Art Curators Conference
May 6–May 9, 2023
NYC and Virtual #AAMCNYC
Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) & AAMC Foundation
Code of Conduct #AAMCNYC
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AAMC offices are in New York, a location situated upon the unceded, seized territory of the Lenape and Canarsie peoples, and benefitted 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 here today.
AAMC is 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.
Thank you for making space to attend the Conference.
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A Letter from Our Board President & Executive Director
Welcome to the 2023 Art Curators Conference.
Since our founding in 2001, we have been the leading voice in the support of nonprofit art curators. Now in the twenty-third year of our vital work, it is time for us to consider how we can further uplift curators in all disciplines, from all backgrounds, and in all regions around the globe. At the end of 2022, after reflecting upon where we have been, where we are now, and where we want to be in the future, the organization introduced a strategic plan that will ensure our service, identity, and resiliency remain valued and, most importantly, relevant.
We are thrilled to once again offer ways for our audience and speakers to connect in person and virtually, creating a more equitable space for convening the curatorial sector. Centered on the theme of Empowerment, this Conference brings together a myriad of voices, places, and efforts to investigate our theme, forging a way forward rather than conducting a state of the field. Through this Conference and across all our events, programs, and fellowships, we seek not to live with the status quo but rather lead ways ahead, working together toward a vibrant, vital, and inclusive visual arts world.
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It is with deep appreciation that we express our gratitude to our sponsors (listed by level, alphabetically): Schoelkopf Gallery, Bard Graduate Center, Sotheby’s, Hauser & Wirth, Lehmann Maupin, R & Company, Freeman’s Auction, James Howell Foundation, UOVO, Anthony Meier, Armstrong Fine Art Services, Betty Krulik Fine Art, DIETL International, International Society of Appraisers, Jonathan Boos, Kasmin Gallery, Masterpiece International, Miles McEnery Gallery, Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, Absolute Museum & Gallery Products Ltd., Cristin Tierney Gallery, Debra Force Fine Art, Hutchinson Modern & Contemporary, Jessica Silverman Gallery, and TEFAF; and individual donors (listed by level, alphabetically): Evelyn and David Lasry, María Eugenia Maury, El Museo del Barrio & Karla Harwich, El Museo del Barrio, Rosa Lowinger, and Cole Rogers. We are also grateful to our Benefit Committee, AAMC & AAMC Foundation Board of Trustees and staff, and Conference Producer Lucy Lydon for making this event possible.
With best wishes and gratitude,
Michelle Jacques
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A Letter from our Board
Judith Pineiro Executive Director, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
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.
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• 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.
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Conference Supporters
Thank you to the following for their support and enthusiasm for the 2023
Sponsors SESSION
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Individual Donors
PRESIDENT’S
Evelyn and David Lasry
PATRON
María Eugenia Maury, El Museo del & Karla Harwich, El Museo del Barrio
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Rosa Lowinger
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Cole Rogers
Benefit Committee
Laura Bardier, Executive Director, James Howell Foundation
Katherine Brinson, Daskalopoulos Curator, Contemporary Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Janis Gardner Cecil, President, JCG Fine Art LLC
Lauren Haynes, Director of Curatorial Affairs and Programs, Queens Museum; Vice President, Fundraising, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Isabella Hutchinson, Director and Founder, Hutchinson Modern & Contemporary Betty Krulik, Owner, Betty Krulik Fine Art
Marianne Lamonaca, Director of the Humanities Edge, Florida International University; Past President, Trustee Emerita, ex-officio, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Alexis Lowry, Curator, Dia Art Foundation; Chair
Mary Kate O’Hare, Director and Senior Art Advisor, Citi Private Bank, Art Advisory & Finance; Vice President, Finance & Audit, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Conference Producer
Lucy Lydon, Luce Productions
AAMC & AAMC Foundation Team
Judith Pineiro, Executive Director
Laura Hillegas, Development Manager
Emma Huneck, Program Manager
Cassidy Tierney, Administrator
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Exhibitions at BGC
Staging the Table in Europe
1500–1800
Curated by Deborah L. Krohn
On view through July 9, 2023
Shaped by the Loom: Weaving Worlds in the American Southwest
Curated by Hadley Jensen
On view through July 9, 2023
SIGHTLINES on
Peace, Power, and Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa
Curated by Drew Thompson
September 29–December 31, 2023
Sonia Delaunay: Living Art
Curated by Waleria Dorogova and Laura Microulis
February 23–July 7, 2024
Sèvres Extraordinaire!
Sculpture from 1740 until Today
Curated by Charlotte Vignon, Tamara Préaud, and Susan Weber
September 20, 2024–December 29, 2024
bgc.bard.edu/exhibitions
Beyond Statements Revisited
Online Webinar, Free Registration
Wednesdays June 14, 21, 28, 11AM EST
The Art Fund and AAMC Foundation are honored to produce Beyond Statements Revisited series, a follow-up to the 2020 three-part webinar. Individual sessions will assess the commitment to and advancement of diversity, equity, access, and inclusion in the arts today.
Featuring experts in the fields of visual arts, nonprofits, and DEAIB, Beyond Statements Revisited welcomes pre-registration, which allows the public to submit a question to the speakers in advance. The program will also be live-streamed on AAMC’s YouTube channel, where videos of the first three sessions are also available.
Visit www.artcurators.org to register.
PART I
Wednesday, June 14
Monica O Montgomery, Cultural Consultant + Independent Curator, Co-Founder Museum Hue, Moderator
Sepake Angiama, Artistic Director, Iniva, Speaker
Sandra Shakespeare, Museum and Heritage Consultant, Speaker
Charlotte Holmes, National Trust, Speaker
PART II
Wednesday, June 21
Tanya Odom, AAMC Board member, Moderator
Ali Jafarey, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead (workforce) in the People and Change Team, V&A, Speaker
Reyahn King, Consultant, Facilitator and Executive Coach, Speaker
Virajita Singh, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Speaker
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PART III
Wednesday, June 28
Rachael Browning, Deputy Director of Programme and Policy, Art Fund, Moderator
Errol Francis, Artistic Director and CEO, Culture&, Speaker
Deborah Cullen-Morales, Program Officer, Arts and Culture Office, Mellon Foundation, Speaker
Mia Locks, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Museums Moving Forward, Speaker
susan pui san lok, Artist, Speaker
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 2023 Awards for Excellence honorees.
Digital Exhibition
Joseph Urban: Unlocking an Art Deco Bedroom, Cincinnati Art Museum
Lead Curator
Amy Dehan
Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, Cincinnati Art Museum
Additional Project Leads
Emily Holthrop
Director of Learning & Interpretation, Cincinnati Art Museum
Doug Hovekamp
Executive Creative Director, MOJO PSG
Talia Shiroma
Curatorial Assistant, Arts of the Americas and Europe, Brooklyn Museum
Digital Program
Unpacking the Universe: The Making of an Exhibition, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Lead Curators
Julia Burtenshaw
Associate Curator, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Diana Magaloni
Deputy Director, Program Director, and Dr. Virginia Fields Curator of the Art of the Ancient Americas, Suzanne D. Booth and David G. Booth Conservation Center Director, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Additional Project Leads
Alexa Schultz
Screenwriter and Director, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Agnes Stauber
VP, Digital Content and Strategy, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Digital Publication
Masterpieces from the Clowes Collection: Paintings, Indianapolis Museum of Art
Lead Curators
Jacquelyn Coutre
Eleanor Wood Prince Associate Curator, Art Institute of Chicago
Amanda Dotseth
Linda P. and William A. Custard Director, Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University
Annette Schlagenhauff
Curator of European Art, 1800–1945, Indianapolis Museum of Art
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Kjell Wangensteen
Associate Curator of American Art, Indianapolis Museum of Art
Additional Project Lead
Dylan Jensen
Editor and Manager of Publications, Indianapolis Museum of Art
Non-Catalog Publication
El Corazón Aúlla (Heart Howls): Latin American Feminist Performance in Revolt, The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation
Lead Curators
George Bolster Curator, The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation
Tatiana Muñoz Curator, The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation
Additional Project Lead
Anjuli Nanda Diamond Executive Director, The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation
Operating Budget up to $10 Million: Exhibition/Installation
Myths of the West: Narrating Stories of the Land and People through Wichita Art Collections , Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University
Lead Curator
Ksenya Gurshtein
Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University
Additional Project Lead
Josh Cornett
Mary Joan Waid/Steve Overstreet Curatorial Intern, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University
Operating Budget of $10–$30 Million: Exhibition/Installation
Tie—Awarded Projects
Storied Objects: Métis Art in Relation, Remai Modern
Lead Curators
Tarah Hogue
Curator (Indigenous Art), Remai Modern
Sherry Farrell Racette
Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance, University of Regina
And
Talking Back to Power: Projects by Aram Han Sifuentes, Skirball Cultural Center
Lead Curator
Laura Mart
Associate Curator, Skirball Cultural Center
Additional Project Lead
Aram Han Sifuentes Artist
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Operating Budget $30+ Million: Exhibition/Installation
On This Ground: Being and Belonging in America, Peabody Essex Museum
Lead Curators
Sarah Chasse
Associate Curator, Peabody Essex Museum
Karen Kramer
The Stuart W. and Elizabeth F. Pratt Curator of Native American and Oceanic Art and Culture, Peabody Essex Museum
Lan Morgan
Assistant Curator, Peabody Essex Museum
Additional Project Leads
Rebecca Bednarz
Editor for Curatorial Initiatives, Peabody Essex Museum
Mollie Denhard
Exhibition Preparator, Peabody Essex Museum
Adrienne Lalli Hills
Independent Consultant
Caitlin Lowrie
Senior Manager, Exhibition Planning, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Operating Budget up to $10 Million: Publication
David Seibert
Exhibition Designer, Peabody
Essex Museum
Kathryn Smith
Associate Registrar, Peabody Essex Museum
Jackie Traynor
Exhibition Graphic Designer, Peabody Essex Museum
Chip Van Dyke
Associate Director of Media Production, Peabody Essex Museum
African Modernism in America, Fisk University Galleries
Lead Curators
Perrin Lathrop
Assistant Curator of African Art, Princeton University Art Museum
Jamaal Sheats
Director and Curator, Fisk University Galleries
Additional Project Lead
Nikoo Paydar
Independent Curator, former Associate Curator, Fisk University Galleries
Operating Budget of $10–$30 million: Publication
Threads of Power: Lace from the Textilmuseum St. Gallen, Bard Graduate Center
Lead Curators
Emma Cormack
Associate Curator, Bard Graduate Center
Michele Majer
Professor Emerita, Bard Graduate Center
Operating Budget $30+ Million: Publication
Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898–1971, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Lead Curators
Doris Berger
Vice President, Curatorial Affairs, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Rhea Combs
Director, Curatorial Affairs, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Awards
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Photo: Halkin/Mason Photography. Harold Ancart, Untitled, 2019. Niccolò Spirito, OVETTO N.3, 2018.
Featured
Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, Director, Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
Tasneem Zakaria Mehta is an art historian, writer, and conservation activist who studied Fine Arts and Textile Design at the Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai. She received a BA in Political Theory at Columbia University, New York, and a Masters in English Literature, Delhi University. She researched towards a PhD on Indian art history at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She resides in Mumbai, India.
