Francine Almeda

Francine Almeda is a Chicago-based, Filipina-American arts organizer, administrator, and independent curator. She is currently the manager of Heaven Gallery and Founder/Director of Jude Gallery, and artist-run project and exhibition space based in Pilsen, Chicago. Her work as a curator and organizer nurtures new methods for collaboration and participation, and explores methods of art as a caretaking tool. She is committed to creating events and exhibitions that center community-driven initiatives, and through these interventions aims to create space and networks that upplift emerging, BIPOC, and other southeast Asian artists.