Alliance In-Conversation with Brooke A. Minto, Executive Director, Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums

Pamela J. Joyner

Pamela J. Joyner has nearly 30 years of experience in the investment industry. She is the Founder of Avid Partners, LLC, where her expertise has been in the alternative investment arena. Currently, Ms. Joyner is focused on her philanthropic interests in the arts and education. Ms. Joyner is a Trustee of The Art Institute of Chicago, the J. Paul Getty Trust, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Museum of Modern Art. Ms. Joyner also serves on the board of the Art & Practice Foundation. Previously, Ms. Joyner’s philanthropic involvements have included serving as a member of President Obama’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, a Trustee of Dartmouth College, a Trustee of the New York City Ballet, a Trustee and Co-Chair of the San Francisco Ballet Association, as well as other arts and educational organizations.

Brooke A. Minto, Executive Director, Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums

Brooke A. Minto has 20 years of experience working for museums and interdisciplinary arts organizations in the United States and abroad. As Executive Director of the Black Trustee Alliance (BTA), Ms. Minto is growing BTA’s membership and overseeing the initiation of its key mission components.

Previously, Ms. Minto held senior leadership roles at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town, the New Museum in New York, the New Orleans Museum of Art, and the Pérez Art Museum Miami. She began her career in the curatorial department of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

A graduate of Dartmouth College, Ms. Minto studied art history, and earned a master’s degree in Modern Art and Critical Studies from Columbia University. She is a member of the Board of Advisors for the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth.

Photograph of Pamela J. Joyner (left) by Drew Altzier and of Brooke A. Minto (right) by Andrei Severny

Monday, May 2

Championing Cultural Diversity at BRIC

Elizabeth Ferrer, Chief Curator, BRIC

Elizabeth Ferrer is Chief Curator at BRIC, a multidisciplinary arts organization in Brooklyn. At BRIC, she has curated numerous exhibitions and founded the BRIC Triennial. She is also a scholar of Latinx art. Her book Latinx Photography in the United States: A Visual History was published in 2021 by the University of Washington Press to wide critical acclaim. Elizabeth has curated exhibitions at the Smithsonian, El Museo del Barrio, En Foco, the Wallach Art Gallery, and the Americas Society. She has also published extensively, including a book on the Mexican modernist Lola Álvarez Bravo, published by Aperture in 2006.

Featured Speakers (listed by appearance)

Tuesday, May 3

Spotlight: The Work of the Asian American Arts Alliance

Lisa Gold, Executive Director, Asian American Arts Alliance

Lisa has over two decades of experience in arts management, development, programming, community outreach, and public relations. She has served as the Director of Public Engagement at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC; the Executive Director of Washington Project for the Arts; the Public Relations Director at the Drawing Center in New York; and Director of Development and Communications at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City. Lisa is recognized as a strong advocate for creative producers and has developed inclusive programming and outreach initiatives throughout her career.

Tuesday, May 3

Building Resilience for a Climate-Changed Future

Jennifer Atkinson, Associate Professor of Environmental Humanities, University of Washington, Bothell

Dr. Jennifer Atkinson teaches seminars on climate anxiety and grief that help young people build resilience for a climate-changed future. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times, and on NBC News, and other outlets. Dr. Atkinson is currently working on a book titled An Existential Toolkit for the Climate Crisis, which offers strategies to navigate the emotional toll of climate disruption. She leads public seminars on climate emotions in partnership with youth activists, psychologists, scientists, and policy makers. Her podcast, Facing It, also gives people tools to channel eco-anxiety into action.

Our Conference Venue

Conference Check-In

Pick up your name tag and tote bag at Conference check-in to receive access to Conference sessions and registered events. Your name tag will act as your entry ticket to Conference meals and events. The AAMC staff at check-in can also help with any questions you might have, and will have extra face masks and hand sanitizer available.

Check-in is open:

Northside Foyer, second floor

• Saturday April 30, 9:30 AM–4:00 PM

Salon FGHI Foyer, second floor

• Sunday, May 1, 8:30 AM–4:00 PM

• Monday, May 2, 8:30 AM–4:00 PM

• Tuesday, May 3, 8:00 AM–12:00 PM

Meditative Space

Park Slope Room, second floor

Conference attendees are welcome to use this quiet room as a place to reflect and be in silence throughout the Conference. We ask that all attendees refrain from using their cell phones or speaking in this room.

The meditative space is open:

• Sunday, May 1, 8:30 AM–4:00 PM

• Monday, May 2, 8:30–11:30 AM & 1:30–4:00 PM

• Tuesday, May 3, 8:00 AM–12:00 PM

AAMC & AAMC Foundation are committed to prioritizing the health and safety of all Conference attendees and ensuring that the Conference is a safe and comfortable space for all. Attendees should feel free to be masked and social distance as they are comfortable. All AAMC staff at the Conference will be fully vaccinated. Hand sanitizer will be provided and will be made available throughout all Conference venues, and we ask attendees to sanitize frequently.

New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge, 333 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Nursing Room

A nursing room is available for all Conference attendees. Please find an AAMC staff member and they will assist you in accessing the room.

Health and Safety

New York City (NYC) is no longer requiring proof of vaccination or masking at large indoor gatherings as of March 7, 2022. As noted in prior health notices related to the Conference, AAMC is adhering to all the health and safety protocols set by NYC and New York State (NYS). While the regulations may change again, we are, as of March 14, 2022, not requiring proof of vaccination or requiring masks to attend the Conference. Kindly note that this does not preclude any regulations set forth for travel or entering the US; these are only NYC and/or NYS regulations.

By registering, all in-person attendees agree to adhere to these requirements, and to any updated requirements as mandated by NYS, NYC, US, and/or our Conference venue. Each registrant agrees not to hold AAMC, AAMC Foundation, and the Conference venue liable if they come in contact with someone COVID positive or test positive for COVID after the Conference and any of its related events. For any questions about protocols, exemptions, or our health and safety procedures, please email Lucy.Lydon@artcurators.org.

Conference Schedule

Panels, Workshops & Talks

Keynotes & Special Addresses Breakouts Special Event Break

Saturday, April 30

All events are held at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge and virtually, except where noted. All session times are listed in ET.

9:30–11:30 AM ET

Professional Alliance for Curators of Color (PACC) Workshop

with Yejin Lee, Equity & Justice Coach and Consultant, Jeong Coaching & Consulting LLC

Private event—PACC Cohort, 2022, by invitation only.

1:00–2:30 PM ET

Mentorship Program Workshop

with nico wheadon, Art Advisor, Curator, Educator & Writer

Private event—Mentorship Program Cohort, 2021–2022, by invitation only.

3:00–4:30 PM ET

Program Alumni Event

with Heather MacDonald, Senior Program Officer, Getty Foundation

Private event—by invitation only.

Sunday, May 1

All events are held at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge and virtually, except where noted. All session times are listed in ET.

8:30–9:30 AM ET

Coffee Reception

In-person only.

9:30–9:35 AM ET

Welcome Remarks

by Marianne Lamonaca , Director of the Humanities Edge, Florida International University; President, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

9:35–10:15 AM ET

Keynote Address

by Gretchen Jennings, Co-Founder, The Empathetic Museum on Empathy as Action, with an introduction by Michelle Jacques, Head of Exhibitions & Collections/Chief Curator, Remai Modern; Vice President, Inclusion & Outreach, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

10:15–10:30 AM ET

State of Museum Advocacy

with Peter J. Schertz , Jack & Mary Frable Curator of Ancient Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; Vice President, Advocacy, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

10:30–10:45 AM ET

Break

(Art)Tourism as Spectatorship?

This session inquires into the notion of the (art)tourist as a spectator who, often seen as a passive viewer, is, in actuality, an active contributor to the precarization of many communities around the world. This conversation will address spectatorship in the context of mass tourism, contemporary mega-cultural events, historic formats such as the Grand Tour of the seventeenth- to mid-nineteenth century and the often-present exoticism within the framing of heritage cities that are reimagined as tourist destinations, such as Petra in Jordan. Together, we will raise questions such as: How has the external gaze of the tourist shaped the local identity and heritage of historic tourist destinations such as Venice, Istanbul, Athens, or Cairo? How do we reorient the one-dimensional gaze of historic tourism to allow for accounts that include the living realities of the local? How can the exchange and interaction between host and visitors be mutually beneficial, equitable, and reciprocal, especially for art visitors and museums?

MODERATOR & ORGANIZER

Ameli M. Klein, Co-Founder, Collective Rewilding

PANELISTS

Jonathan S. Bell, Vice President of Programs, World Monuments Fund

Adam Cvijanovic , Artist

Waleed Hazbun, Richard L. Chambers Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Alabama

Manijeh Verghese, Head of Public Engagement, Architectural Association School of Architecture

11:45 AM–1:00 PM ET

RoundTables: Sustainability

AAMC’s RoundTables are facilitated, small-group discussions on topics facing the field at large. Through these guided conversations, AAMC hopes to catalyze lasting cross-institutional discussions on best practices in the field. RoundTables will be virtual and in-person. In-person RoundTables include a boxed lunch, and are seated on a first-come-first-serve basis. Non-RoundTable seating is available in Salon FGHI. Virtual RoundTables can be accessed through our Conference platform, Socio.