Mehta pioneered the revival and restoration of several of Mumbai’s important cultural sites. She conceptualized, curated, designed, and implemented the restoration and revitalization of Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, which won UNESCO’s 2005 Asia Pacific Award of Excellence. As Managing Trustee and Honorary Director, from 2003 to the present, she curates the exhibition and education programmes of the Museum, and Chairs the Academic Council of the PG Diploma in Indian Art History. She oversees the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) conservation lab at the Museum. Mehta has curated 17 solo exhibitions of contemporary Indian artists and four group exhibitions, besides exhibitions on the collection. She has presented a total of 85 exhibitions in collaboration with national and international institutions over the past 15 years at the Museum.
Mehta was Vice Chairman of INTACH, the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, from 2010 to 2017. As Convenor of the Mumbai chapter of INTACH from 1996 to 2018, she prepared the Management Plan for Elephanta World Heritage Site (WHS), the WHS submission to UNESCO for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (erstwhile Victoria Terminus); and she has led several important restoration projects in Mumbai.
Mehta has served as an advisor to many of the leading cultural institutions in South Asia. These include the Bangladesh government on the Bangabandhu Museum, Dacca, appointed by the Prime Minister’s Office, 2015; Advisory Board of the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai, from 1997 to 2015; the NGMA National Advisory Council from 2009 to 2011; and the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, 2003–2005 and 2011–2014. Mehta has lectured widely at national and international institutions and conferences, including Mumbai University and Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. Mehta delivered the plenary keynote at the Global Museums Summit at the Deutsche Museum, Munich, in October 2022.
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Angie Brice Thomas, Founder & CEO, Brice Consulting Group, LLC
As the Founder and CEO of Brice Consulting Group LLC, Angie Brice Thomas brings over 15 years of expertise in diversity, equity, access, and inclusion (DEAI) 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 DEAI dialogues and anti-racism work, attract top and diverse talent, build inclusive cultures, and bolster employee performance. Next, as a sociologist by training, Angie marries real-time DEAI theory and practice by applying her learnings from Columbia University Teachers College, where she completed her MA. Angie’s clients include the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, the Whitney Museum of American Art, MoMA PS1, the Jewish Museum, Harvard University, The Robertson Center at Success Academies, The International Institute of New England, Burton Snowboards, the International Documentary Association, and Plenty. An avid reader and foodie, Angie lives with her hubby and two kiddos, in Brooklyn, NY.
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Teresita Fernández, Artist
Photograph by Natalia Mantini
Teresita Fernández’s work is characterized by an expansive rethinking of what constitutes landscape: from the subterranean to the cosmic, from national borders, to the more elusive psychic landscapes we carry within. Fernández unravels the intimacies between matter, human beings, and locations, and her luminous work poetically challenges ideas about land and landscape by exposing the history of colonization and the inherent violence embedded in how we imagine and define place, and, by extension, one another. Questions of power, visibility, and erasure are important tenets of Fernández’s work, and she confronts these themes in subtle ways, insisting on intertwining beauty, the socio-political, the intimate, and the immense. Imbuing the landscape with an anthropomorphic sensibility, Fernández has said, “You look at the landscape, but the landscape also looks back at you; Landscape is more about what you don’t see than what you do see.”
Fernández is a MacArthur Foundation Fellow and the recipient of numerous awards, including a Creative Capital Award; Meridian Cultural Diplomacy Award; Guggenheim Fellowship; Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award; American Academy of Rome Fellowship; and a National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist’s Grant in Visual Arts. In 2011, she was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts. She is the first Latina to serve on the 100-year-old federal panel, which advises the president and Congress on national matters of design and aesthetics. In 2016, she conceived and directed the U.S. Latinx Arts Futures Symposium with the Ford Foundation, which brought together artists, curators, museum directors, and scholars from across the country to discuss modes of visibility within cultural institutions.
Her work has been exhibited internationally at The Museum of Modern Art, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Phoenix Art Museum; Pérez Art Museum Miami; Harvard University, Boston; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland; Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Smithsonian Museum of American Art; Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art; and Castello di Rivoli, Turin, among others. Fernández has also created numerous large-scale public sculptures, including at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; New Orleans Museum of Art; Ford Foundation, NY; and Madison Square Park, NY. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
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Dr. Kenneth V. Hardy, President of the Eikenberg Academy for Social Justice, and Director of the 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 U.S. 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.
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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 sessions and events. The AAMC check-in staff can also help with any questions you might have, and will have extra face masks and hand sanitizer available. Check-in is in the lobby of the Prince George Ballroom for the duration of the Conference.
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 Information
New York City (NYC) is no longer requiring proof of vaccination or masking at large indoor gatherings. AAMC is adhering to all of the health and safety protocols as set by NYC and New York State (NYS). While the regulations may change, we are not requiring proof of vaccination or requiring masks to attend the Conference. Kindly note, this does not preclude any regulations set forth for travel or entering the U.S., these are only NYC and/or NYS regulations.
About the Prince George Ballroom
The Prince George Ballroom is owned and operated by Breaking Ground, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides affordable housing for homeless and low-income New Yorkers. 100% of net proceeds from event rentals support this mission.
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 Conference venues, and we ask attendees to sanitize frequently.
Prince George Ballroom, 15 East 27th Street, New York, NY 10016
Venue Cleaning Protocols
• AAMC has exclusive use of the venue for the duration of the Conference—no other groups will have use of the space other than AAMC staff, Conference attendees, and venue and vendor staff executing the Conference.
• The Prince George Ballroom will sanitize high-touch surfaces using EPA-approved disinfectants and an electrostatic sanitizing sprayer before and after our event, including all door handles, handrails, and surfaces in bathroom/restroom facilities, among others. A complete sanitation of the venue will take place directly before our event.
• The Prince George Ballroom maintenance team will provide enhanced cleaning of high-touch surfaces multiple times during our event, with a special emphasis on restrooms.
• Alcohol-based hand sanitizer stations will be placed at the venue entrance and in additional locations throughout the venue.
• All Prince George Ballroom staff are fully vaccinated.
• The venue’s HVAC system uses MERV 13 filtration, which is the highest filtration available. The system actively circulates 100% outside air into each venue space throughout the event.
• Ultraviolet lights are installed at the perimeter of the main Conference event space, which help to continuously eliminate germs and viruses in the air throughout the event.
By registering, all in-person attendees agree to adhere to these requirements, and to any updated requirements as mandated by NYS, NYC, U.S., and/or our Conference venue. Each registrant agrees to not hold AAMC, AAMC Foundation, and the Conference venue liable if they come into contact with someone COVID positive or test positive for COVID after the Conference and any related events. For any questions about protocols, exemptions, or our health and safety procedures, please email Lucy.Lydon@artcurators.org.
Panels, Workshops & Talks
Keynotes & Special Addresses
Breakouts
Special Event
Break
Wednesday, April 19
Pre-Conference Webinar Panel
This webinar is included in Conference registration. A link to the webinar will be provided on Socio, the Conference platform.
12:00–1:15 PM ET
Panel: Trans-Regional Conversations on Indigenous Practices
The panel will bring together curators from diverse geographical and epistemic contexts whose work focuses on contemporary Indigenous artistic practices. The conversation will address how curatorial practices can address and present Indigenous perspectives in nuanced, activist, and non-tokenistic ways while grappling with systemic issues in the museum field, addressing host institutions’ needs and processes, building long-term sustainability opportunities, and developing community-based strategies for interpretation and engagement. The event will address common challenges and shared tools, amplifying the conversation among diverse curatorial locales while also considering the differences in institutional systems, research opportunities, and funding infrastructures.
MODERATOR
Ilaria Conti, Curator, American Federation of Arts
PANELISTS
Liisa-Rávná Finbog, Sámi Indigenous Scholar, Duojár, and Curator
Pablo José Ramírez , Curator and Cultural Theorist
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Conference Schedule
Friday, May 5
AAMC & AAMC Foundation Board of Trustees Meeting
By invitation only. In-person-only event.
Private Event
Hosted by Sotheby’s.
By invitation only. In-person-only event.
Saturday, May 6
11:00 AM–1:00 PM ET
AAMC Foundation Mentorship Program Workshop
with nico wheadon, Art Advisor, Curator, Educator & Writer
By invitation only. In-person-only event.
4:00–6:00 PM ET
Program Alumni Event
with Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo
Executive Director and CEO, Peabody Essex Museum
By invitation only. In-person-only event.
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Sunday, May 7
9:30 AM–3:45 PM ET
Conference Sessions
Sponsored by Sotheby’s Prince George Ballroom, 15 East 27th Street, New York, NY 10016
9:30–10:00 AM ET
Coffee Reception and Check-In
10:00–10:15 AM ET
New President Welcome
by Michelle Jacques, Head of Exhibitions & Collections/Chief Curator, Remai Modern; President, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
10:15–10:20 AM ET
Introduction to Keynote
by Beth Citron, Independent Curator; Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
10:20–11:20 AM ET Keynote
by Tasneem Zakaria Mehta , Director, Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
11:20–11:45 AM ET Break
11:45–11:50 AM ET
Introduction to Curating Across/Between Departments
by Elizabeth Morrison, Senior Curator of Manuscripts, J. Paul Getty Museum; Vice President, Governance & Nominating; AAMC & AAMC Foundation
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Panels, Workshops & Talks Keynotes & Special Addresses Breakouts Special Event Break
Panel: Curating Across/Between Departments
Recent innovative display strategies in encyclopedic institutions have pushed the limits of experimentation in museums. For example, the Bode Museum’s Beyond Compare exhibition juxtaposed Medieval European sculpture with traditional African Art. In this exhibition, viewers were forced to confront their biases of beauty and art historical canons. Likewise, The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Crossroads: Power and Piety exhibition in the Medieval Sculpture Hall experimented with nontraditional groupings that highlighted overarching concepts core to understanding Medieval works of art. These are just two permanent collection exhibitions out of many that represent a turn in curatorial work, which can often be siloed. Inter/cross-departmental exhibitions not only unsettle visitors, who might expect works of art to be organized by chronology or geography, but the installations also represent a move in museums toward dismantling their claims to knowledge and ownership. The panelists will reflect on their experiences workings across and between curatorial departments to mount pioneering exhibitions at their institutions.
CO-ORGANIZER & MODERATOR
Andrea Achi, Assistant Curator, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
CO-ORGANIZER & PANELIST
Akili Tommasino, Associate Curator, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
PANELISTS
Alisa Chiles, Assistant Curator of European Decorative Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Maurita N. Poole, Executive Director, Newcomb Art Museum
12:50–2:00 PM ET Break
2:00–2:05 PM ET
Introduction to Local Voices: Culture@3 Building Community
by Judith Pineiro, Executive Director, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Conference Schedule #AAMCNYC 11:50 AM–12:50 PM ET
Local Voices: Culture@3 Building Community
As cultural organizations scrambled to navigate the early days of the pandemic, Taryn Sacramone of Queens Theatre and Chair of New York City’s Cultural Institutions Group began gathering leaders on a daily call. The 3 pm Zoom was dubbed "Culture@3" and quickly grew to include hundreds of nonprofit cultural organizations of all sizes from throughout New York City who came together to discuss challenges, share advice and resources, and collectively problem-solve. Co-led by Taryn, Sade Lythcott of the National Black Theatre, and Lucy Sexton of New Yorkers for Culture & Arts, Culture@3 continues to this day and has proved to be transformational for the city’s cultural community. Join the co-leaders of Culture@3 to discuss the history, impact, and learnings from this initiative, and how it can serve as a model for developing new ways to build community and connectivity in the arts sector.
