Independent Curators International (ICI) supports the work of curators to help create stronger art communities through experimentation, collaboration, and international engagement. Curators are arts community leaders and organizers who champion artistic practice; build essential infrastructures and institutions; and generate public engagement with art. Our collaborative programs connect curators across generations, and across social, political and cultural borders. They form an international framework for sharing knowledge and resources — promoting cultural exchange, access to art, and public awareness for the curator’s role.
Amara Antilla
Amara Antilla is the Senior Curator at the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) in Cincinnati, where she is responsible for shaping the CAC’s robust exhibitions program. She has organized exhibitions and new commissions at the CAC with artists including Marwa Arsanios, Hellen Ascoli, Kahlil Robert Irving, Steffani Jemison, and Nora Turato, among others. Previously, Antilla worked at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, where she contributed to various monographic exhibitions including V.S. Gaitonde: Painting as Process, Painting as Life (2014); Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Infinite Possibility, Mirror Works and Drawings, 1974–2014 (2015); and Simone Leigh: Loophole of Retreat (2019). Antilla was also involved with the acquisition, research, and exhibition program of the MAP Global Art Initiative (2012-2018). Independently, Antilla has organized programs, performances, and exhibitions in partnership with the Dhaka Art Summit; Northern Spark; and Kunstraum Kreuzberg, among others. Antilla studied art history at Tufts University; the Museum School; and Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY).
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Curatorial Intensive in Manila: Public Symposium
The participants of the Curatorial Intensive in Manila will each present their exhibition and project proposals they have developed throughout the course of the week.
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This November, ICI produces the inaugural Curatorial Intensive in Manila, in collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum of Manila and with the support of the NCCA and the Office of Senator Loren Legarda.
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