IN-PERSON

• Provenance Impact— Cobble Hill Room

• Courier Policies— Carroll Gardens Room

• Exhibition Design— Carroll Gardens Room

• Deaccessioning: A Sotheby’s RoundTable Park Slope Room

• Digital Publications— Windsor Terrace Room

• Community Partnering— Sunset Park Room

• Storage— Sunset Park Room

• Non-RoundTable lunch seating is available in Salon FGHI

VIRTUAL

• Provenance Impact

• Courier Policies

• Exhibition Design

1:00–2:00 PM ET

Exhibiting Difficult Knowledge

How can we reimagine the exhibition of art that engages with trauma?

“Difficult knowledge” is a term introduced by scholar Deborah Britzman to describe knowledge that involves narratives of social and historical trauma— such as genocide, slavery, and other forms of cultural violence. If we consider art as an aesthetic, visceral experience of knowledge, we can acknowledge the challenges that such practices present for both artists and audiences. This panel wishes to gather a broad range of curators, artists, art educators, and interpretive planners to reflect about the aesthetic experiences of “difficult art.” We will focus on art produced, curated, and interpreted by racial, sexual, and cultural minorities. Mobilized by recent and ongoing discussions about museum decolonization and discourse diversity, we intend to explore innovative modes of curatorial approaches, installation strategies, and audience relationships with art that originates from collective trauma.

MODERATOR & ORGANIZER

Renata Azevedo Moreira , Assistant Curator, Indigenous and Canadian Art Department, Art Gallery of Ontario

PANELISTS

asinnajaq, Independent

Ashley James, Associate Curator, Contemporary Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Siddhartha V. Shah, Director of Education and Civic Engagement and Curator of South Asian Art, Peabody Essex Museum

2:00–2:05 PM

by Marianne Lamonaca , Director of the Humanities Edge, Florida International University; President, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

2:05–3:00 PM ET

Understanding NFTs and the Opportunity for Museums

Join Sotheby’s Advisory for a panel discussion surrounding the evolution and importance of NFTs and their impact on the cultural landscape. Topics will include the history of blockchain technology, recent market developments and milestones, and provide a greater understanding of the unique and creative opportunities for artists and institutions to engage with this technology, break down physical barriers, and venture into this ever-evolving and highly visible digital sphere. Panelists will address questions surrounding sustainability, viability, and growth of NFTs—asking the questions: Are NFTs here to stay and are there meaningful and authentic ways for institutions to employ the metaverse? Considerations will include conversations prompting new means of diversifying audience engagement, expansion of digital art, capturing provenance, and creating additional fundraising channels and patrons programs, all through NFTs and blockchain technology.

MODERATOR

Christy Coombs, Senior Vice President, Sotheby’s Advisory

PANELISTS

Nina del Rio, Senior Vice President, Vice Chairman, and Head of Sotheby’s Advisory, Sotheby’s

Charlotte Eytan, Director, Particle Collection

Jose Andres Rosero-Curet , Community Leader Manager, DoinGud

Closing Remarks

by Judith Pineiro, Executive Director, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

4:00–5:30 PM ET

Awards for Excellence Celebration

In-person only.

The Awards for Excellence, highly esteemed by art curators everywhere, is the only award of its kind by which curators directly honor their colleagues. Join curators from around the world in celebrating AAMC’s 2022 Awards for Excellence recipients. Learn more about these groundbreaking curatorial projects, and join us in raising your glass to toast this year’s awardees.

Monday, May 2

All events held at New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge and virtually, except where noted. All session times are listed in ET.

8:00–9:00 AM ET

Coffee Reception

In-person only.

9:00–9:15 AM ET

Welcome Remarks

by Judith Pineiro, Executive Director, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

9:15–10:30 AM ET

On Becoming and Being a Cross-Racial Ally: Tips and Tactics for Talking about Race (Part II)

Race remains a potent and polarizing issue in all domains of our society and unfortunately the world of work is no exception. Despite the omnipresence of race in our lives, progressive and meaningful conversations about it remain somewhere between difficult and impossible. Our efforts to talk about race openly and effectively are often characterized by avoidance, discomfort, and awkwardness. This workshop will provide participants with tips and tools for promoting sustainable conversations about race both personally and professionally.

SPEAKER

Dr. Kenneth V. Hardy, PhD, Clinical & Organizational Consultant, Eikenberg Institute for Relationships

10:30–10:45 AM ET

Break

Changing the Day

At the forefront of discussions within the arts community are unionization, salary and benefit transparency, pay equity, and work-life centered schedules. This panel will open a conversation and dialogue around these topics to look at questions such as: Can we truly revitalize working in the arts, including nonprofit organizations, by reimagining past employment concepts? How can we implement new ways of working to ensure an inclusive, equitable, and sustainable arts community?

MODERATOR

Angie Brice Thomas , Founder & CEO, Brice Consulting Group, LLC

PANELISTS

Rachel Adams , Chief Curator and Director of Programs, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts

Elsa Hiltner, Co-Founder, On Our Team

Mia Locks, Head of Strategy, Museums Moving Forward

Adam Rizzo, Coordinator of College and Pre-Professional Programs and Museum Educator, Philadelphia Museum of Art

11:45 AM–1:00 PM ET

RoundTables: Revitalization

AAMC’s RoundTables are facilitated, small-group discussions on topics facing the field at large. Through these guided conversations, AAMC hopes to catalyze lasting cross-institutional discussions on best practices in the field. RoundTables will be virtual and in-person. In-person RoundTables include a boxed lunch, and are seated on a first-come-first-serve basis. Non-RoundTable seating is available in Salon FGHI. Virtual RoundTables can be accessed through our Conference platform, Socio.

IN-PERSON

• Shifting Acquisitions – Cobble Hill Room

• Hiring Practices – Carroll Gardens Room

• Active Anti-Racist Advocacy – Carroll Gardens Room

• Inclusive Management Structures – Windsor Terrace Room

• Remote and Hybrid Work Schedules – Sunset Park Room

• Colonialism in Permanent Collections – Sunset Park Room

• Non-RoundTable lunch seating is available in Salon FGHI.

VIRTUAL

• Shifting Acquisitions

• Hiring Practices

• Colonialism in Permanent Collections

Decentralizing the Curatorial

Decentralized curatorial models can take place in a variety of forms, from inviting artists and community to share in program decision-making to completely abolishing roles and hierarchies within organizations. From three different perspectives—artist-led, community, and global—this panel discussion explores experimental models of curating, aiming to open up institutions for critique and collective change as well as reevaluating its program, collection, and, ultimately, governance. Through an honest conversation, challenging topics will be explored, such as how the panel participants approach their boards of trustees, how to manage their communities’ expectations, and how to be empathetic, self-reflective curators.

MODERATOR & ORGANIZER

Beatriz Lobo Britto, Curator, Institute of International Visual Arts–iniva

PANELISTS

Connie Bell, Co-Founder, Decolonising The Archive and University of Repair

Niomi Fairweather, Curator, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art

Jasmine Wahi, Founder and Co-Director, Project for Empty Space

2:00–3:00 PM ET

Keynote Interview

Pamela J. Joyner on The Black Trustees Alliance In-Conversation with Brooke A. Minto, Executive Director, Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums, with an introduction by Mary Kate O’Hare, Senior Vice President and Advisor, Art Advisory & Finance, Citi Private Bank; Vice President, Fundraising, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

3:00–3:15 PM ET Break

3:15–3:30 PM ET

Championing Cultural Diversity at BRIC

with Elizabeth Ferrer, Chief Curator, BRIC, with an introduction by Hannah Byers , Senior Director, Sotheby’s Advisory; Benefit Committee Co-Chair, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

Insights into Vetting at the TEFAF Fair

This panel discussion aims to elucidate the stringent and transparent vetting standards and procedures that are continually evolving at The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF). TEFAF is unique in that it hosts a vetting process and is dedicated to vetting committees and the overall vetting process and remains a pillar of their efforts. The fairs in Maastricht and New York bring together the world’s leading experts from a multitude of disciplines to adhere to and implement procedures and regulations, enabling TEFAF to create a very high standard that applies across all its fairs. During this conversation, we will share the importance and challenges of vetting artwork, why the process matters, and center on how the process works, the challenges faced, and also how vetting committees and participants are chosen.

MODERATOR

Helga Aurisch, Curator of European Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

PANELISTS

Andrea Achi, Assistant Curator, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Carol S. Eliel, Senior Curator of Modern Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Past President, Trustee Emerita, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

Wim Pijbes, Director, Droom en Daad Foundation

Arthur Wheelock , Senior Advisor, The Leiden Collection

4:15 PM ET

Concluding Remarks

by Mary-Kay Lombino, Deputy Director and the Emily Hargroves Fisher ’57 and Richard B. Fisher Curator, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College; Benefit Committee Co-Chair, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

7:00–8:30 PM ET

Members’ Party

The Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort Street, New York, NY 10014

Pre-registration required.

Catch up with friends and colleagues at AAMC’s annual Members’ Party at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Attendees will enjoy a private viewing of the Whitney Biennial, Quiet as It’s Kept

Tuesday, May 3

All events held at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge and virtually, except where noted. All session times are listed in ET.

8:00–9:00 AM ET

Coffee Reception

In-person only.