PANELISTS
Sade Lythcott , Chief Executive Officer, National Black Theatre
Taryn Sacramone, Executive Director, Queens Theatre
Lucy Sexton, Executive Director, New Yorkers for Culture and Arts
2:30–2:35 PM ET
Introduction to Latinx Art in New York
by E. Carmen Ramos, Chief Curatorial and Conservation Officer, The National Gallery of Art; Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
2:35–3:45 PM ET
Panel: Latinx Art in New York
After decades of being supported mainly by culturally-specific or small community-oriented museums, Latinx art is starting to be represented in mainstream museums devoted to U.S., modern, and contemporary art. As a city with one of the nation’s largest Latinx populations, New York is a center stage for this shift. Whereas El Museo del Barrio, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, and the Jersey City Museum have been cornerstones of Latinx art in the New York region for decades, more recently The Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art have garnered great visibility and mediatic presence for their Latinx art acquisitions and exhibitions. This panel will bring together curators from institutions with recent and long-standing practices collecting and exhibiting Latinx art in an effort to explore the current dynamics at play at art spaces of cultural specificity and the mainstream, along with their impact in the cultural landscape and in the art market.
Conference Schedule 20 2:05–2:30 PM ET
Panels, Workshops & Talks Keynotes & Special Addresses Breakouts Special Event Break
MODERATOR
Taína Caragol, Curator of Painting, Sculpture & Latinx Art and History
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
PANELISTS
Beverly Adams , Estrellita Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art, Museum of Modern Art
Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, Senior Program Officer, Creativity and Free Expression, Ford Foundation
Marcela Guerrero, DeMartini Family Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art
Rodrigo Moura , Chief Curator, El Museo del Barrio
3:45 PM ET
Sessions Conclude
5:30–7:30 PM ET
Awards for Excellence Celebration
Prince George Ballroom, 15 East 27th Street, New York, NY 10016 In-person-only event. Advance registration required.
The Awards for Excellence, highly esteemed by art curators everywhere, is the only award of its kind by which curators directly honor their colleagues. Gather with curators from around the world in celebrating AAMC’s 2023 Awards for Excellence recipients, and join us to learn more about these groundbreaking curatorial projects, as well as raise a glass to toast this year’s awardees.
Conference Schedule #AAMCNYC
Monday, May 8
9:30 AM–4:45 PM ET
Conference Sessions
Sponsored by Schoelkopf Gallery
Prince George Ballroom, 15 East 27th Street, New York, NY 10016
9:00–9:30 AM ET
Coffee Reception and Check-In
9:30 AM ET
Welcome Remarks
by Andrew Schoelkopf, Owner, Schoelkopf Gallery
9:30–9:35 AM ET
Introduction to Keynote—
DEAI: Recruitment, Hiring & Pipeline Toolkit
by Juliet Sorce, Executive Vice President, Resnicow and Associates; Vice President, Advocacy, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
9:35–10:35 AM ET
Keynote— DEAI: Recruitment, Hiring & Pipeline Toolkit
with Angie Brice Thomas, Founder & CEO, Brice Consulting Group, LLC
In the summer of 2020, following the murder of George Floyd, museum directors, educators, and leaders from across New York City formed the Cross-Museum DEAI Task Force to address diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion (DEAI) among museum staff. With senior management representatives from 16 New York institutions, the Task Force aimed to make New York City’s cultural institutions more accessible and diverse spaces for staff, Board, members, artists, and audiences. A subset of this Task Force was responsible for meaningful change in hiring, recruitment, and pipeline development practices and worked together for over a year in deep partnership with Brice Consulting Group LLC to create a DEAI Recruitment & Hiring Toolkit. Comprised of three deliverables—a Summary Landscape Analysis, a Hiring & Recruitment Best Practices Guide, and a Diversity Evaluation Toolkit as well as a foreword by Tom Finkelpearl, the former Queens Museum Director and NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Commissioner, our work is poised to bring deep value to the broader field. If you are looking to strengthen your recruitment and hiring practices, be it with a laser focus on equity or concrete tactics for diversifying your applicant pool and staff, this toolkit is your onestop shop. Join us to learn more and consider replicating for your own context.
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Panels, Workshops & Talks Keynotes & Special Addresses Breakouts Special Event Break
Introduction to The Curator in Public Art
by Lauren Haynes, Director of Curatorial Affairs and Programs, Queens Museum; Vice President, Fundraising, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
10:40–11:40 AM ET
Panel: The Curator in Public Art
Many current curators of public art programs were trained in the museum. Is the role of a public art curator sustained or transformed from a museum model? With public art a gateway to museum collections, have codes and conditions of museum practice inspired or restricted artists who create public art? Do curators proceed from the energized position of the artist offering new work to communities, publics, and institutions? Can these lived experiences impact museum practice?
ORGANIZER & MODERATOR
Brooke Kamin Rapaport , Artistic Director and Martin Friedman Chief Curator, Madison Square Park Conservancy
PANELISTS
Iwona Blazwick , Emeritus Curator Whitechapel Gallery, Curatorial Lead Arts AlUla
Allison Glenn, Co-Curator, Counterpublic 2023 Triennial
Ken Lum , Artist and Professor and Chair of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design; Co-Founder, Monument Lab
11:40 AM–12:45 PM ET
RoundTables
In-person only. Lunch will not be provided. Sponsored by Hauser & Wirth
AAMC’s RoundTables are small-group discussions where members discuss topics facing the field at large. Through these open conversations, AAMC hopes to catalyze lasting cross-institutional discussions on best practices in the field. Seating is on a first-come-first-serve basis.
• Cross-Field Collaborations
• Curating with Communities
• Acquisitions to Change Collections
• DEAI: Recruitment & Hiring
• Site-Specific Installations
• Collection Reviews
• Artist Demographic Surveys
Conference Schedule #AAMCNYC
ET
10:35–10:40 AM
Break
12:45–2:00 PM ET
Private Viewing of Mark Bradford. You Don’t Have to Tell Me Twice at Hauser & Wirth
542 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011
Advanced registration required—registration link in our Conference platform, Socio. In-person-only event.
Hauser & Wirth welcomes curators to a private viewing of Mark Bradford. You Don’t Have to Tell Me Twice.
2:30–2:35 PM ET
Introduction to Keynote
by Mary-Kate O’Hare, Director and Senior Art Advisor, Modern and Contemporary Art, Citi Private Bank, Art Advisory & Finance; Vice President, Finance & Audit, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
2:35–3:30 PM ET
Keynote Address by Artist Teresita Fernández
3:30–3:35 PM ET
Introduction to Best Practices Guide for Artist Demographic Data Coordination
by Deborah Cullen-Morales, Program Officer for Arts and Culture, Mellon Foundation
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12:45–2:30 PM ET
Panels, Workshops & Talks Keynotes & Special Addresses Breakouts Special Event Break
Panel: Best Practices Guide for Artist Demographic Data Coordination
Art organizations have recognized the need for a better understanding of the demographics of the artists whose works are in their collections and exhibitions. While there is the understanding that these surveys need to be undertaken for transparency, accountability, and internal reckoning, there has also been a strong apprehension about initiating surveys without internal support structures to support them. To aid the field, AAMC Foundation has partnered with curatorial and non-curatorial colleagues to create the Best Practices Guide for Artist Demographic Data Coordination, a collaboratively written Guide developed with support from the Mellon Foundation, that seeks to provide insight for those developing surveys. Join us for a conversation with some of the Guide’s contributors to discuss the formation, implementation, and future uses of this resource, along with ongoing questions and concerns for demographic guide collection.
ORGANIZER
Judith Pineiro, Executive Director, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
MODERATOR
Victoria Mattingly, DEI Data Expert, Author, and CEO of Mattingly Solutions
PANELISTS
Sarah Osborne Bender, Head of Library Technical Services, National Gallery of Art
Marissa Del Toro, Assistant Director of Exhibitions and Programs, NXTHVN
David Max Horowitz , Assistant Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Liz Munsell, The Barnett & Annalee Newman Curator of Contemporary Art, The Jewish Museum
4:35 PM ET
Sessions Conclude
6:00–7:45 PM ET
Members’ Party
The Morgan Library & Museum, Gilbert Court, 225 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016
Advance registration required. In-person-only event.
Catch up with friends and colleagues at AAMC’s annual Members’ Party at the Morgan Library & Museum. Enjoy access to J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library and all available galleries, including the exhibitions Uncommon Denominator: Nina Katchadourian, Entrance to the Mind: Drawings by George Condo in the Morgan Library & Museum, Claude Gillot: Satire in the Age of Reason, and Sublime Ideas: Drawings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Conference Schedule #AAMCNYC 3:35–4:35 PM ET
Tuesday, May 9
9:00 AM–1:00 PM ET
Conference Sessions
Prince George Ballroom, 15 East 27th Street, New York, NY 10016
9:00–9:30 AM ET
Coffee Reception and Check-In
9:30–10:30 AM ET
RoundTables
In-person only. Breakfast will not be provided. Sponsored by Lehmann Maupin
AAMC’s RoundTables are small-group discussions where members discuss topics facing the field at large. Through these open conversations, AAMC hopes to catalyze lasting cross-institutional discussions on best practices in the field. Seating is on a first-come-first-served basis.
• Cross-Field Collaborations
• Curating with Communities
• Acquisitions to Change Collections
• DEAI: Recruitment & Hiring
• Site-Specific Installations
• Collection Reviews
• Artist Demographic Surveys
10:30–10:40 AM ET
Welcome Remarks
by Judith Pineiro, Executive Director, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
10:40–10:45 AM ET
Introduction to Keynote Workshop
Tuliza Fleming, Interim Chief Curator of Visual Arts, National Museum of African American History and Culture; Vice President, Inclusion & Outreach, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
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Panels, Workshops & Talks Keynotes & Special Addresses Breakouts Special Event Break
Keynote: Racial Microaggressions, Relational Ruptures, and Repair
with Dr. Kenneth V. Hardy, President of the Eikenberg Academy for Social Justice, and Director of the Eikenberg Institute for Relationships
Racial microaggressions—intentional, unintentional, benign, or egregious— are, unfortunately, common everyday occurrences. The impact of racial microaggressions is seldom experienced by those on the receiving end as “micro” and can trigger emotions that range from insult and assault to deep hurt and harm. The widespread negative effects of racial microaggressions on relationships—especially those that are cross-racial—are compounded by the silence and awkwardness that often follows. The “micro-aggressor,” the “micro-aggressed,” and the “innocent onlooker” are often immobilized amid these tense moments for a variety of reasons. The micro-aggressor frequently focuses on the innocence and/or unintentionality of the assault, often leaving it unaddressed, while the micro-aggression seldom feels the emotional/psychological safety or comfort needed to respond in an authentic and emotionally regulated way, and, unfortunately, the innocent onlooker is often stymied by not knowing what to say or the fear of saying the wrong thing. Thus, in most cases, microaggressions remain unacknowledged, unaddressed, and ultimately become a major source of relational rupture and racial polarization. This workshop will provide strategies and techniques that the micro-aggressor, the micro-aggressed, and the innocent onlooker can employ to effectively respond to racial microaggressions. Special attention will be devoted to providing a framework for addressing and repairing relational ruptures caused by microaggressions and other harmful race-related acts.
