2021 Mentorship Program Participants Announced
Monday, September 20, 2021
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2021 MENTORSHIP PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS ANNOUNCED
AAMC Foundation’s Mentorship Program fosters the next generation
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NEW YORK, NY, September 21, 2021 – The Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) Foundation announced the 2021 - 2022 participants of its Mentorship Program, which provides junior curators with professional development and leadership growth opportunities. The 2021 cohort includes a diverse group of 10 junior curators working in Belize, Togo, India, Italy, and the U.S. The 2021 program will be virtual, with in-person components beginning in 2022.
“We are honored to announce our next group of mentees, and continue this vital and unique opportunity for mid-career curators across fields and geographical location,” said Judith Pineiro, Executive Director, AAMC & AAMC Foundation. “The multilayered program highlights the value of our mission at its core: supporting and advancing the curatorial field, forwarding inclusion, collaboration and access in our art organizations, and enhancing curatorial engagement within our communities.”
Awarded Mentees for the 2021 program are:- Aminat Lawal Agoro, Independent Researcher & Guest Curator, Palais de Lome
- Ilaria Conti, Independent Curator, Rome
- Steffi Ibis Duarte, Independent Curator, New York
- Baishali Ghosh, Curator, Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Kolkata
- Misa Jeffereis, Assistant Curator, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
- Shalini Le Gall, Chief Curator, Susan Donnell and Harry W. Konkel Curator of European Art, Portland Museum of Art
- Felicia Mings, Curator, Art Gallery of York University (AGYU)
- Alinta Sara, Independent Curator, Bokantaj
- Ilona Smiling, Curator, Museum of Belize
- Rangsook Yoon, Curator of Modern Art, Artis--Naples, The Baker Museum
The learning intensive will be held throughout fall 2021 in a virtual setting and conclude with in-person activity in spring 2022. Sessions will engage leaders on the topics of diversity, inclusion, social justice, collaboration and promotion, board responsibilities, and self-expression. Presentations and interactions feature individuals from the American Alliance of Museums, The Armory Show, Balboa Park Online Collaborative, Christie’s, Chrysler Museum, SFMoMA, and more, as well as independent consultants and advisors. Each mentee will have a virtual experience one on one over the course of eight months with their mentor, as well as an in-person meeting in 2022. Mentors partnered with mentees include curators from Art Gallery of Ontario, Dallas Museum of Art, The Wallace Collection, Walker Arts Center, and WIELS, amongst others. In May 2022, the mentees will attend the Art Curators Conference with their cohort and curators from around the globe. The program concludes with a virtual meeting of the cohort, with each mentee presenting how the program impacted and shaped their goals and development.
For more information on AAMC Foundation’s work and supporters, please visit artcurators.org.
This program is made possible through the generosity of AAMC Foundation’s President Circle, Barbara Futter, Catherine Futter, National Endowment for the Arts, and the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation. |
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About AAMC & AAMC Foundation
Founded in 2001, the Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) today has over 1,400 members from over 500+ institutions around the globe. Together the AAMC & AAMC Foundation celebrate the curatorial narrative by supporting and promoting the work of art curators at all stages in their career through opportunities for networking, collaboration, professional development, and career advancement. In the ever-changing, non-profit visual art world, the AAMC Foundation is the voice for all curators—regardless of field, experience level, and institutional type. It ensures that the curatorial perspective on art, museums, and educational issues is actively communicated to the public, media, and museum profession.
CONTACT
Judith Pineiro, 212/879-5701, Executive Director, judith.pineiro@artcurators.org |
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