9:00–9:05 AM ET

Welcome

by Elizabeth Morrison, Senior Curator of Manuscripts, J. Paul Getty Museum; Vice President, Governance & Nominating, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

9:05–9:15 AM ET

Spotlight: The Work of the Asian American Arts Alliance

by Lisa Gold, Executive Director, Asian American Arts Alliance

9:15 AM–12:30 PM EST

FOCUS: Confronting Environmental Crisis

This half-day program is dedicated to the environmental crisis. Multiple conversations will offer a variety of perspectives on how museums, curators, conservators, academics, and creatives are confronting climate change, sea level rise, and other aspects of the evolving global environmental crisis. As museum professionals, what can we do to address a grave situation that has profound implications on all aspects of our cultural practices? Analogous to the airline announcement to put on your own mask before assisting others, this session begins with self-care, and then looks at the response to the crisis from a global policy perspective and through the lens of curatorial, conservation, and artistic practice.

9:15–9:20 AM ET

Introduction

by

Marianne

Lamonaca , Director of the Humanities Edge, Florida International University; President, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

9:20–9:50 AM ET

Building Resilience for a Climate-Changed Future

with Jennifer Atkinson, Associate Professor of Environmental Humanities, University of Washington, Bothell

9:50–10:50 AM ET

Climate Impact Fieldwork

MODERATOR & ORGANIZER

Marianne Lamonaca , Director of the Humanities Edge, Florida International University; President, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

PANELISTS

Vincent Beltran, Associate Scientist, Getty Conservation Institute

Cat Dunn, Social-Justice Curator, Associate Lecturer, and PhD Researcher, DJCAD, University of Dundee

Aaron Leggett , Curator of Alaska History & Indigenous Cultures, Anchorage Museum

Diana Pardue, Chief, Museum Services Division, Statue of Liberty National Monument, National Park Service

10:50–11:15 AM ET

Break

11:15 AM–12:15 PM ET

Conversation

between Xavier Cortada , Artist and Professor of Practice, Department of Art & Art History, University of Miami, and Jane Winchell, Sarah Fraser Robbins Director of the Art & Nature Center, and Curator of Natural History, Peabody Essex Museum

12:15 PM ET

Concluding Remarks

by Judith Pineiro, Executive Director, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

Art Curators Conference Continues

AAMC is proud to be taking its Conference theme to a wider public audience. In partnership with TEFAF, we are hosting a TEFAF Talks session.

Created by AAMC: Sustainability and the Arts

Monday, May 9 5:00–6:00 PM

TEFAF New York

Veterans Room, Park Avenue Armory

643 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065

Continuing the theme of Sustainability and Revitalization at the 2022 Art Curators Conference, the Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) will advance a discussion about the art world’s efforts towards sustainable and climate-impact-conscious modes of working. Bringing together experts to present their efforts, offer possible opportunities and ideas, and create a think tank with the audience’s engagement, we hope the session will move us closer towards a better future.

AAMC Conference attendees are invited to attend TEFAF New York free of charge. To register, please log into the Conference platform, Socio, to redeem your complimentary pass.

About TEFAF Talks

TEFAF Talks are panel discussions that have been initiated at TEFAF New York in 2016. They are carefully curated conversations to strengthen one’s art knowledge.

MODERATOR

Elizabeth Smith , Executive Director, Helen Frankenthaler Foundation

PANELISTS

Eileen Jeng Lynch , Curator of Visual Arts, Wave Hill

Brooke Kamin Rapaport , Deputy Director and Martin Friedman Chief Curator, Madison Square Park Conservancy

Sofia Reeser del Rio, Independent Curator, Multidisciplinary Artist, and Educator

Pauline Willis , Director, American Federation of Arts (AFA)

This program is organized by the AAMC, and was created by Judith Pineiro, Executive Director, AAMC & AAMC Foundation and Lucy Lydon, Director, Luce Productions.

WHERE

TEFAF New York

Veterans Room, Park Avenue Armory 643 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065

WHEN

Monday, May 9 5:00–6:00 PM

ACCESS

AAMC Conference attendees are invited to attend TEFAF New York free of charge. To register, please log into the Conference platform, Socio, to redeem your complimentary pass.

NEW & NOTABLE

Flesh and Bones

The Art of Anatomy

Monique Kornell, with contributions by Thisbe Gensler, Naoko Takahatake, and Erin Travers

At the intersection of science and art, this illustrated volume explores themes of anatomy from the Renaissance to modern times.

The Sun King at Sea Maritime Art and Galley Slavery in Louis XIV’s France

Meredith Martin and Gillian Weiss

This richly illustrated volume, the first devoted to maritime art and galley slavery in early modern France, shows how royal propagandists used the image and labor of enslaved Muslims to glorify Louis XIV.

Living Matter

The Preservation of Biological Materials in Contemporary Art

Edited by Rachel Rivenc and Kendra Roth

This groundbreaking publication explores the challenges associated with displaying, collecting, and preserving works of art created with biological materials.

Luisa Roldán

Catherine Hall-van den Elsen

This beautifully illustrated book is the first English-language monograph on Luisa Roldán, a Spanish Baroque artist known for her exquisitely crafted and painted sculpture.

Persia

Ancient Iran and the Classical World

Edited by Jeffrey Spier, Timothy Potts, and Sara E. Cole

This fascinating volume addresses the political, intellectual, religious, and artistic relations between Persia, Greece, and the Roman Empire.

Clyfford Still

The Artist’s Materials

Susan F. Lake and Barbara A. Ramsay

This heavily illustrated and engaging book provides the first detailed account of Clyfford Still’s working methods, materials, and techniques.

Panelist & Presenter Bios

Andrea Achi, Assistant Curator, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Trained as a Byzantinist, Dr. Andrea Achi’s scholarship and curatorial practice focuses on late antique and Byzantine art of the Mediterranean Basin and Northeast Africa. She specializes in the art and archaeology of Late Antiquity with a particular interest in manuscripts and archaeological objects from Christian Egypt and Nubia. She has brought this expertise to bear on exhibitions like Art and Peoples of the Kharga Oasis (2017), Crossroads: Power and Piety (2020), and The Good Life (2021) at The Met and in numerous presentations and publications. Dr. Achi is also the co-chair of the Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) committee of the International Center of Medieval Art and the chair of the Inclusivity and Diversity Committee of the Medieval Academy of America. She holds a BA from Barnard College and a PhD from New York University.

Rachel Adams , Chief Curator and Director of Programs, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts

Rachel Adams’s areas of interest are varied but always focus on creating meaningful connections for artists. She focuses on the crossover between contemporary art and architecture, performance and video, and new-media practices. Past curatorial appointments include Senior Curator at UB Art Galleries, Curator-in-Residence at Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, and Associate Curator at Arthouse at the Jones Center (now The Contemporary Austin). Adams holds an MA in Exhibition and Museum Studies from the San Francisco Art Institute and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Select exhibitions include All Together, Amongst Many: Reflections on Empathy, Paul Mpagi

Sepuya: Drop Scene, Claudia Wieser: Generations (co-curated), Alison

O’Daniel: Heavy Air, Jillian Mayer: TIMESHARE, The Language of Objects, Wanderlust: Actions, Traces, Journeys 1967–2017, and Introducing Tony Conrad: A Retrospective (co-curated). Forthcoming projects include exhibitions with Maya Dunietz in 2022 and the group exhibition Presence in the Pause

asinnajaq, Independent

asinnajaq is the daughter of Carol Rowan and Jobie Weetaluktuk. She is from Inukjuak, Nunavik, and lives in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal). asinnajaq’s work includes filmmaking, writing, and curating. She co-created Tilliraniit, a three-day festival celebrating Inuit art and artists. asinnajaq wrote and directed Three Thousand (2017), a short sci-fi documentary. She co-curated Isuma’s show for the Canadian pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale. She was long-listed for the 2020 Sobey Art Award. She cocurated the inaugural exhibition, INUA , at the Qaumajuq. asinnajaq’s work has been exhibited at art galleries and film festivals around the world.

Jennifer Atkinson, Associate Professor of Environmental Humanities, University of Washington, Bothell

Dr. Jennifer Atkinson teaches seminars on climate anxiety and grief that help young people build resilience for a climate-changed future. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, on NBC News, and other outlets. Dr. Atkinson is currently working on a book titled An Existential Toolkit for the Climate Crisis, which offers strategies to navigate the emotional toll of climate disruption. She leads public seminars on climate emotions in partnership with youth activists, psychologists, scientists, and policy makers. Her podcast, Facing It, also gives people tools to channel eco-anxiety into action.

Helga Aurisch, Curator of European Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Having been deeply engaged with a wonderful collection of art that spans hundreds of years, I see it as my mission to preserve it, while making it accessible to the greatest number of people. It has been a true pleasure over nearly two decades to share my insights into these works with the public, to give them relevance, and to add to the public’s understanding and appreciation, while at the same time learning from the questions raised by our visitors and the different points of view they contribute.

Connie Bell, Co-Founder, Decolonising The Archive and University of Repair

Connie Bell’s vision is to play her part in the welfare of futurity and selfhealing for people of African descent. Bell is one of the founding members of Decolonising The Archive (DTA). As a consultant, memory worker, and cultural producer, her work explores decolonial methodologies and memory as technology. Currently, she is leading the overarching project of building a Pan African Archive via DTA LIVE RADIO.