11:45–11:50 AM ET
Introduction to Outside/Inside
by Wendy Chang, Director, rennie museum; Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Conference Schedule #AAMCNYC 10:45–11:45 AM ET
Panel: Outside/Inside
This session explores what it means to empower voices outside the museum professional field as documenters and curators of their own experiences and art. Building on the principle of “nothing for us without us,” the panelists are a mix of professional curators and artists, activists, and community representatives who come from outside the curatorial field—all of whom are interested in sharing their experiences collaborating on the production of exhibitions and activations and considering how and where these approaches succeed and, perhaps most significantly, whether they can result in long-term institutional change. Presenters from the curatorial sphere discuss the process of transitioning from author to facilitator and managing institutional politics, while “outsider” curators speak to the difficulties inherent in navigating traditional museum structures and the expressive possibilities that come with being an “outside” voice on the “inside.”
ORGANIZER & MODERATOR
Shoshana Resnikoff, Demmer Curator of 20th- and 21st-Century Design, Milwaukee Art Museum
PANELISTS
Katherine Kasdorf, Associate Curator, Arts of Asia and the Islamic World, Detroit Institute of Arts
Rebeca Méndez , Artist, Designer, and Chair at UCLA Design Media Arts
Lorilee Wastasecoot , Curator of Indigenous Art and Engagement, Legacy Art Galleries
12:50–1:00 PM ET
Concluding Remarks
by Judith Pineiro, Executive Director, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Conference Schedule 24 11:50 AM–12:50 PM ET
Panels, Workshops & Talks Keynotes & Special Addresses Breakouts Special Event Break
Saturday, May 13
Post-Conference Panel at TEFAF
TEFAF, The Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065
Access to this in-person-only event, hosted at TEFAF in New York City, is included in Conference registration. Advance registration required— registration link in our Conference platform, Socio.
1:00–2:00 PM ET
TEFAF Talks with Art Curators (AAMC): Leadership Now
Expanding upon the Association of Art Museum Curators annual Art Curators Conference, we are bringing together leaders that have recently moved into their current roles to discuss their interpretation of empowerment through their work, collections/exhibitions, teams, and community. This program is organized by the AAMC, and was created by Judith Pineiro, Executive Director, AAMC & AAMC Foundation.
ORGANIZER
Judith Pineiro, Executive Director, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
MODERATOR
Siddhartha V. Shah, John Wieland 1958 Director, Mead Art Museum, Amherst College
PANELISTS
Tracee Glab, Executive Director, Flint Institute of Arts
Michelle Yun Mapplethorpe, Executive Director, Katonah Museum of Art
Mónica Ramírez-Montagut , Executive Director, Parrish Art Museum
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Art Curators Conference Continues
AAMC is proud to be taking its Conference theme to a wider public audience. In partnership with TEFAF, AAMC is hosting a TEFAF Talks session.
TEFAF Talks with Art Curators (AAMC): Leadership Now
Saturday, May 13 1:00–2:00 PM ET
TEFAF
The Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065
Access to this in-person-only event, hosted at TEFAF in New York City, is included in Conference registration. Advance registration required—registration link provided in our Conference platform, Socio.
Expanding upon the Association of Art Museum Curators annual Art Curators Conference, we are bringing together leaders that have recently moved into their current roles to discuss their interpretation of empowerment through their work, collections/ exhibitions, teams, and community. This program is organized by the AAMC, and was created by Judith Pineiro, Executive Director, AAMC & AAMC Foundation.
About TEFAF
Established in 1988, The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF) is widely regarded as the world’s preeminent organization for fine art, antiques, and design. TEFAF runs two fairs internationally: TEFAF Maastricht, which covers 7,000 years of art history, and
ORGANIZER
Judith Pineiro, Executive Director, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
MODERATOR
Siddhartha V. Shah , John Wieland 1958 Director, Mead Art Museum, Amherst College
PANELISTS
Tracee Glab, Executive Director, Flint Institute of Arts
Michelle Yun Mapplethorpe , Executive Director, Katonah Museum of Art
Mónica Ramírez-Montagut , Executive Director, Parrish Art Museum
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643 Park Ave
New York, NY 10065
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Saturday, May 13
1:00–2:00 PM ET
ACCESS
Access to this in-person-only event, hosted at TEFAF in New York City, is included in Conference registration. Advance registration required—registration link provided in our Conference platform, Socio.
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Panelist & Presenter Bios
Andrea Myers Achi, Assistant Curator, Department of Medieval Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dr. Andrea Achi is an Assistant Curator in the Department of Medieval Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. She is trained as a Byzantinist, and her curatorial practice focuses on late antique and Byzantine art of the Mediterranean Basin and Northeast Africa. She holds a BA from Barnard College and a PhD from New York University. She specializes in the art and archaeology of Late Antiquity, with a particular interest in illuminated manuscripts and ceramics. 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), all at The Met, and in numerous presentations and publications.
Beverly Adams , Estrellita Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art, Museum of Modern Art
Beverly Adams is The Museum of Modern Art’s (MoMA) Estrellita Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art. Before joining MoMA, Adams was the Curator of Latin American Art at the Blanton Museum at the University of Texas at Austin, where she organized, among other exhibitions, The Avant-Garde Networks of Amauta: Argentina, Mexico, and Peru in the 1920s (2019) with Natalia Majluf. From 2001 to 2013, Adams was curator for the Diane and Bruce Halle Collection, a private collection of modern and contemporary Latin American art. She previously held curatorial positions at the San Antonio Museum of Art and the Phoenix Art Museum, and taught twentieth-century Latin American art history courses at Arizona State University. Adams holds a PhD in Art History from the University of Texas at Austin.
Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, Senior Program Officer, Creativity and Free Expression, Ford Foundation
Rocío Aranda-Alvarado is Senior Program Officer in Creativity and Free Expression at the Ford Foundation. She supports a variety of arts grantees in New York and nationally. Previously, she was Curator at El Museo del Barrio, where she organized numerous exhibitions, including the museum’s 45th anniversary exhibition and two versions of The S-Files/La Bienal, El Museo’s biennial exhibition of emerging artists; PRESENTE! The Young Lords in New York (2015); and Antonio Lopez: Future, Funk Fashion (2016); among many others. Her curatorial work and research explores modern and contemporary art of the Americas, with a particular focus on U.S. Latinx art. Dr. Aranda-Alvarado has taught in the Art Department at the City College of New York and in the MA program at Hunter College’s Art Department. Her writing has appeared in various publications including catalogue essays for several museums. She is a huge fan of Times Square and Hello Kitty.
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Sarah Osborne Bender, Head of Technical Services, National Gallery of Art Library
Sarah Osborne Bender is the head of technical services at the National Gallery of Art Library where she oversees cataloging, metadata, and acquisitions. She is a member of the Cataloging Advisory Committee of the Art Libraries Society of North America and the Getty Vocabularies Steering Committee and was a contributing writer for AAMC’s Best Practices Guide for Artist Demographic Data Coordination. She led the foundation of the Judy Chicago Visual Archive at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, where she also curated exhibitions on Chicago, Simone de Beauvoir, and artists’ books. She has worked in museum libraries for over 20 years. Sarah makes opportunities for meaningful exploration of collections and collection data through description, preservation, openness, and outreach.
Iwona Blazwick , Emeritus Curator, Whitechapel Gallery & Curatorial Lead, Arts AlUla
London-based curator and contemporary art lead for Arts AlUla, Iwona Blazwick was formerly Director of the Whitechapel Gallery, London, Head of Exhibitions and Displays at Tate Modern, and Director of Exhibitions at London’s ICA. She has worked as an independent curator in Europe, Japan, and the U.S. She has curated numerous solo and survey exhibitions and is an advisor for several public art agencies. A critic, art historian, lecturer, and broadcaster, she has published extensively on contemporary artists, themes and movements, and institutional histories. She is Founding Editor of the Whitechapel Gallery/MIT Press Documents of Contemporary Art and Phaidon Press’s Contemporary Artists Monographs.
Taína Caragol, Curator of Painting, Sculpture & Latinx Art and History, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Taína Caragol is Curator of painting, sculpture, and Latinx art and history at the National Portrait Gallery. Her scholarship focuses on Latinx and Latin American art and its institutional and market validation, as well as on the recovery of histories suppressed by colonialism. Since her hiring in 2013, she has brought more than 200 portraits of Latinx historical figures and artists into the Portrait Gallery’s collection. Her curated or co-curated exhibitions include Portraiture Now: Staging the Self, One Life: Dolores Huerta, and UnSeen: Our Past in a New Light, Ken Gonzales-Day and Titus Kaphar. She directed the Portrait Gallery’s triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2022 and co-curated its resulting exhibition The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today. She is currently co-curating 1898: US Imperial Visions and Revisions, which will offer a critical examination of the events that turned the US into a world power with overseas territories. She is co-author of The Obama Portraits, published in 2020 by Princeton University Press.
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Wendy Chang, Director, rennie museum; Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Wendy Chang has been Director of the Rennie Collection since 2006, and is the Founding Director of the rennie museum. She formalized operations of the collection and established all aspects of the museum’s operations. Under her stewardship, the museum has staged an array of complex exhibitions with artists such as Martin Creed, Lara Favaretto, Mona Hatoum, and Kerry James Marshall. To advance the museum’s mandate of providing accessibility to arts and culture, she developed its internship, education, and engagement programs, while also serving as catalogue series editor, overseeing all facets of the publication program. Prior to her current position Wendy worked extensively with leading institutions and collections worldwide, spending nearly 15 years producing projects and presenting exhibitions with a diverse group of artists including John Baldessari, Glenn Brown, Dan Graham, Rodney Graham, Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy, Juan Muñoz, Shirin Neshat, Richard Prince, Ed Ruscha, Jeff Wall, Christopher Williams, Christopher Wool, and Andrea Zittel.
Alisa Chiles, Assistant Curator of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Alisa Chiles is an Assistant Curator of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where she helps oversee the collection of decorative arts from Europe after 1700 and the museum’s global design collection. She holds a BA in Art History from Stanford University, an MA in Art History from New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts, and is currently completing her PhD in Art History at the University of Pennsylvania. Alisa has worked on the reinstallation of the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s nineteenth-century galleries and installations in its British galleries. She is currently organizing an exhibition about the enduring legacy of early twentieth-century designs for the prevention and treatment of diseases such as tuberculosis and the Spanish Flu. Prior to coming to Philadelphia, she worked in the Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Beth Citron, Independent Curator; Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Beth Citron is a New York-based curator and art historian. A 2019 recipient of an Asian Cultural Council Fellowship for research on the curatorial history of modernist art from India, she was the Founding Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Rubin Museum of Art until October 2019. Her exhibitions at the Rubin include Shahidul Alam: Truth to Power (2019), Chitra Ganesh (2018), A Lost Future: Shezad Dawood/The Otolith Group/Matti Braun (2018), Henri Cartier-Bresson: India in Full Frame (2017), Francesco Clemente: Inspired by India (2014), Witness at a Crossroads: Photographer Marc Riboud in Asia (2014), and the three-part series on Modernist Art from India (2011–2013). As an advisor and guest curator for the Dhaka Art Summit, she advised on an exhibition on modernist art across South Asia (2016) and co-organized a live program of artists’ performance lectures (2018).
