2018 Curatorial Intensive in New Orleans: Public Symposium

Feb 1, 2018
10am –1:30 pm

New Orleans, LA, USA

CAC New Orleans

900 Camp Street
New Orleans, LA 70130

The Curatorial Intensive participants of the 2018 New Orleans program will each present their project proposals that they have been developing over the course of the program.

Symposium Schedule
Welcome and Session 1: 10:00am–11:15am
Break: 11:15am–11:30am
Session 2: 11:30am–12:30pm

The Curatorial Intensive is a weeklong professional development program which brings together emerging curators for the opportunity to exchange ideas, develop their curatorial practice, and learn from their colleagues. Please see the program page for more details.

Participants include: Jennifer Carty (Chicago, IL), PJ Gubatina Policarpio (San Francisco, CA), Esteban King Alvarez (Mexico City, Mexico), Jennie Lamensdorf (New York, NY), Mia Lopez (Chicago, IL), Kimia Maleki (Chicago, IL), Lucy Mensah (Detroit, MI), and Fari Nzinga (New Orleans, LA).

This event is free and open to the public.

Presenters

Esteban King Álvarez

Esteban King Álvarez (México City, 1986) is researcher, art historian and curator.

Kimia Maleki

Kimia Maleki (M.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago; B.A., University of the Arts, Tehran) is interested in historiography, archiving, and curatorial practice, especially as pertains to Iran.

PJ Gubatina Policarpio

PJ Gubatina Policarpio is an educator, curator, programmer, writer, and community organizer.

Jennie Lamensdorf

Jennie Lamensdorf is a Partnerships & Communications Lead at Open Arts, Meta.

Jennifer Carty

Jennifer Carty is the Assistant Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art at the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago.

Lucy Mensah

Lucy Mensah is Visiting Assistant Professor of Museum and Exhibition Studies at the University of Illinois in Chicago’s School of Art & Art History.

Mia Lopez

Mia Lopez is a curator, writer, and educator with over twelve years of experience in museums and non-profit art spaces.

fari nzinga

Dr. fari nzinga is a writer, curator and educator, based in Louisville, KY.

Credits

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

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