Jonathan S. Bell, Vice President of Programs, World Monuments Fund

Dr. Bell came to the World Monuments Fund from the National Geographic Society, where he oversaw a large portfolio of projects that included archaeological research and cultural heritage. Over the course of his career, he worked with the Getty Conservation Institute on World Heritage Sites in China and Egypt, evaluated cultural site management from Kazakhstan to Colombia, and oversaw strategic planning for large-scale flood infrastructure for the County of Los Angeles. Dr. Bell serves on multiple International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) scientific committees as an expert member, and he sits on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Architectural Conservation. He holds a BA from Harvard University, a DEA from the Sorbonne, an MSc in Historic Preservation from Columbia University, and a PhD in Urban Planning from UCLA.

Vincent is active in the GCI’s Preventive Conservation Science group and Managing Collection Environments Initiative. His research and teaching efforts range from the mechanical characterization of historic materials, advancing microfading tester practice, assessments of packing crate performance during transit, and environmental management systems in hot and humid climates. The work in this final area of study is summarized in the book Environmental Management for Collections: Alternative Conservation Strategies for Hot and Humid Climates (Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 2015), co-authored with the late Shin Maekawa of the GCI and Michael C. Henry of Watson & Henry Associates.

Beatriz Lobo Britto, Curator, Institute of International Visual Arts–iniva Beatriz Lobo Britto (b. Brazil, 1994) is a curator and researcher. She is currently working as the Curator for the Institute of International Visual Arts, and Exhibition Curator for ÚNA Festival (art and ecology platform facilitating exchanges between Scottish and Gaelic culture in the UK and Indigenous Peoples and climate activists in Latin America). An enthusiast of non-hierarchical thinking, she believes in the equality of ideas and non-linear ways of composing and organizing them. Her curatorial research investigates decolonial practices and traditional forms of knowledge. Beatriz holds a BA (Hons) in Museum Studies and an MA in Curatorial Practice.

Hannah Byers , Senior Director, Sotheby’s Advisory; Benefit Committee Co-Chair, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

With a background that includes Sotheby’s Advisory and Museum Services, the Guggenheim, and The Phillips Collection, I have had the privilege of working on over 70 museum and cultural development projects in more than 20 countries. Getting to work with multiple institutions all at the same time—in a wide variety of geographies and capacities, paying special attention to collection building and refinement, operating model, staffing, and leadership—provides a macro view of what is relevant to museums and municipalities now. This expansive point of view is priceless and keeps me motivated during the day-to-day of any single project.

Christy Coombs, Senior Vice President, Sotheby’s Advisory

Christy Coombs joined Sotheby’s in August of 2005 as a member of the Sotheby’s Press Office, where she liaised with external media and assisted with press releases and corporate affairs. Mrs. Coombs has since worked in Old Master Paintings (2006–2010). She has been in her current role in Museum and Corporate Art Services since August of 2010. In 2020, her team merged with the art advisory division to form Sotheby’s Advisory. Mrs. Coombs works with a wide range of clients, including directors, curators, private clients, and advisors, managing relationships with over 100 private collectors, museums, and corporations to facilitate deaccessions, acquisitions, valuations, and cultivation events. She has participated in auctions such as The Studio Museum in Harlem Benefit Auction, the Baltimore Museum of Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Detroit Institute of Arts, The Museum of Modern Art museum sales, and the Neuberger Berman, General Mills, Bank of America, and UBS corporate collection sales. Mrs. Coombs received a BA in English and Art History from the University of Virginia. She became a licensed and bonded auctioneer in December of 2016 and has conducted numerous Sotheby’s sales and benefit auctions for the Bank of America, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Girl Rising, Project Sunshine, Japan Society, Queens Museum, Norman Rockwell Museum, and other nonprofit organizations. Since 2018, she has raised millions for nonprofit organizations benefiting various institutions and organizations and the communities they serve.

Xavier Cortada , Artist and Professor of Practice, Department of Art & Art History, University of Miami

Xavier Cortada uses art’s elasticity to work across disciplines to engage communities in problem solving. Particularly environmentally focused, his work generates awareness and action around climate change, sea level rise, and biodiversity loss. Over the past three decades, the CubanAmerican artist has created art at the North and South poles and across 6 continents, including more than 150 public-art projects, site-specific installations, collaborative murals, and socially engaged projects. His most recent work, The Underwater, won a coveted 2022 Creative Capital Award. Cortada’s works are in the permanent collections of various museums, including Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM). Residencies include NSF Antarctic Artists, Rauschenberg, and Anderson Ranch. Learn more at www.cortada.com.

Adam Cvijanovic , Artist

I have been a practicing painter for all of my adult life. I came from Massachusetts (not my choice), but have resided in New York City for many decades (my choice). The longer I have made art, the more it has entrenched itself in my thoughts and my body, the more wondrous it becomes but the less I understand it or can explain it.

José Carlos Diaz , Chief Curator, The Andy Warhol Museum; Awards Chair, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

José Carlos Diaz is Chief Curator at The Warhol and was a 2018 Fellow at the Center for Curatorial Leadership. At the Warhol, he curated Farhad Moshiri: Go West and is currently preparing Andy Warhol: Revelation. Diaz is also planning Fantasy America and organizing the first-ever Warhol survey in Kyoto. Prior to this, Diaz was the Curator of Exhibitions at the Bass Museum in Miami Beach. Diaz has worked at Tate Liverpool and at the Liverpool Biennal. Diaz received an MA in Cultural History from the University of Liverpool, and a BA in Art History from San Francisco State University.

Cat Dunn, Social-Justice Curator, Associate Lecturer, and PhD researcher, DJCAD, University of Dundee

Cat Dunn is currently a doctoral candidate, Associate Lecturer, race champion, and a Director of InGear at DJCAD, University of Dundee. She is a black curator, specializing in social justice. She was short-listed for Emerging Curators for the Tate, graduated with a master’s with distinction, and has completed an upskilling Contemporary Curating in Art & Design course at DJCAD Dundee. Her practice is as a freelance social-justice researcher and producer, activist, and artist. Her work seeks to engage and create dialogue about social identity as seen through the lived experiences of marginalized women. It engages additional divisive subjects such as colonialism, slavery, racism, and feminism, often investigating those aspects that are all too frequently hidden or misrepresented. The overall basis of her practice is grounded on creating or adding to marginalized space and giving a voice to those communities. Cat’s most recent exhibition, Harbinger, investigated the impact of the climate crisis on marginalized communities living in urban areas.

Carol S. Eliel, Senior Curator of Modern Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Past President, Trustee Emerita, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

Carol S. Eliel is Senior Curator, Modern Art, at LACMA. She has organized numerous exhibitions with catalogues including Light Space Surface (traveling currently); Betye Saar: Call and Response (2019); and MoholyNagy: Future Present (co-organized, 2016). Eliel is also actively involved in building LACMA’s permanent collection. She has lectured across the US, written on a wide variety of subjects from eighteenth-century French painting to contemporary art, and served as AAMC President (2011–2013). Named a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government, she received her BA from Yale and her PhD from the Institute of Fine Arts.

Charlotte Eytan, Director, Particle Collection

Charlotte Eytan is an art historian and consultant working with both emerging and established galleries, institutions, artists, and seasoned and new collectors around the world. Charlotte has held positions within some of the world’s leading galleries and auction houses, including Pace, Christie’s and Phillips going on to act as the Director of Maximillian William Gallery in London for three years. Charlotte has also written for renowned art publications like Phaidon Press and InOtherWords. She holds an MA in Contemporary Art from Sotheby’s Institute and a BA in Art History from York University. Charlotte is now Director of Particle Foundation, bringing her extensive experience in the traditional art world and expertise in contemporary art into the art x tech sector. Particle Foundation acts as the branch of Particle Collection (fractional ownership NFT project) that stewards the physical masterpieces acquired. Charlotte’s role at the foundation sees her taking on the challenge of expanding the reach of the digital art domain to the traditional art world through collaborations with museums and galleries around the world. She is passionate about merging the physical and digital, the conventional and novel, and the democratization of fine art.

Niomi Fairweather, Curator, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art

Niomi Fairweather recently joined BALTIC as Curator (Local) in November 2021, having previously spent three years as Programme Director at The NewBridge Project. Her practice imagines alternative modes of commissioning and creates platforms and opportunities for emerging and early career artists in North East England. Niomi has curatorial experience from large organizations to artist-run initiatives and synergizes these insights to cultivate environments of experimentation, collaboration, enterprise, and ambition. Niomi uses innovative programming to foster links with local communities and nurture networks of dialogue amongst a plurality of voices and perspectives. She encourages reciprocal learning to design projects and exhibitions that engage with critical sociopolitical, economic, and cultural issues in a globalized context. This approach has evolved through experience working with community groups and grassroots organizations such as Artist Food Bank Network, Comfrey Project, ReCoCo, Pluto Press, and The Solidarity Economy Association.

Elizabeth Ferrer, Chief Curator, BRIC

Elizabeth Ferrer is Chief Curator at BRIC, a multidisciplinary arts organization in Brooklyn. At BRIC, she has curated numerous exhibitions and founded the BRIC Triennial. She is also a scholar of Latinx art. Her book Latinx Photography in the United States: A Visual History was published in 2021 by the University of Washington Press to wide critical acclaim. Elizabeth has curated exhibitions at the Smithsonian, El Museo del Barrio, En Foco, the Wallach Art Gallery, and the Americas Society. She has also published extensively, including a book on the Mexican modernist Lola Álvarez Bravo, published by Aperture in 2006.