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Deborah Cullen-Morales , Program Officer for Arts and Culture, Mellon Foundation
Deborah Cullen-Morales, PhD, is a Program Officer for Arts and Culture at the Mellon Foundation. Previously, she served as Executive Director of the Bronx Museum of the Arts; Director and Chief Curator of the Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University; Director of Curatorial Programs at El Museo del Barrio; and Curator of the print collection at Robert Blackburn’s Printmaking Workshop. Focused on modern and contemporary Latinx, Caribbean, and African American art, Cullen-Morales is currently co-editing A Handbook of Latinx Art (UC Press). Recent curatorial projects include Robert Blackburn & Modern American Printmaking, organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, which toured from 2020 through 2022.
Ilaria Conti, Curator, American Federation of Arts
Ilaria Conti’s curatorial work focuses on research-based artistic practices engaging with decolonial epistemologies and the relationship between institutional infrastructures, communal care, and civic agency. Currently, Ilaria serves as Curator at the American Federation of Arts, advancing frameworks of decentralized and sustainable exhibition-making with a focus on contemporary art and social/cultural justice. Previously, she served as Research Curator at the Centre Pompidou, Assistant Curator of the 2016 Marrakech Biennale, and was a Samuel H. Kress Interpretive Fellow at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, among other positions. She is an Advisor in the Visual Arts for the American Academy in Rome. Ilaria is an Awarded Mentee of the 2021–2022 Association of Art Museum Curators Foundation’s Mentorship Program. She holds a BA and MA in Art History and Curatorial Studies from the University of Rome La Sapienza and an MA in Visual Arts Management from New York University. Her curatorial work has been featured in exhibitions and programs presented at the Centre Pompidou, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Swiss Institute/Istituto Svizzero, Fondation H, and La Nueva Fábrica Guatemala, among other institutions.
Pablo José Ramírez , Curator and Cultural Theorist
Pablo José Ramírez is a curator and an author based in Berlin. He was the inaugural Adjunct Curator of First Nations and Indigenous Art at Tate Modern (2019–2023). His work explores non-western ontologies, brown and indigenous histories, and the aesthetic possibilities of non-colonial materialities. He has an MA in Contemporary Art Theory from Goldsmiths, University of London. In 2019, he received the International/CPPC Independent Curators Award for Central America and the Caribbean and is currently Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder of Infrasónica, a curatorial platform dedicated to the investigation of sonic cultures. Ramírez was part of the curatorial team of the 58th Carnegie International and is currently co-curator with Diana Nawi of the Hammer Museum Biennial, Made in L.A. 2023.
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Marissa Del Toro, Assistant Director of Exhibitions and Programs, NXTHVN
Marissa Del Toro is the Assistant Director of Exhibitions and Programs at NXTHVN in New Haven, CT. Since 2021, Del Toro has also worked with Museums Moving Forward as Co-Director of Research and Director of Communications. Previously, she served as the 2021–2022 Curatorial Fellow at NXTHVN and as the 2018–2020 Diversifying Art Museum Leadership Initiative (DAMLI) Curatorial Fellow at the Phoenix Art Museum. She holds an MA in Art History from the University of Texas at San Antonio and is originally from Southern California, where she received a BA in Art History from the University of California, Riverside.
Teresita Fernández , Artist
Teresita Fernández’s work is characterized by an expansive rethinking of what constitutes landscape: from the subterranean to the cosmic, from national borders, to the more elusive psychic landscapes we carry within. Fernández unravels the intimacies between matter, human beings, and locations, and her luminous work poetically challenges ideas about land and landscape by exposing the history of colonization and the inherent violence embedded in how we imagine and define place, and, by extension, one another. Questions of power, visibility, and erasure are important tenets of Fernández’s work, and she confronts these themes in subtle ways, insisting on intertwining beauty, the socio-political, the intimate, and the immense. Imbuing the landscape with an anthropomorphic sensibility, Fernández has said “You look at the landscape, but the landscape also looks back at you; Landscape is more about what you don’t see than what you do see.”
Fernández is a MacArthur Foundation Fellow and the recipient of numerous awards, including a Creative Capital Award; Meridian Cultural Diplomacy Award; Guggenheim Fellowship; Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award; American Academy of Rome Fellowship; and a National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist’s Grant in Visual Arts. In 2011, she was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts. She is the first Latina to serve on the 100-year-old federal panel, which advises the president and Congress on national matters of design and aesthetics. In 2016, she conceived and directed the U.S. Latinx Arts Futures Symposium with the Ford Foundation, which brought together artists, curators, museum directors, and scholars from across the country to discuss modes of visibility within cultural institutions.
Her work has been exhibited internationally at The Museum of Modern Art, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Phoenix Art Museum; Pérez Art Museum Miami; Harvard University, Boston; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland; Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Smithsonian Museum of American Art; Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art; and Castello di Rivoli, Turin, among others. Fernández has also created numerous large-scale public sculptures, including at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; New Orleans Museum of Art; Ford Foundation, NY; and Madison Square Park, NY. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
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Liisa-Rávná Finbog, Sámi Indigenous Scholar, Duojár, and Curator
Dr. Liisa-Rávná Finbog is a Sámi Indigenous scholar, duojár, and curator from Oslo, Vaapste, and Sk ánit in the Norwegian part of S ápmi. She is currently based in Tampere, on the Finnish side of Sápmi, where she is doing post-doc research in connection with “Mediated Arctic Geographies,” a project that aims to look at how Arctic geospheres are aesthetically shaped and mediated to become vehicles of environmental, [geo]political, and social concerns at Tampere University. Her specific focus is on the relationship between Indigenous aesthetics in the Arctic and the land. Her written works include contributions to collective works such as Research Journeys In/To Multiple Ways of Knowing (2019), articles in Nordic Museology (2015), and in the digital platform Action Stories (2021); essays in multiple exhibition catalogues (2022, 2023); as well as several upcoming works, including her first book, It Speaks to You—Making Kin Through People, Stories, and Duodji in Sámi Museums (2023).
Tuliza Fleming, Interim Chief Curator of Visual Arts, National Museum of African American History and Culture; Vice President, Inclusion & Outreach, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Tuliza Fleming is the Interim Chief Curator of Visual Arts at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. During her tenure, she played a critical role in building the Museum’s art collection, served as lead curator for Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience. (2021), as well as for Visual Art and the American Experience (2016). She also curated Clementine Hunter: Life on Melrose Plantation (2018), and co-curated Ain’t Nothing
Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment (2010). Prior to her current position, Dr. Fleming was the Associate Curator of American Art at the Dayton Art Institute, where she organized exhibitions such as The Glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany and Monet and the Age of American Impressionism. Fleming received her MA and PhD in Art History from the University of Maryland.
Tracee Glab, Executive Director, Flint Institute of Arts
Tracee Glab is the Executive Director at the Flint Institute of Arts (FIA). Previously, as Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, she oversaw more than 100 exhibitions and curated 40 exhibitions. Prior to her role at the FIA, she worked for ten years at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Glab has an MA in Art History from Wayne State University and a BA in Art History from University of Michigan-Dearborn.
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Allison Glenn, Co-Curator, Counterpublic 2023 Triennial
Allison Glenn is a curator and writer deeply invested in working closely with artists to develop ideas, artworks, and exhibitions that respond to and transform our understanding of the world. Glenn’s curatorial work focuses on the intersection of art and publics, through public art, biennials, special projects, and major new commissions by a wide range of contemporary artists. She is one of the curators for the Counterpublic 2023 triennial, running April 15–July 15, 2023 in St. Louis, presenting the work of Sir David Adjaye OM OBE, Matthew Angelo Harrison, Mendi + Keith Obadike, and Maya Stovall. Glenn received substantial critical and community praise for her curatorial work in the 2021 groundbreaking exhibition at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, titled Promise, Witness, Remembrance, an exhibition that reflected on the life of Breonna Taylor, centered on her portrait painted by Amy Sherald.
Marcela Guerrero, DeMartini Family Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art
Marcela Guerrero is the DeMartini Family Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. She is the curator of no existe un mundo poshuracán: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria and Martine Gutierrez: Supremacy, both at the Whitney. She was part of the curatorial team that organized Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925 –1945, and also curated the 2018 exhibition Pacha, Llaqta, Wasichay: Indigenous Space, Modern Architecture, New Art. From 2014 to 2017, she was the Curatorial Fellow for Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960 –1985, organized by the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. Prior to joining the Hammer, she worked in the Latin American and Latino art department at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Guerrero holds a PhD in Art History from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Executive Director and CEO, Peabody Essex Museum; Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Lynda Roscoe Hartigan is the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Executive Director and CEO of the Peabody Essex Museum. Hartigan was previously Deputy Director for Collections and Research and Chief Innovation Officer at the Royal Ontario Museum. From 2003 to 2016, she was the first Chief Curator at the Peabody Essex Museum, and Deputy Director and Chief Curator since 2016. From 1978 to 2003, Hartigan rose from Curatorial Assistant to Chief Curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Her curatorial areas of expertise are in American art, especially by self-taught, black, and modern artists, and fashion and design. She has devoted her career to advancing the capacity of curators to communicate the transformative potential of creativity in people’s lives.
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Lauren Haynes, Director of Curatorial Affairs and Programs, Queens Museum; Vice President, Fundraising, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Lauren Haynes is Director of Curatorial Affairs and Programs at the Queens Museum. Previously, she was the Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Before her time at the Nasher, Haynes was Director of Artist Initiatives and Curator of Contemporary Art at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Momentary in Bentonville, Arkansas. Prior to Crystal Bridges, Haynes spent close to a decade at the Studio Museum in Harlem. Haynes’s recent curatorial projects include Lyle Ashton Harris: Our first and last love (co-curator, 2023); Beyond the Surface: Mixed Media and Textile Works from the Collection (2022); Kenny Rivero: The Floor is Crooked (2021); Crystal Bridges at 10 (2021); Sarah Cain: In Nature (2021); State of the Art 2020 (co-curator, 2020); and The Beyond: Georgia O’Keeffe and Contemporary Art (co-curator, 2018).
Kenneth V. Hardy, 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 U.S. 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
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Since joining the Guggenheim’s curatorial department in 2015, David Max Horowitz has contributed to a number of special exhibitions and supported the management of the museum’s permanent collection. He is the curator of Marking Time: Process in Minimal Abstraction (2019–2020) and co-curator of R. H. Quaytman + ×, Chapter 34 (2018–2019). Additionally, he worked closely on Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future (2018–2019) and Agnes Martin (2016–2017), as well as Guggenheim Collection: Brancusi (2017–2020) and Guggenheim Collection: Early Modernism (2016–2017). Horowitz also regularly assists in the continued care and stewardship of the permanent collection. While mostly focused on the postwar period, he has conducted research on works from all parts of the museum’s holdings. He holds a BA in English Language and Literature from the University of Maryland, College Park, and an interdisciplinary MLA from Johns Hopkins University. He is currently pursuing an MA in Art History at Hunter College.