Lisa

Gold, Executive Director, Asian American Arts Alliance

Lisa has over two decades of experience in arts management, development, programming, community outreach, and public relations. She has served as the Director of Public Engagement at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC; the Executive Director of Washington Project for the Arts; the Public Relations Director at the Drawing Center in New York; and Director of Development and Communications at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City. Lisa is recognized as a strong advocate for creative producers and has developed inclusive programming and outreach initiatives throughout her career.

Dr. Kenneth V. Hardy is a Clinical and Organizational Consultant at the Eikenberg Institute for Relationships in New York, NY, where he also serves as Director. He provides racially focused trauma informed training, executive coaching, and consultation to a diverse network of individuals and organizations throughout the United States and abroad. He is a former Professor of Family Therapy at both Drexel University in Philadelphia and Syracuse University in New York, and has also served as the Director of Children, Families, and Trauma at the Ackerman Institute for the Family in New York, NY. He is the author of Culturally Sensitive Supervision: Diverse Perspectives and Practical Applications; Promoting Culturally Sensitive Supervision: A Manual for Practitioners; Revisioning Family Therapy: Race, Class, and Gender ; and Teens Who Hurt: Clinical Strategies for Breaking the Cycle of Youth Violence. In addition to his consultation work, Dr. Hardy is a frequent conference speaker and has also appeared on ABC’s 20/20, NBC’s Dateline, PBS, and The Oprah Winfrey Show.

Waleed

Hazbun, Richard L. Chambers Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Alabama

As a scholar, teacher, and traveler, I have long been interested in the cultural dynamics and the possibilities of tourism to remake places. Working between critical geopolitics, political economy, and tourism studies, in 2008 I published Beaches, Ruins, Resorts: The Politics of Tourism in the Arab World and since have written about tourism and empire in Egypt; tourism, capital, and place-making in Beirut and Barcelona; Mediterranean beach tourism; and the role of tourism and aviation in the development of Dubai. Having lived in Beirut for many years, now based in the US South, I am learning to see America through a different lens.

Kenneth V. Hardy, PhD, Clinical & Organizational Consultant, Eikenberg Institute for Relationships

Elsa Hiltner, Co-Founder, On Our Team

Elsa Hiltner (she/her) is a pay-equity organizer, and has extensively researched, written, and activated on pay equity within the arts. She is the creator of The Pay Equity Standards, a system for establishing and publicly recognizing pay equity within an organization. Her essays and data-driven resources on labor and pay equity have inspired systemic change in the theater industry. Elsa has a background as a theatrical costume designer, is a pay-equity consultant with BLVE Consults, and works as Collaboraction Theatre Company’s Director of Development. In 2021, she was honored with the Michael Merritt Arts Advocacy Award.

Michelle Jacques, Head of Exhibitions & Collections/Chief Curator, Remai Modern; Vice President, Inclusion and Outreach; Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

Michelle Jacques is a contemporary curator who often delves into the historical as she believes that all art can be interpreted to reveal insight about the present. Her current projects include Ken Lum: Death and Furniture and Denyse Thomasos: just beyond, both co-organized with the Art Gallery of Ontario, and In the Middle of Everywhere, an exploration of the art of the Great Plains, collaboratively developed by the Remai Modern curatorial team. She is dedicated to collecting institutions, and prior to moving to the Plains, held positions at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Ashley James, Associate Curator, Contemporary Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Ashley James’s work merges curatorial practice with an academic background rooted in African American studies, English literature, and women’s gender and sexuality studies. Prior to joining the Guggenheim, James served as Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum, where she was the lead curator for the museum’s presentation of Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power (2018–2019), organized Eric N. Mack: Lemme walk across the room (2019), and co-curated John Edmonds: A Sidelong Glance (2020–2021). James holds a BA from Columbia University and a PhD from Yale University in English Literature and African American Studies.

Gretchen Jennings, Co-Founder of The Empathetic Museum

From her childhood in the Philippines to her recent museum teaching in India, Gretchen Jennings has been interested in culture, race, and languages—all phenomena that make us both different and similar as humans. With an MA in African and European History and in Education, she began her museum career at the National Museum of African Art just as it was joining the Smithsonian Institution in the late 1980s. Her initial role as an educator at the Museum of African Art evolved into work as project director both for the Psychology exhibition, created in the 1990s with the American Psychological Association and the Ontario Science Centre, and for the 2002 exhibition Invention at Play, created by the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History. Both exhibitions won awards of excellence from the American Alliance of Museums. In addition to management roles in education and exhibition development, Gretchen served as Editor in Chief for the Journal of Museum Education from 1996 to 1999 and Exhibitionist (now Exhibition), the journal of the National Association for Museum Exhibition, from 2007 to 2014. She has visited India six times since 2009, teaching in the MS in Museum Communication program of the National Council of Science Museums in Kolkata. Her teaching has centered on the theory and practice of creating accessible and family friendly exhibitions. In 2011, she began her blog Museum Commons (www.museumscommons.com), where she first proposed the idea of the Empathetic Museum. Since 2013, The Empathetic Museum (www.empatheticmuseum.com) has emerged as a group of colleagues dedicated to the inner transformation of museums by creating a culture of empathy and resonance with their audiences. The Empathetic Museum provides a philosophy, tools, and workshops for confronting histories of colonialism, racism, and privilege and for the practice of institutional empathy. In addition to her work with the Empathetic Museum, she is a member of The Museum Group and participates in other museum social-justice initiatives such as MASSAction (Museums as Sites for Social Action) and Museums and Race. Gretchen lives in Washington, DC, with her husband, Jim Fallon, and enjoys gardening and volunteering for the national villages movement to support aging at home.

Pamela J. Joyner

Pamela J. Joyner has nearly 30 years of experience in the investment industry. She is the Founder of Avid Partners, LLC, where her expertise has been in the alternative investment arena. Currently, Ms. Joyner is focused on her philanthropic interests in the arts and education. Ms. Joyner is a Trustee of The Art Institute of Chicago, the J. Paul Getty Trust, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Museum of Modern Art. Ms. Joyner also serves on the board of the Art + Practice Foundation. Previously, Ms. Joyner’s philanthropic involvements have included serving as a member of President Obama’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, a Trustee of Dartmouth College, a Trustee of the New York City Ballet, a Trustee and Co-Chair of the San Francisco Ballet Association, as well as other arts and educational organizations.

Ameli M. Klein, Co-Founder, Collective Rewilding

Based between Venice and Graz, Ameli M. Klein is working as a writer and curator. She is the Co-Founder of Collective Rewilding, a laboratory for constructing assemblages of views, temporalities, and peoples. A Lecturer at the Institute for Contemporary Art at the TU Graz, she has been invited to participate in the upcoming edition of the Anthropocene Campus Venice (2021) by the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science and the Haus der Kulturen der Welt. Ameli currently is an EPIC Fellow at the AAMC Engagement Program for International Curators with the Terra Foundation and the Art Fund (2021), and has been a Curator in Residence at the Shanghai Curators Lab, Shanghai Biennial (2019), the V-A-C Curatorial Lab Venice (2019/20), and at Artpace San Antonio (2020). She received Verband der Deutsch Amerikanischen Club and Berlin Consortium for German Studies fellowships to the History of Art Departments of Dartmouth College (2016/17) and Cornell University (2018/19).

Marianne Lamonaca , Director of the Humanities Edge, Florida International University; President, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

I am passionate about connecting people with arts and culture through my work as a curator and educator. At the Humanities Edge at Flordia International University (FIU), a program supported in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, we provide academic and career support to students and faculty in the humanities. I am especially proud to be able to offer paid student internships at museums, libraries, and other cultural organizations around Miami. I have served as Associate Gallery Director and Chief Curator at Bard Graduate Center, Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs and Education at The Wolfsonian-FIU, and Assistant Curator of Decorative Arts at the Brooklyn Museum. I also serve as President of the Board of Trustees of AAMC & AAMC Foundation.

Yejin Lee, Equity & Justice Coach and Consultant, Jeong Coaching & Consulting LLC

Yejin Lee (she/her) is an equity and justice coach and consultant with over 12 years of experience in the NYC nonprofit sector as an organizer, fundraiser, staff advocate, and organizational design aficionado. Her primary mission as a coach is to support the liberation of minoritized communities by guiding them in finding values-driven pathways for their careers and lives, and by building their capacity to strategize around and survive inequitable experiences within institutions. Her secondary mission is to reduce the harm experienced by marginalized folks in institutions, and she does this through her leadership coaching services and organizational consulting practice.

Aaron Leggett , Curator of Alaska History and Indigenous Cultures, Anchorage Museum

Aaron was born in Anchorage of Dena’ina Athabascan heritage and currently serves as the president of the Native village of Eklutna. He works as the Senior Curator of Alaska History and Indigenous Cultures at the Anchorage Museum. He also serves as an advisor to the Smithsonian’s Arctic Studies Center and is a member of the board of directors for the Cook Inlet Historical Society and the Alaska Historical Society. In his career, Aaron has played a vital role in preserving, perpetuating and elevating the Dena’ina language and culture. He was instrumental in bringing the first exhibition of the Dena’ina Athabascan people, Dena’inaq’ Huch’ulyeshi: the Dena’ina Way of Living, to the Anchorage Museum in 2013. He has authored numerous scholarly articles and co-authored publications about the Dena’ina language and people. In 2014, Aaron was recognized by CIRI (his native corporation) as its Shareholder of the Year and was also awarded the Cultural Bearer of the Year by the Alaska Federation of Natives and by the State of Alaska for the governor’s distinguished service to the humanities.