Michelle
Jacques,
Head of Exhibitions & Collections/Chief Curator, Remai Modern; President, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
In February 2021, Michelle Jacques moved to Treaty 6 Territory and the Traditional Homeland of the Métis to take on the role of Head of Exhibitions and Collections/Chief Curator at Remai Modern in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Prior to moving to the Canadian prairies, she was the Chief Curator at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria in British Columbia for 8 years; before that, she held curatorial positions in the contemporary and Canadian departments at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. While her long-term commitment is to visual art museums, she has also worked as the Director of Programming at the Centre for Art Tapes, an artist-run center in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and taught writing, art history, and curatorial studies at NSCAD University, the University of Toronto Mississauga, and OCAD University. She holds an MA from York University in Toronto, Ontario, and a BA from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.
Rebeca Méndez , Artist, Designer, and Chair, UCLA Design Media Arts
Rebeca Méndez is an artist, designer, and Chair at UCLA Design Media Arts, where she is the Founder and Director of the CounterForce Lab, a research and fieldwork studio with a focus on ecological arts and justice. Her research and practice investigate design and media art in public space, critical approaches to public identities and landscape, and artistic projects based on field investigation methods. Méndez’s diverse works develop within science, design, and art through immersive video and sound installations, public art, photography, and book arts. Rebeca Méndez has won the three most significant awards in the field of design: The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award in Communication Design, 2012; the AIGA Medal, 2017; and she was inducted into the One Club Hall of Fame, 2017. This triple crown would be worthy enough on its own, but when you add in that Rebeca is the first and only Latina to win each one of these, much less all three, the achievement is towering. Solo exhibitions include: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Anchorage Museum, Laguna Art Museum, Nevada Art Museum, and Museum of Contemporary Art, Oaxaca, Mexico.
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David Max Horowitz , Assistant Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Liz Munsell, Barnett and Annalee Newman Curator of Contemporary Art, The Jewish Museum
Liz Munsell is the Barnett and Annalee Newman Curator of Contemporary Art at the Jewish Museum in New York, and co-lead for Museums Moving Forward, a Ford- and Mellon-funded research initiative to advance equity in the museum sector. Previously, she served as the inaugural Lorraine and Alan Bressler Curator of Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston, where she organized numerous exhibitions including Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation, co-curated with Greg Tate (2020–2021); Bouchra Khalili: Poets and Witness (2019); and Cecilia Vicuña: Disappeared Quipu (2018–2019), co-curated with Catherine Morris and presented at the MFA and the Brooklyn Museum. Beginning in 2012, Munsell worked to establish the MFA as the first encyclopedic museum in the U.S. to fully integrate performance art into its exhibitions and permanent collection. Between 2012 and 2017, she held a visiting curator post at Harvard University’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. A Fulbright Scholar to Chile in 2006, Munsell holds a BA in International Letters and Visual Studies from Tufts University and a Masters in Cultural Studies from the Universidad de Chile.
Elizabeth Morrison, Senior Curator of Manuscripts, J. Paul Getty Museum; Vice President, Governance & Nominating, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Elizabeth Morrison is Senior Curator of Manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum. During her 25 years there, she has curated or co-curated numerous exhibitions, including Imagining the Past in France, 1250 –1500 (2010) and Book of Beasts: The Bestiary in the Medieval World (2019), both of which were finalists for the College Art Association award for outstanding exhibition catalogue. She has published on both Flemish and French illumination and has served on the boards of the International Center of Medieval Art and the Medieval Academy of America.
Katherine E. Kasdorf, Associate Curator of Arts of Asia and the Islamic World, Detroit Institute of Arts
Katherine E. Kasdorf (PhD, Columbia University, 2013) is Associate Curator of Arts of Asia and the Islamic World at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA). Curatorial projects include new permanent-collection galleries at the DIA and the Walters Art Museum, where she previously held a Wieler-Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowship, and the Walters exhibition Ferocious Beauty: Wrathful Deities from Tibet and Nepal. She has published articles on architectural reuse in Hindu and Islamic contexts in South Asia and on works of Tibetan art at the Walters Art Museum, and she serves as head of the editorial board of the Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts. With colleagues, she is currently planning an exhibition that will bring together a group of now-dispersed yogini goddess sculptures from Tamil Nadu (southern India), which will explore their many transformations over a 1,000-year history.
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Ken Lum , Artist and Professor and Chair of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design; Co-Founder, Monument Lab
Ken Lum is an artist with an extensive international exhibition record. A long-time Professor, he is Professor and Chair of Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design in Philadelphia. He is Co-Founder and Founding Editor of the Yishu Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art. A book of his writings titled Everything is Relevant: Writings on Art and Life 1991–2018 was published in 2020 by Concordia University Press. He has given several keynote addresses including the 2022 congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, the 2010 World Museums Conference in Shanghai, the 2006 Biennale of Sydney in Australia, and the 1997 Universities Art Association of Canada. Lum’s curatorial record includes co-curating Shanghai Modern: 1919–1945, Sharjah Biennial 7, and Monument Lab: Creative Speculations for Philadelphia Lum is Co-Founder and Senior Curatorial Advisor to Monument Lab, a public art and history think tank.
Sade Lythcott , Chief Executive Officer, National Black Theatre
Harlem native Sade Lythcott is the Chief Executive Officer of the historic National Black Theatre (NBT), the nation’s first revenue-generating Black Arts complex and one of the longest-run theaters by a woman of color. She is the daughter of the late Dr. Barbara Ann Teer, Founder of NBT and legendary champion of African-American arts and culture. As a leader and staunch advocate for women and people of color in the cultural sector, Sade currently serves as the Chair of the Coalition of Theaters of Color and sits on the advisory boards of the Black Genius Foundation, Art in a Changing America, and HueArts NYC Project. Sade also co-leads Culture@3, an unprecedented space that brings together more than 1,000 of NYC’s nonprofit cultural leaders, funders, and friends in government to navigate pressing field-wide issues in an ever-shifting cultural landscape.
Michelle Yun Mapplethorpe, Executive Director, Katonah Museum of Art
Michelle Yun Mapplethorpe is Executive Director of the Katonah Museum of Art (KMA). Prior to her appointment to the KMA, Yun Mapplethorpe was Vice President for Global Artistic Programs and Director of the Asia Society Museum, following her tenure as Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art there. She has formerly served as Curator for the Hunter College Art Galleries, Project Director of Cai Guo-Qiang’s studio, Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, and Adjunct Lecturer at MoMA and SUNY New Paltz, in addition to organizing numerous independently curated exhibitions. Yun Mapplethorpe is a widely published author and frequent lecturer on modern and contemporary art.
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Victoria Mattingly, DEI Data Expert, Author, and CEO of Mattingly Solutions
Victoria Mattingly, PhD (Dr. V), is Founder and CEO of Mattingly Solutions, a workplace inclusion consulting firm. Her life mission is to use organizational science to improve the human experience at work, especially for underrepresented and historically excluded groups. Dr. V is a published author, an academic researcher, has taught in business schools globally, and is an esteemed speaker and thought leader in the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) field. She earned her PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Colorado State University, specializing in the science of workplace behavior change interventions. As an organizational psychologist, she turns otherwise abstract concepts like inclusion and allyship into quantifiable metrics. Dr. V is currently focused on bringing more scientific rigor to the DEI space, enabling organizations to better track and assess progress toward reaching their goals. She also co-wrote the book Inclusalytics: How Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leaders Use Data to Drive Their Work.
Tasneem Zakaria Mehta , Director, Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
Tasneem Zakaria Mehta is an art historian, writer, and conservation activist who studied Fine Arts and Textile Design at the Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai. She received a BA in Political Theory at Columbia University, New York, and a Masters in English Literature, Delhi University. She researched towards a PhD on Indian art history at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She resides in Mumbai, India.
Mehta pioneered the revival and restoration of several of Mumbai’s important cultural sites. She conceptualized, curated, designed, and implemented the restoration and revitalization of Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, which won UNESCO’s 2005 Asia Pacific Award of Excellence. As Managing Trustee and Honorary Director, from 2003 to the present, she curates the exhibition and education programmes of the museum, and Chairs the Academic Council of the PG Diploma in Indian Art History. She also oversees the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) conservation lab at the museum. Mehta has curated 17 solo exhibitions of contemporary Indian artists and four group exhibitions, in addition to collection exhibitions. She has presented a total of 85 exhibitions in collaboration with national and international institutions over the past 15 years at the museum.
Mehta was Vice Chairman of INTACH from 2010 to 2017. As Convenor of the Mumbai chapter of INTACH from 1996 to 2018, she prepared the Management Plan for Elephanta World Heritage Site (WHS), the WHS submission to UNESCO for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (erstwhile Victoria Terminus); and she has led several important restoration projects in Mumbai.
Mehta has served as an advisor to many of the leading cultural institutions in South Asia. These include the Bangladesh government on the Bangabandhu Museum, Dacca, appointed by the Prime Minister’s Office, 2015; Advisory Board of the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai, from 1997 to 2015; the NGMA National Advisory Council from 2009 to 2011; and the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, 2003–2005 and 2011–2014.
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Mehta has lectured widely at national and international institutions and conferences, including Mumbai University and Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. Mehta delivered the plenary keynote at the Global Museums Summit at the Deutsche Museum, Munich, in October 2022.
Mehta represented India at the Google conference Digital Meets Culture, Florence, Italy, 2017, and at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum Directors Summit, 2014. She presented an exhibition of Indian Art and was speaker at two events at the World Economic Forum at Davos in 2010. Mehta has authored and edited several books. Her latest book, Mumbai–A City Through Objects, 101 Stories from the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, was published by Harper Collins in May 2022. She has received two awards of excellence for design and production and several commendations. Her articles have appeared in the Times of India, Indian Express, and other national and international publications. She has received several awards for her work including being voted a Mumbai Hero by the Mumbai Mirror, a Times of India publication.
Rodrigo Moura , Chief Curator, El Museo del Barrio
Rodrigo Moura is a writer, editor, and curator. He worked in institutions such as Museu de Arte de São Paulo and Instituto Inhotim, both in Brazil. He currently lives in New York, where he serves as a Chief Curator at El Museo del Barrio.
Mary-Kate O’Hare, Director and Senior Art Advisor, Citi Private Bank, Art Advisory & Finance; Vice President, Finance & Audit, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Mary-Kate O’Hare is a Senior Art Advisor with Citi Private Bank Art Advisory & Finance, where she helps clients build and manage museum-quality art collections. She specializes in U.S., Latin American, and European nineteenth century, modern, and contemporary art. Prior to joining Citi in 2013, MaryKate was Curator of American Art at The Newark Museum, NJ (2000 – 2013), where she oversaw the American art collection of 12,000 objects, published research on the permanent collection, and organized several critically lauded loan and collection exhibitions. The International Association of Art Critics honored her exhibition and accompanying catalogue Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America, 1920s – 50s (2010) with an award for “Best Thematic Museum Show Nationally.” Other exhibitions included those that explored Edward Hopper, Romare Bearden, twentieth-century photography, and the subject of the New Woman in nineteenth-century American art. Mary-Kate began her curatorial career as an Assistant Curator and Collections Manager at The Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ.