Mia Locks, Head of Strategy, Museums Moving Forward

Mia Locks is an independent curator based in Los Angeles. She co-leads an initiative called Museums Moving Forward, where she serves as Head of Strategy. Previously, she held curatorial positions at MoMA PS1, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and was a 2018 Fellow at the Center for Curatorial Leadership in New York.

Mary-Kay Lombino, Deputy Director and the Emily Hargroves Fisher ’57 and Richard B. Fisher Curator, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College; Benefit Committee Co-Chair, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

Lombino oversees the contemporary art and photography collections, exhibitions, and publications and provides leadership for organizational and long-range strategic planning at The Loeb. Prior to joining the staff at Vassar, she served as Curator of Exhibitions at the University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, for six years and Assistant Curator at the UCLA Hammer Museum for five years. Her recent exhibitions include Shape of Light: Defining Photographs from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Touch the Sky: Art and Astronomy, and The Polaroid Years: Instant Photography and Experimentation, among many others. She has also organized solo museum shows for numerous artists, including Mark Dion, Inez Nathaniel Walker, Marco Maggi, Ken Price, Raquel Rabinovich, and Mungo Thomson. A member of the 2009 Center for Curatorial Leadership class, she has received fellowships from The Andy Warhol Foundation, The Getty Foundation, and The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Lombino is a member of the Engaged Pluralism: Inclusion, Belonging, and Community Building Through the Arts Committee at Vassar College and Co-Chair of the Association of Art Museums Conference Benefit Committee.

Heather MacDonald, Senior Program Officer, Getty Foundation

Heather MacDonald came to the world of arts funding seven years ago after working in museums for more than twelve years, and she brings her love of museums and the people who animate them to her work as a grant maker. She is responsible for the Getty’s grants to advance museum-based research, publishing, programming, and education, including professional development for curators. She has managed several Getty initiatives, including The Paper Project and Pacific Standard Time, which in 2024 will focus on the intersections of art and science. She previously worked at the Dallas Museum of Art and the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Brooke A. Minto, Executive Director, Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums

Brooke A. Minto has 20 years of experience working for museums and interdisciplinary arts organizations in the United States and abroad. As Executive Director of the Black Trustee Alliance (BTA), Ms. Minto is growing BTA’s membership and overseeing the initiation of its key mission components. Previously, Ms. Minto held senior leadership roles at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town, the New Museum in New York, the New Orleans Museum of Art, and the Pérez Art Museum Miami. She began her career in the curatorial department of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. A graduate of Dartmouth College, Ms. Minto studied art history, and earned a master’s degree in Modern Art and Critical Studies from Columbia University. She is a member of the Board of Advisors for the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth.

Renata Azevedo Moreira , Assistant Curator, Indigenous and Canadian Art Department, Art Gallery of Ontario

Renata Azevedo Moreira is a Brazilian curator, author, and researcher based in Toronto. She joined the Art Gallery of Ontario in 2021 as Assistant Curator in the Department of Indigenous and Canadian Art. Prior to this role, she was a lecturer at the Department of Communication, University of Montreal, where she concluded a PhD with research focused on the intersections between the curatorial gesture and the processual creation of artworks. Renata holds an MA from the University of Paris 8, France, and a BA from the University of Brasilia, Brazil. Her past projects were mostly conducted in Montreal and include curating several feminist and new-media art exhibitions, as well as co-founding the collective Curation as Research-Creation at Concordia University. She has participated in several academic and non-academic conferences, and has published articles and exhibition reviews both in English and in French. Her area of specialty is process-based, experimental art.

Elizabeth

Morrison, Senior Curator of Manuscripts, J. Paul Getty Museum; Vice President, Governance & Nominating, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

I have always been convinced that historic collections can tell stories that are relevant and meaningful to contemporary audiences. In recent years, it has become ever more clear that it is our responsibility as curators to creatively develop ways to tell those stories with DEAI (diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion,) principles at their heart. Much of my work has centered around exhibitions and publications about medieval European manuscripts. I have served on the boards of the International Center of Medieval Art and the Medieval Academy of America, and am currently the Vice President of the Governance & Nominating Committee of the Association of Art Museum Curators.

Mary-Kate O’Hare, Senior Vice President and Advisor, Art Advisory & Finance, Citi Private Bank; Vice President, Fundraising, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

Mary-Kate O’Hare specializes in US and Latin American modern and contemporary art. In 2013, she joined Citi Private Bank’s Art Advisory & Finance as Vice President and Advisor, Modern & Contemporary Art. Prior to joining Citi, Mary-Kate was Curator of American Art at the Newark Museum for 13 years, where she organized many critically lauded exhibitions including Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America, 1920s–50s (2010); At the Movies: Edward Hopper’s The Sheridan Theatre (2007); and co-curated Off the Pedestal: New Women in the Art of Homer, Sargent, and Chase (2006). The International Association of Art Critics (AICA-USA) honored her work for Constructive Spirit with a second place award for “Best Thematic Museum Show Nationally.” Mary-Kate earned a PhD in Art History from Rutgers University, writing her dissertation on issues of masculinity in the work of John Singer Sargent. In 2010, she was the recipient of the Clinton Hill/Allen Tran Foundation Curatorial Innovation Grant, and in 2011, she held a fellowship at the Clark Art Institute, where her research focused on an exhibition exploring mid-twentieth-century Brazilian art, music, architecture, and design. She has taught art history surveys and advanced seminars at Rutgers University and William Patterson University and is a regular guest speaker at Christie’s Education.

Diana Pardue, Chief, Museum Services Division, Statue of Liberty National Monument, National Park Service

Diana has always been interested in the international museum community and is an active member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM). Recently, she served on ICOM’s Executive Board, and is Chair of the Disaster Resilient Museums Committee and a member of the Working Group on Sustainability. After opening the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, she became involved with the development of new migration museums worldwide and works with these institutions through the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience. In her current position, Diana manages the museum collections, exhibits, and research library at the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

Judith Pineiro, Executive Director, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

Working in the visual arts for nearly 30 years, Pineiro is a recognized strategic leader capable of delivering a vision and has a proven track record of building up and strengthening organizations. Becoming Executive Director of AAMC & AAMC Foundation in 2014, she has increased funding and access, as well as raised the organization’s mission-driven profile. Additional senior-level roles include independent external affairs consultant for cultural sector clients; Director, Affordable Art Fair US; Associate Development Director, Institutional Advancement, Museum of Arts and Design; and Account Manager, Museum Services, Christie’s. Pineiro serves on the Board of ArtBridge Projects and ArtTable, the latter where she is also on the Executive Committee. She is a former Board member at New York Artists Equity Association; mentor in the Diversity in Arts Leadership program at Americans for the Arts; and juror for the NAEA, IMLS, and Brooklyn Arts Council. She is first-generation American, and first-generation college educated. Pineiro received an MA in Art History, BA in Art History, and BA in Journalism/Mass Media, all from Rutgers University.

Wim Pijbes, Director, Droom en Daad Foundation

Wim Pijbes (b. 1961) is an art historian and emeritus General Director of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. Pijbes’s initiatives at the Rijksmuseum included the museum’s complete refurbishment and reopening in April 2013. In addition, he developed and opened RIJKS®, the museum’s Michelin-starred restaurant. The Rijksmuseum was the first museum worldwide to ban copyrights and open the collection with a radical approach. Pijbes holds the position as the Humanitas Professorship in the History of Art at the University of Cambridge and is a board member of Museum Voorlinden. Currently, Pijbes is Director of the philanthropic foundation Stichting Droom en Daad (Foundation Dream and Do).

Nina del Rio, Senior Vice President, Vice Chairman, and Head of Sotheby’s Advisory, Sotheby’s

Nina del Rio has led Museum, Private, and Corporate Art Services since 2004 and recently assumed the leadership of Sotheby’s Advisory Services, which provides collection-related resources to individuals, institutions, and corporations. Under her direction, Sotheby’s has overseen the vast majority of institutional and corporate collections to have come to market over the past decade. Ms. del Rio began her career with Sotheby’s as an intern in 1988, and after a brief hiatus publishing prints at Marlborough Gallery in New York, she returned to Sotheby’s in 1995 to become Director of the Contemporary Prints Department. Starting in 1999, she helped launch Sotheby’s online auction platform, managing Sotheby’s strategic partnerships with Amazon and eBay. Ms. del Rio graduated cum laude from Tufts University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History and Political Science. She attended the Museum Studies program at the École du Louvre in Paris, after which she worked at PS1 in Long Island City, New York.

Adam Rizzo, Coordinator of College and Pre-Professional Programs and Museum Educator, Philadelphia Museum of Art

Adam Rizzo is a museum educator, union organizer, and outspoken advocate for institutional change. He teaches K-12 students at the museum, facilitates professional development for classroom teachers, and develops classroom resources. Since coming to the museum, Adam has been coordinating, developing, and facilitating the museum’s medical humanities programs for the Perelman School of Medicine and other Philadelphia-area medical schools.

Jose Andres Rosero-Curet , Community Leader Manager, DoinGud

Jose Andres is an artist and community builder in the NFT space. In early 2021, he helped cultivate the CleanNFTs community to address the ongoing discussions about NFTs and their environmental impact. This community of concerned artists and developers evolved into a grassroots movement towards proof-of-stake chains like Tezos. His past experience supporting nonprofit arts organizations has led him to DoinGud, where he leads a global team of leaders. DoinGud is an NFT platform that brings creators, curators, collectors, and social-impact organizations together to support one another and become self-owned, self-governed, and self-sustained.

Peter J. Schertz , Jack & Mary Frable Curator of Ancient Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; Vice President, Advocacy, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

Dr. Peter Justin Moon Schertz has served as Curator of Ancient Art since October 2006 and the Jack and Mary Ann Frable Curator of Ancient Art since 2007 at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, where he developed and supervised the 2010/2011 reinstallation of the ancient Mediterranean collection. He received his PhD in Classical Art and Archaeology in 2004 from the University of Southern California and his BA in Classical Languages and Literature from the University of Chicago in 1987. His specialty is Roman art, with a focus on the intersection of art and culture, particularly art and religion. In his curatorial work, he has spearheaded a number of initiatives that explore how new technologies can help to understand and interpret ancient art and how to use technology to engage new audiences with museum collections. His current research projects focus on the depiction of “foreigners” in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome and the development of equestrian monuments from antiquity to the present.

Siddhartha V. Shah, Director of Education and Civic Engagement and Curator

of South Asian Art, Peabody Essex Museum

Shah aspires to create greater alignment between the aims of curatorial and education departments while attending to the needs and desires of communities that have been historically underserved. In addition to his recent reinterpretation and installation of Peabody Essex Museum's (PEM) historic and modern collections from South Asia, he has spearheaded a number of initiatives and approaches that have broadened PEM’s reach and increased the museum’s impact, including Being Well, which centers the emotional, physical, and psychospiritual wellness of visitors, embodied learning, and prioritizing engagement with immigrant communities.

Angie Brice Thomas , Founder & CEO, Brice Consulting Group, LLC

Angie Brice Thomas brings over 15 years of expertise in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work, anti-racist pedagogy, executive coaching, and diversity recruitment strategy. Angie’s impact began as a 5th-grade science teacher, where she led her students to achieve historic academic gains, in addition to being tapped for the ESL Teacher of the Year Award. Next, Angie went on to become a senior leader at Teach For America (TFA) for a decade, where she led high-performing teams to recruit the largest and most diverse corps in TFA history. As the leading producer of top and diverse talent in the country, Angie has presented on her diversity recruitment expertise at the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Annual Alumni of Color Conference. Since then, she’s coached scores of organizations and C-Suite-level executives—in nonprofit, for-profit, start-up, and academia spaces—to engage in DEI dialogues, attract top and diverse talent, build inclusive cultures, and bolster employee performance. Next, as a sociologist by training, Angie marries real-time DEI theory and practice by applying her learnings from her graduate work completed at Columbia University’s Teachers College. Angie’s clients include the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum & Foundation, Whitney Museum of American Art, The Jewish Museum, Harvard University, The Robertson Center at Success Academies, and Burton Snowboards. An avid reader and foodie, Angie lives with her hubby and two kiddos in NYC.

Manijeh Verghese, Head of Public Engagement, Architectural Association School of Architecture

Manijeh Verghese is the Head of Public Engagement at the Architectural Association, where she is also a Unit Master of Diploma 12 and a member of the Senior Management Team. She was on the 2021 London Festival of Architecture curatorial panel, and is currently an External Examiner at Cambridge University. She also works on independent curatorial projects such as the new South Asia Gallery for the Manchester Museum in partnership with the British Museum, and is the co-curator of The Garden of Privatised Delights, the British Pavilion at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale, as well as co-founder of Unscene Architecture.

Jasmine Wahi, Founder and Co-Director, Project for Empty Space

Jasmine Wahi is a multihyphenate cultural worker. She is the Founder and Co-Director of Project for Empty Space, a woman-run, femme-powered, People of the Global Majority/BIPOC, Queer, and unapologetically radical organization. Ms. Wahi’s practice predominantly focuses on issues of femme empowerment, complicating binary structures within social discourses, and exploring multipositional cultural identities through the lens of intersectional feminism. In 2019, Ms. Wahi presented her first TED Talk entitled “All The Women. In Me. Are Tired.” on the topic of resilience. In 2020, she became the inaugural Holly Block Social Justice Curator at the Bronx Museum of the Arts. Jasmine Wahi lives in Brooklyn, NY, with her dog, Momo.

nico wheadon, Art Advisor, Curator, Educator, and Writer

nico is founder and principal of bldg fund, LLC, an innovation platform for BIPOC artists, entrepreneurs, and neighbors. She is a Visiting Critic in Sculpture at the Yale School of Art, and Professor at Hartford Art School. An advocate for artists in all endeavors, she uses her myriad platforms to expand the canon of contemporary art and cultivate a community of practice. Through her consultancies, she delivers cultural strategy and curatorial guidance to artist-entrepreneurs, cultural institutions, government agencies, and philanthropic foundations. Her approach is informed by her unique perspective as a practitioner working across both the nonprofit and commercial sectors.

Arthur Wheelock , Senior Advisor, The Leiden Collection

My family encouraged my early interest in painting, which led me to study art history in college. In graduate school I also became fascinated with conservation. When I became a curator of Dutch and Flemish painting at the National Gallery, I worked closely with the conservation department, an approach to curatorial responsibilities that I have continued at The Leiden Collection. Among my publications are catalogues of the Gallery’s Dutch and Flemish paintings, and the online catalogue of The Leiden Collection. Over the years I have organized over fifty exhibitions, including Anthony van Dyck, Johannes Vermeer, Rembrandt’s Late Religious Portraits, Jan Lievens, and Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting.

Jane Winchell, Sarah Fraser Robbins Director of the Art & Nature Center, and Curator of Natural History, Peabody Essex Museum

I am a champion for art and creative expression that can help us connect with the more-than-human world. I led the development of the museum’s original Art & Nature Center, which opened in 2003, and the redesigned and expanded Center, which opened in 2018. I curate interactive, interdisciplinary, intergenerational shows for the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM). My most recent exhibitions include Climate Action: Inspiring Change and Konstantin Dimopoulos: The Blue Trees, both opening in April 2022. I am also spearheading PEM’s new Climate + Environment Initiative, which includes a Staff Ideators team to help PEM become a more sustainable institution and climate-forward community hub.

2021 AAMC & AAMC Foundation Board of Trustees

A sincere thank-you to our Board for their leadership and dedication.

Executive Committee

Beth Citron

Artistic Director, Education & Provenance, Terrain.art, and Independent Curator Vice President, Finance & Audit

Marianne Lamonaca

Director of the Humanities Edge, Florida International University President, Board of Trustees

Mary-Kate O’Hare

Senior Vice President and Advisor, Art Advisory & Finance, Citi Private Bank

Vice President, Fundraising

Trustees at Large

Myrtis Bedolla

Founding Director, Galerie Myrtis

Tobi Bruce Director, Exhibitions and Collections, and Senior Curator, Art Gallery of Hamilton

Jane Cohan

Partner, James Cohan

Tuliza Fleming

Interim Chief Curator of Visual Arts, National Museum of African American History and Culture

Lynda Roscoe Hartigan

Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Executive Director and CEO, Peabody Essex Museum

Michelle Jacques

Head of Exhibitions & Collections/Chief Curator, Remai Modern

Vice President, Inclusion & Outreach

Elizabeth Morrison

Senior Curator of Manuscripts, J. Paul Getty Museum

Vice President, Governance & Nominating

Peter J. Schertz

Jack & Mary Ann Frable

Curator of Ancient Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Vice President, Advocacy

Daniel Belasco Executive Director, Al Held Foundation

Wendy Chang

Director, Rennie Collection

José Carlos Diaz

Chief Curator, The Andy Warhol Museum

William C. Gautreaux

Managing Partner, MLP Holdings LLC

Lauren Haynes

Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher

Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University

Trustees at Large cont.

Wolfram Koeppe Marina Kellen French Senior Curator, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Filiz Çakır Philip Independent Curator E. Carmen Ramos Chief Curatorial and Conservation Officer, National Gallery of Art

Anne Collins Smith

Curator of Collections, Spelman College Museum of Art

Emeriti Trustee / Past Presidents

Christa Clarke

Independent Curator and Affiliate, Hutchins

Center for African & African American Research, Harvard University

Carol S. Eliel

Senior Curator of Modern Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Emily Ballew Neff

Executive Director, San Antonio Museum of Art

George T. M. Shackelford

Deputy Director, Kimbell Art Museum

Ex-Officio

John B. Koegel

Founder and Lawyer, The Koegel Group LLP; Counsel

Soyoung Lee Landon and Lavina Clay Chief Curator, Harvard Art Museums

Emily Kernan Rafferty President Emerita, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Carolyn Royston

Deputy Director for Engagement, Brooklyn Museum

Juliet Sorce

Senior Vice President, Resnicow and Associates

Elizabeth W. Easton

Co-Founder and Director, Center for Curatorial Leadership

Helen C. Evans

Former Mary and Michael Jaharis Curator of Byzantine Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

John B. Ravenal

Former Director, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum

Gary Tinterow

Director, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Judith Pineiro

Executive Director, AAMC & AAMC Foundation

2022 AAMC & AAMC Foundation Committees

We are grateful to our committees for their volunteer service to our work.