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Judith Pineiro, Executive Director, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Working in the visual arts for 30+ years, Pineiro is a strategic and valued leader who ensures sustainable growth and inclusive environments. Since 2014, as Executive Director of AAMC & AAMC Foundation, she has increased funding resources and raised the organization’s mission-driven profile. Additional senior-level roles include independent external affairs consultant; Director, Affordable Art Fair U.S.; Associate Development Director, Institutional Advancement, Museum of Arts and Design; and Account Manager, Museum Services, Christie’s. Pineiro serves on the Board of ArtTable, as well as its Executive Committee, and is Secretary on the Council of Affiliates at the American Alliance of Museums. She is a former Board member at ArtBridge Projects and the New York Artists Equity Association; mentor in the Diversity in Arts Leadership program; and juror for The Institute of Museum and Library Services, The National Art Education Association, and Brooklyn Arts Council. She is a first-generation American and first-generation college educated. Pineiro has an MA in Art History, Certificate in Curatorial Studies, BA in Art History, and BA in Journalism/Mass Media, all from Rutgers University.
Maurita N. Poole, Executive Director, Newcomb Art Museum
Maurita N. Poole is Executive Director and Chief Curator at the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University. She holds a doctorate from Emory University in Anthropology, an MPH from Rollins School of Public Health, and a Bachelor of Science in Arabic and Government from Georgetown University. Before Newcomb Art Museum, Poole served as Director and Curator at Clark Atlanta University Art Museum. As director, she strengthened the museum’s infrastructure and provided opportunities for the next generation of museum professionals. She also developed the Black Optics Artist Residency, an initiative that connected artists from the American South and Caribbean. Her curatorial projects focus on African and African Diaspora art. Her most recent exhibition, Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation, was co-curated with Margaret Adler of Amon Carter. It explores contemporary visualizations of freedom in relation to John Quincy Adams Ward’s 1863 sculpture The Freedman and the 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Mónica Ramírez-Montagut , Executive Director, Parrish Art Museum
Dr. Mónica Ramírez-Montagut has been the Director of the Parrish Art Museum since June 2022, the same year she was appointed by President Biden to the National Museums and Libraries Board of Advisors. She is also a member of the International Council of Museums United States Board of Directors and a member of the Association of Art Museum Directors. Ramírez-Montagut received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, and a Masters and PhD in the Theory and History of Architecture from Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain. Before joining the Parrish, Ramírez-Montagut was the Executive Director of the Michigan State University Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, and the former Director of the Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University in Louisiana. She has held curatorial positions at the San José Museum of Art, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
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Brooke Kamin Rapaport , Artistic Director and Martin Friedman
Chief Curator, Madison Square Park Conservancy
Brooke Kamin Rapaport is Artistic Director and Martin Friedman Chief Curator at the Madison Square Park Conservancy, NY. She was Commissioner and Curator of the United States Pavilion at the 2019 Venice Biennale with the exhibition Martin Puryear: Liberty/Libertà. Rapaport was Assistant Curator and Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum, where she organized numerous exhibitions and wrote corresponding catalogues. She was a guest curator at the Jewish Museum in New York.
E. Carmen Ramos, Chief Curatorial and Conservation Officer, The National Gallery of Art; Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
E. Carmen Ramos is Chief Curatorial and Conservation Officer at The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. There she leads the curatorial and conservation teams as they serve the nation and beyond through collections development, ground-breaking scholarship, art conservation, and scientific research. Ramos previously served as the Acting Chief Curator and Curator of Latinx art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, where she built one of the largest collections of Latinx art at a museum of U.S. art. She organized award-winning exhibitions including ¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now (2020), Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art (2013), and Down These Mean Streets: Community and Place in Urban Photography (2017). In addition to her numerous catalogues, her scholarship appears in American Art, and in books like Picturing Cuba: Art, Culture, and Identity on the Island.
Shoshana Resnikoff, Demmer Curator of 20th- and 21st-Century Design, Milwaukee Art Museum
Shoshana Resnikoff is Demmer Curator of 20th- and 21st-Century Design at the Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM), where she is responsible for the modern and contemporary design department, managing exhibitions, acquisitions, and research into the collection. Prior to MAM, Shoshana was curator at The Wolfsonian-FIU, where she curated Street Shrines and co-curated A Universe of Things: Micky Wolfson Collects, among other projects. She has also held curatorial positions at the Peabody Essex Museum, Terra Foundation for American Art, and Cranbrook Art Museum. A member of AAMC since 2015, Shoshana holds a Master of Arts from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture at the University of Delaware.
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Taryn Sacramone, Executive Director, Queens Theatre
Taryn Sacramone is the Executive Director of Queens Theatre (QT), which provides performances and programs that are accessible to residents of Queens, NY, the most diverse county in the nation. In 2016, QT launched Theatre For All, a ground-breaking initiative to advance the inclusion of disabled people in the performing arts. In 2021, QT served as the organizing partner for the NYC Artists Corp grant program, which provided 3,000 artists with grants to provide a free community engagement activity, reaching 2M+ people. From 2021 to 2022, Taryn served as the Chair of the Cultural Institutions Group. She serves on the Board of the NYC & Company Foundation. She founded/co-leads Culture@3, a Zoom call started in March 2020, where 1,000+ leaders of NYC nonprofit cultural institutions connect with each other as well as government/civic leaders. Previously, Taryn served as Executive Director of the award-winning Astoria Performing Arts Center and worked at the Social Science Research Council.
Siddhartha V. Shah, John Wieland 1958 Director, Mead Art Museum, Amherst College
Siddhartha V. Shah is the John Wieland 1958 Director of the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College, and was previously Director of Education and Civic Engagement and Curator of South Asian Art at the Peabody Essex Museum. His academic and curatorial projects have been featured in publications ranging from The Times of India , The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, and Psychology Today
Lucy Sexton, Executive Director, New Yorkers for Culture & Arts
Lucy Sexton is a Brooklyn-born choreographer, producer, administrator, and performing artist who works in the fields of dance, performance, film, and public advocacy. She is the Executive Director of the cultural advocacy coalition New Yorkers for Culture & Arts. Prior to that, she served as Executive Director of the NY Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies. As a dance artist, she works with Anne Iobst, creating and performing the dance performance duo DANCENOISE, which was founded in 1983, had a retrospective exhibit and performance at the Whitney Museum in 2015, and premiered a new piece at NY Live Arts in 2018. She has also directed and dramaturged plays by Spalding Gray, Tom Murrin, Nora Burns, and Heather Litteer; and produced documentaries by Charles Atlas for the BBC and Arte. She is currently directing a new show by Eszter Balint with songs by Balint and Stew.
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Juliet Sorce, Executive Vice President, Resnicow and Associates; Vice President, Advocacy, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Juliet Sorce is the Executive Vice President of Resnicow and Associates (R+A), the leading national communications agency serving the arts. With more than 15 years of experience spearheading strategic communications campaigns for cultural organizations, Ms. Sorce has provided counsel to an international roster of clients, including The Frick Collection, The Israel Museum, Frieze Art Fairs, Park Avenue Armory, Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, and the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, among many others. As R+A’s Executive Vice President, Ms. Sorce is a key member of the executive leadership team, overseeing company culture, policies, staffing, and growth. Ms. Sorce brings deep experience directing institutional communications programs for a broad range of visual art organizations, including museums, nonprofit foundations, art fairs, biennales, and galleries, focusing in particular on modern and contemporary art initiatives, new building and expansion programs, executive leadership transitions, and crisis communications.
Angie Brice Thomas , Founder & CEO, Brice Consulting Group, LLC
As the Founder and CEO of Brice Consulting Group LLC, Angie Brice Thomas brings over 15 years of expertise in diversity, equity, access, and inclusion (DEAI) 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 DEAI dialogues and anti-racism work, attract top and diverse talent, build inclusive cultures, and bolster employee performance. Next, as a sociologist by training, Angie marries real-time DEAI theory and practice by applying her learnings from Columbia University Teachers College, where she completed her MA. Angie’s clients include the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, the Whitney Museum of American Art, MoMA PS1, the Jewish Museum, Harvard University, The Robertson Center at Success Academies, The International Institute of New England, Burton Snowboards, the International Documentary Association, and Plenty. An avid reader and foodie, Angie lives with her hubby and two kiddos, in Brooklyn, NY.
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Akili Tommasino, Associate Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Akili Tommasino joined The Met in 2021. Previously, he held curatorial positions at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and The Museum of Modern Art, New York. A former Fulbright Fellow at the Centre Pompidou, he is a PhD candidate at Harvard University, where he earned his MA and BA.
Lorilee Wastasecoot , Curator of Indigenous Art and Engagement, Legacy Art Gallery
Lorilee Wastasecoot is an Ininew iskwew. Lorilee’s ancestral roots stem from Peguis First Nation, York Factory, and the Red River, where she grew up in Winnipeg, MB. Lorilee then relocated to Victoria, BC, in 2010 to pursue her education and holds a degree in Political Science from the University of Victoria (UVIC). In 2021, Lorilee was given the inaugural title of Curator of Indigenous Art and Engagement at UVIC Legacy Art Gallery. She has curated major exhibitions such as We Carry our Ancestors (2019) and On Beaded Ground (2021) and is currently working on a solo exhibition, Walking Thru My Fires (2023), with Kwakwaka'wakw artist Francis Dick.
nico wheadon, Independent Arts Consultant, Curator, Educator, and Writer
nico wheadon is an independent arts consultant, curator, educator, and writer based in New Haven, CT. She is also Founder and Principal of the bldg fund, LLC; a visiting critic at the Yale School of Art; and a Board member at the National Academy of Design and the Arts Council of Greater New Haven. As a consultant, nico delivers cultural strategy to artist-entrepreneurs, cultural institutions, government agencies, and philanthropic foundations. In recent posts, nico served as Adjunct Professor of Art at Brown University, Barnard College, and Hartford Art School (2016–2021); Inaugural Executive Director of NXTHVN (2019–2020); Inaugural Director of Public Programs & Community Engagement at the Studio Museum in Harlem (2014–2019); Curatorial Director of Rush Arts Gallery (2007–2010); and Curatorial Assistant at The Studio Museum in Harlem (2006–2007). nico holds an MA in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship from Goldsmiths, University of London (2011), and a BA in Art–Semiotics from Brown University (2006).
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2022 AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Board of Trustees
A sincere thank-you to our Board for their leadership and dedication.
Executive Committee
Tuliza Fleming
Interim Chief Curator of Visual Arts, National Museum of African American History and Culture Vice President, Inclusion & Outreach
Michelle Jacques Head of Exhibitions & Collections/Chief Curator, Remai Modern President, Board of Trustees
Mary-Kate O’Hare Director and Senior Art Advisor, Citi Private Bank, Art Advisory & Finance Vice President, Finance & Audit
Trustees at Large
Myrtis Bedolla
Founding Director, Galerie Myrtis
Wendy Chang Director, rennie museum
Lauren Haynes
Director of Curatorial Affairs, Queens Museum
Vice President, Fundraising
Elizabeth Morrison
Senior Curator of Manuscripts, J. Paul Getty Museum
Vice President, Governance & Nominating
Juliet Sorce
Senior Vice President, Resnicow and Associates Vice President, Advocacy
Daniel Belasco
Executive Director, Al Held Foundation
José Carlos Diaz Susan Brotman Deputy Director for Art, Seattle Art Museum
Beth Citron Independent Curator
Whitney Donhauser
Deputy Director and Chief Advancement Officer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
William C. Gautreaux Managing Partner, MLP Holdings LLC
Lynda Roscoe Hartigan
Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo
Executive Director and CEO, Peabody Essex Museum
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Trustees at Large cont.