Awards for Excellence Chair

José Carlos Diaz

Chief Curator, The Andy Warhol Museum Chair

Benefit Committee

Mary Hannah Byers

Senior Director, Sotheby’s Advisory Co-Chair

Whitney Donhauser Ronay Menschel Director and President, Museum of the City of New York

Mary-Kay Lombino

Deputy Director and the Emily Hargroves Fisher ’57 and Richard B. Fisher Curator, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College Co-Chair

Cristin Tierney

Owner, Cristin Tierney Gallery

Finance & Audit Board Committee

Beth Citron

Artistic Director, Terrain.art, and Independent Curator

Vice President, Finance & Audit, Chair

Marianne Lamonaca

Director of the Humanities Edge, Florida International University President, Board of Trustees

Mary-Kate O’Hare

Senior Vice President and Advisor, Art Advisory & Finance, Citi Private Bank Vice President, Fundraising

Jane Cohan Partner, James Cohan

Marianne Lamonaca Director of the Humanities Edge, Florida International University President, Board of Trustees

Eric Shiner Art Historian

Michelle Jacques Head of Exhibitions & Collections/Chief Curator, Remai Modern; Vice President, Inclusion & Outreach

Elizabeth Morrison

Senior Curator of Manuscripts, J. Paul Getty Museum, Board of Trustees, Vice President, Governance & Nominating, Co-Chair

Peter Schertz

Jack and Mary Ann Frable Curator of Ancient Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Vice President, Advocacy

Fundraising Committee

Daniel Belasco

Executive Director, Al Held Foundation Board of Trustees

Wendy Chang

Director, Rennie Collection Board of Trustees

Mary-Kate O’Hare

Senior Vice President and Advisor, Art Advisory & Finance, Citi Private Bank Vice President, Fundraising, Chair

Tricia Laughlin Bloom

Curator of American Art, The Newark Museum of Art

Emily Lenz

Director and Partner, D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc.

Jamaal B. Sheats

Director and Curator of Galleries, Assistant Professor of Art, Carl Van Vechten Art Gallery at Fisk University

Governance & Nominating Board Committee

Tobi Bruce

Director, Exhibitions and Collections, and Senior Curator, Art Gallery of Hamilton Board of Trustees

Marianne Lamonaca

Director of the Humanities Edge, Florida International University President, Board of Trustees

Emily Kernan Rafferty President Emerita, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Board of Trustees

Membership Committee

Natasha Becker Curator of African Art, de Young Museum

Amanda Coulson Executive Director, National Art Gallery of The Bahamas

Allison Glenn

Independent Curator Co-Chair

Filiz Çakir Phillip

Independent Curator Board of Trustees

Christa Clarke

Independent Curator and Affiliate, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, Harvard University

Past President, Trustee Emerita, Co-Chair

Elizabeth Morrison

Senior Curator of Manuscripts, J. Paul Getty Museum

Board of Trustees, Vice President, Governance & Nominating, Co-Chair

Anne Collins Smith

Curator of Collections, Spelman College Museum of Art Board of Trustees

Adriana Gallegos Carrión Chief Curator, Museo Arocena

Robyn Farrell

Associate Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art, Art Institute of Chicago

Michelle Jacques

Head of Exhibitions & Collections/Chief Curator, Remai Modern; Vice President, Inclusion & Outreach

Anne Collins Smith

Curator of Collections, Spelman College Museum of Art Co-Chair, Board of Trustees

Gratitude

We share our deepest gratitude to our most dedicated supporters, bolstering our work and reach every day through their generosity.

Listings as of March 15, 2022

Foundation

Art Fund

The Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation

The Jay DeFeo Foundation

Helen Frankenthaler Foundation

Getty Foundation

Al Held Foundation

Institute of Museum and Library Services

The Iris Foundation

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Leon Levy Foundation

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts

Terra Foundation for American Art

Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation

Corporate SPONSORS

ADAA

Sotheby’s UOVO

David Zwirner

SUPPORTERS

Sundaram Tagore Gallery TEFAF

Individual Donors

PATRONS

Barbara Futter

Catherine Futter

Marie-Josée Kravis

Ronay and Richard Menschel

Fred and Nancy Poses

Anthony and Sandra Tamer

PARTNERS

Miyoung Lee

Cristin Tierney

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE ($5,000 ANNUALLY)

Nina del Rio

Lisa Dennison

Richard Green

BENEFACTOR CIRCLE ($2,500 ANNUALLY)

Myrtis Bedolla

Graham C. Boettcher

Madhuvanti Ghose

Lynda Roscoe Hartigan

Michi Jigarjian

Marie-Josée Kravis

Emily Lenz

Ronay and Richard Menschel

John B. Ravenal

Bob Rennie

Anthony and Sandra Tamer

Ann Yonemura

FRIEND CIRCLE ($1,500 ANNUALLY)

Nicole Berry

Wendy Chang

Kaywin Feldman

William Gautreaux

Bellatrix Hubert

Miyoung Lee

Majorie & Don Lenz

Annemarie Sawkins

Susan Weber

Sustaining Members ($750 annually)

Lynne Ambrosini

Dita Amory

Stephanie Barron

Emily Braun

Tobi Bruce

Christa Clarke

Carol S. Eliel

Catherine L. Futter

Gloria Groom

Cody Hartley

Eik S. Kahng

Norman Kleeblatt

Wolfram Koeppe

Marianne Lamonaca

Soyoung Lee

Annemarie Sawkins

George T.M. Shackelford

Laura Finlay Smith

Julie Walsh

John Wilson

Ann Yonemura

Annual Fund

Gifts to our annual fund advance the organization’s capacity to ensure we secure our mission’s values and vision’s goals.

Listings January 1, 2021–March 11, 2022

Lynne Ambrosini

William Richard Anderson

Carolyn Angiolillo

Rene P. Barilleaux

Andrea Bayer

Myrtis Bedolla

Daniel Belasco

Debra Burchett-Lere

Jason Busch

Ana Caballero

Taina Caragol

Sarah Coffin

Susan Rudd Cohen

Deborah Cullen-Morales

Jens Daehner

Steffi Ibis Duarte

Siri Engberg

Helen Evans

Linda Ferber

Diane Frankel

Jared Goss

Alison L. Greene

Cody J. Hartley

Katie Hirsch

Lisa Hostetler

Michael Hughes

Sarah Kianovsky

Wolfram Koeppe

Juri Koll

Betty Krulik-Alvarez

Amelia Lamonaca

Anthony Lamonaca

Marianne Lamonaca

Phyllis Lamonaca

Evangeline Lopez Leonardo

Vicki Gold Levi

C. Griffith Mann

Judy Walker Mann

Susan Matheson

Joan R. Mertens

Thomas S. Michie

Jennifer Komar Olivarez

Julie N. Pierotti

Jennifer Casler Price

Emily Pulitzer

Bob Rennie

Ricardo Jose Reyes III

Valérie Rosseau

Almine Ruiz-Picasso

Nicholas Sampogna

Annemarie Sawkins

Peter Schertz

Marianna Simpson

Lisa Summa

Davira Taragin

Belinda Tate

Florence Müller Vejvoda

Roslyn Adele Walker

Karol Wight

Ann Yonemura

Rangsook Yoon

Institutional Members

By being an institutional member the organizations below are highlighting their commitment to the curatorial profession and their desire to see it flourish.

Current members as of March 1, 2022

Akron Art Museum

Amon Carter Museum of American Art

The Andy Warhol Museum

Arkansas Art Center

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

Art Institute of Chicago

August Wilson African American Cultural Center

The Baltimore Museum of Art

The Barnes Foundation

Birmingham Museum of Art

Blanton Museum of Art

Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art

Chazen Museum of Art

Cincinnati Art Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Colby College Museum of Art

College of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage at the Arab Academy for Science

Corning Museum of Glass

Cunningham Memorial Library and University Art Gallery

Currier Museum of Art

David Owsley Museum of Art

deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum

Delaware Art Museum

The Denver Art Museum

District Six Museum, Cape Town

Edo Museum of the West African Art

The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia

The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery

Frick Art and Historical Center

The Frick Pittsburgh

Frist Art Museum

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum

Grounds for Sculpture

Hammer Museum of Art

Harvard Art Museums

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art

Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens

Honolulu Museum of Art

Hood Museum of Art

Institute of Ethiopian Studies Museum

J. Paul Getty Museum

Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum

The Jewish Museum

Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University

Kimbell Art Museum

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Lucas Museum of Narrative Art

Meadows Museum

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

The Menil Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Michael C. Carlos Museum

Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum

Minneapolis Institute of Art

MIT List Visual Arts Center

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Museum am Rothenbaum

Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The Museum of Modern Art

Nasher Museum of Art

Nasher Sculpture Center

National Committee for Museums and Monuments

National Gallery of Canada

National Palace Museum

The Newark Museum of Art

Ontario Association of Art Galleries

The Palmer Museum of Art

Peabody Essex Museum

Phi Foundation for Contemporary Art

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University

Princeton University Art Museum

Saint Louis Art Museum

San Antonio Museum of Art

San Diego Museum of Art

Savannah College of Art and Design

Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

Seattle Art Museum

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Spelman College Museum of Fine Art

Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute

University of Michigan Museum of Art

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Weatherspoon Art Museum

Wellin Art Museum, Hamilton College

Westmoreland Museum of American Art

Whitney Museum of American Art

Wichita Art Museum

Williams College Museum of Art

Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library

Yale Center for British Art

Yale University Art Gallery

Association of Art Museum Curators & AAMC Foundation