Wolfram Koeppe
Marina Kellen French Senior Curator, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Soyoung Lee
Landon and Lavina Clay Chief Curator, Harvard Art Museums
Tanya Odom Program Director, Equity and Inclusion, Walton Family Foundation
Filiz Çakır Philip Curator
Awards Chair
Emily Kernan Rafferty President Emerita, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
E. Carmen Ramos Chief Curatorial and Conservation Officer, National Gallery of Art
Carolyn Royston Deputy Director for Engagement, Brooklyn Museum
Emeriti Trustee / Past Presidents
Christa Clarke
Independent Curator and Senior Advisor, Center for Curatorial Leadership
Past President, Trustee Emerita
Carol S. Eliel
Senior Curator of Modern Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Past President, Trustee Emerita
Marianne Lamonaca
Director of the Humanities Edge, Florida International University
Past President, Trustee Emerita
John Ravenal
Former Executive Director, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
Past President, Trustee Emeritus
Gary Tinterow
Director, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Past President, Trustee Emeritus
Ex-Officio
John B. Koegel
Founder and Lawyer, The Koegel Group LLP; Counsel
Anne Collins Smith
Director, Xavier University of Louisiana Art Gallery Membership Chair
Elizabeth W. Easton Co-Founder and Director, Center for Curatorial Leadership
Past President, Trustee Emerita
Helen C. Evans
Mary and Michael Jaharis Curator of Byzantine Art Emerita, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Past President, Trustee Emerita
Emily Ballew Neff Director, San Antonio Museum of Art
Past President, Trustee Emerita
George T.M. Shackelford
Deputy Director, Kimbell Art Museum
Past President, Trustee Emeritus
Judith Pineiro
Executive Director, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
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AAMC & AAMC Foundation Committees
We are grateful to our committees for their volunteer services to our work.
Awards for Excellence Chair
Filiz Çakır Philip Curator
Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Benefit Committee
Laura Bardier
Executive Director, James Howell Foundation
Janis Gardner Cecil
President, JCG Fine Art LLC
Isabella Hutchinson
Director & Founder, Hutchinson Modern & Contemporary
Marianne Lamonaca
Director of the Humanities Edge, Florida International University
Past President, Trustee Emerita, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Mary Kate O’Hare
Director and Senior Art Advisor, Citi Private Bank, Art Advisory & Finance
Vice President, Finance & Audit, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Katherine Brinson
Daskalopoulos Curator, Contemporary Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Lauren Haynes
Director of Curatorial Affairs and Programs, Queens Museum
Vice President, Fundraising, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Betty Krulik
Owner, Betty Krulik Fine Art
Alexis Lowry
Curator, Dia Art Foundation
Chair, Benefit Committee
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Finance & Audit Board Committee
Tuliza Fleming
Interim Chief Curator of Visual Arts, National Museum of African American History and Culture
Vice President, Inclusion & Outreach, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Michelle Jacques
Head of Exhibitions & Collections/Chief Curator, Remai Modern
President, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Mary-Kate O’Hare
Director and Senior Art Advisor, Citi Private Bank, Art Advisory & Finance
Vice President, Finance & Audit, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Fundraising Committee
Andrew Barron
Director of Marketing, UOVO
Tricia Laughlin Bloom
Curator of American Art, The Newark Museum of Art
Lauren Haynes
Director of Curatorial Affairs, Queens Museum
Vice President, Fundraising, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Monique Meloche
Owner & President, Monique Meloche Gallery
Lauren Haynes
Director of Curatorial Affairs, Queens Museum
Vice President, Fundraising, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Elizabeth Morrison
Senior Curator of Manuscripts, J. Paul Getty Museum
Vice President, Governance & Nominating, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Juliet Sorce
Senior Vice President, Resnicow and Associates
Vice President, Advocacy, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Daniel Belasco
Executive Director, Al Held Foundation
Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Wendy Chang
Director, Rennie Collection
Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Emily Lenz
Director and Partner, D. Wigmore Fine Art
Co-Chair, Fundraising
Mary-Kate O’Hare
Director and Senior Art Advisor, Citi Private Bank, Art Advisory & Finance
Vice President, Finance & Audit, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Carolyn Royston
Deputy Director for Engagement, Brooklyn Museum
Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Jamaal B. Sheats
Director and Curator of Galleries, Assistant Professor of Art, Carl Van Vechten
Art Gallery at Fisk University
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AAMC & AAMC Foundation Committees
We are grateful to our committees for their volunteer services to our work.
Governance & Nominating Board Committee
Myrtis Bedolla
Founding Director, Galerie Myrtis
Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Marianne Lamonaca
Director of the Humanities Edge, Florida International University
Past President, Trustee Emerita, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Elizabeth Morrison Senior Curator of Manuscripts, J. Paul Getty Museum
Vice President, Governance & Nominating, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Lynda Roscoe Hartigan
Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Executive Director and CEO, Peabody Essex Museum
Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Soyoung Lee
Landon and Lavina Clay Chief Curator, Harvard Art Museums
Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Anne Collins Smith Director, Xavier University of Louisiana
Art Gallery
Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
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Membership Committee
René Paul Barilleaux
Head of Curatorial Affairs, McNay Art Museum Co-Chair, Membership Committee
Martina Dodd
Program Director, Curation and Object-Based Learning, Robert. R. Woodruff Library, Clark Atlanta University
Wolfram Koeppe Marina Kellen French Senior Curator, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Anne Collins Smith
Director, Xavier University of Louisiana Art Gallery Co-Chair, Membership Committee, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Sarah Watson
Chief Curator, Hunter College Art Galleries
Tobi Bruce
Director, Exhibitions and Collections & Senior Curator, Art Gallery of Hamilton
Tuliza Fleming
Interim Chief Curator of Visual Arts, National Museum of African American History and Culture Vice President, Inclusion & Outreach, Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Filiz Çakır Philip Curator
Board of Trustees, AAMC & AAMC Foundation
theo tyson
Penny Vinik Curator of Fashion Arts, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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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, 2023
Foundations
Al Held Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Art Fund
The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation
The Getty Foundation
Helen Frankenthaler Foundation
Institute of Museum and Library Services
The Iris Foundation
Corporate
Absolute Museum & Gallery Products Ltd.
ADAA
Anthony Meier
Armstrong Fine Art Services
Bard Graduate Center
Betty Krulik Fine Art
Cristin Tierney Gallery
Debra Force Fine Art
DIETL International
Freeman’s Auction
Hauser & Wirth
Hutchinson Modern & Contemporary
James Howell Foundation
The Jay DeFeo Foundation
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Knight Foundation
Leon Levy Foundation
The Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Terra Foundation for American Art
International Society of Appraisers
Jessica Silverman Gallery
Jonathan Boos
Kasmin Gallery
Lehmann Maupin
Masterpiece International
Miles McEnery Gallery
R & Company
Schoelkopf Gallery
Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers
Sotheby’s TEFAF
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UOVO
Individual Donors
PATRONS
Barbara Futter
Catherine Futter
PARTNERS
John Koegel
Evelyn & David Lasry
PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE
Nina del Rio
Lisa Dennison
Richard Green
BENEFACTOR CIRCLE
Graham C. Boettcher
Madhuvanti Ghose
Richard Green
Lynda Roscoe Hartigan
Shirley and Barnett Helzberg
Evelyn and David Lasry
Emily Lenz
María Eugenia Maury, El Museo del Barrio & Karla Harwich, El Museo del Barrio
John B. Ravenal
Bob Rennie
Susan Weber
Ann Yonemura
Julián Zugazagoitia
FRIEND CIRCLE
William R. Anderson
Hannah Byers
Cristopher Canizares
Wendy Chang
Jane Cohan
Kaywin Feldman
William Gautreaux
Madhuvanti Ghose
Rachel Lehmann & David
Maupin
Marjorie & Don Lenz
Rosa Lowinger
Zesty Meyers & Evan Snyderman
Katharine Richardson
Annemarie Sawkins
Andrew Schoelkopf
Isabel Wilcox
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Annual Fund
Gifts to our annual fund advance the organization’s capacity to ensure we secure our mission’s values and vision’s goals.
Jessica Adler
Lynne Ambrosini
William Richard Anderson
Carolyn Angiolillo
Sharon Matt Atkins
René Paul Barilleaux
Andrea Bayer
Barbara Buff
Christa Clarke
Suzi Rudd Cohen
Giulia Colletti
Deborah Cullen-Morales
Helen C. Evans
Adriana Farietta
Linda Ferber
Pauline Forlenza
Anne Collins Goodyear
Jared Goss
Alison de Lima Greene
Gloria Groom
Lynda Hartigan
Cody Hartley
Christina Hellmich
Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Horvitz
Michael Hughes
Ronald Jarashow
Sarah Kianovsky
Wolfram Koeppe
Mr. Nahum Lainer and Mrs. Alice Lainer
Anthony Lamonaca
Ellen Lee
Emily Lenz
Mary-Kay Lombino
Rosa Lowinger
Charles Griffith Mann
Judith Walker Mann
Jen Mergel
Tanya Odom
Louis-Marie Pandzou
Jennifer Casler Price
E. Carmen Ramos
Tracy Rector
Bob Rennie
Annemarie Sawkins
Mark Scala
Marianna Shreve Simpson
Joaneath Spicer
Karol Wight
Isabel Wilcox
Ram Xasa
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Listings January 1, 2022—as of March 15, 2023
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 15, 2023
Addison Gallery of American Art
Akron Art Museum
Amon Carter Museum of American Art
The Andy Warhol Museum
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
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, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Cincinnati Art Museum
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Colby College Museum of Art
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
Corning Museum of Glass
Crow Museum of Asian Art at the University of Texas, Dallas
Currier Museum of Art
David Owsley Museum of Art
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
Delaware Art Museum
The Denver Art Museum
Edo Museum of the West African Art
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia
The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery
The Frick Collection
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
Honolulu Museum of Art
Hood Museum of Art
J. Paul Getty Museum
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum
The Jewish Museum
Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art
Kimbell Art Museum
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Meadows Museum
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Munson-William Proctor Art Institute
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Museum of Modern Art
Nasher Museum of Art
Nasher Sculpture Center
National Palace Museum
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
The Newark Museum of Art
Newfields
New Orleans Museum of Art
North Carolina Museum of Art
The Palmer Museum of Art
Peabody Essex Museum
Phi Foundation for Contemporary Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Phoenix Art Museum
Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University
Pointe-à-Callière, cité d'archéologie et d'histoire de Montréal
Princeton University Art Museum
Remai Modern
Saint Louis Art Museum
San Antonio Museum of Art
San Diego Museum of Art
Sarasota Art Museum
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Seattle Art Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
University of Michigan Museum of Art
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Tacoma Art Museum
Toledo Museum of Art
Weatherspoon Art Museum
Wellin Art Museum, Hamilton College
Whitney Museum of American Art
Wichita Art Museum
Williams College Museum of Art
Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library
Yale University Art Gallery
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