Speakers Announced for 2023 Art Curators Conference

ART CURATORS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES SPEAKERS

Early Bird Rate Closes March 1

February 25, 2023, NYC -- AAMC & AAMC Foundation announced speakers for the 2023 Art Curators Conference, to be held May 6 – 9.  The largest gathering of curators globally, attending the program provides individual curators expanded networks, professional learning, and leadership advancement capacity.  Non-curators can gain access to the program and curatorial audience through numerous sponsorship opportunities.

Centered on the theme of Empowerment, with virtual and in-person options for attendance, a pre-Conference webinar, and a post-Conference panel at TEFAF NY, the robust list of speakers highlight the importance of this crucial event within the curatorial community. The complete list of speakers also denotes their engagement in the program.

Dialogues during the Conference will consider curating across and between museum departments to challenge ideas of institutional knowledge and ownership; the role of the curator in public art contexts; what it means to empower voices outside the museum professional field as documenters and curators of their own experiences and art; Latinx exhibition and collection building; the state of DEAI work in museums; and further sessions. All conversations will consider the full spectrum of interpretations, investigating issues holistically and not solely through the curatorial lens.

Two major special events, gathering all Conference attendees and invited guests, include the Members’ Party at The Morgan Library & Museum and the Awards for Excellence Celebration honoring curatorial achievements.  In addition, a Program Alumni reception is scheduled, gathering and connecting fellows from the organization’s Mentorship Program, Engagement Program for International Curators, Curatorial Digital Leadership training, and Professional Alliance for Curators of Color.

For more information on the program, to register or sponsor, please visit artcurators.org.

2023 Art Curators Conference Speakers

Andrea Myers Achi, Assistant Curator, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Curating Across/Between Departments

Beverly Adams, Estrellita Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art, Museum of Modern Art, Latinx Art in New York

Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, Senior Program Officer, Creativity and Free Expression, Ford Foundation, Latinx Art in New York

Sarah Osborne Bender, Head of Library Technical Services, National Gallery of Art, Best Practices Guide for Artist Demographic Data Coordination

Iwona Blazwick, Emeritus Curator Whitechapel Gallery, Curatorial Lead Arts AlUla, The Curator in Public Art

Angie Brice, Founder & CEO, Brice Consulting Group, LLC, Featured, Lead Speaker

Taína Caragol, Curator of Painting, Sculpture & Latinx Art and History, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Latinx Art in New York

Wendy Chang, Director of Curatorial Affairs and Programs, Rennie Collection; AAMC & AAMC Foundation, Board of Trustees, Introduction

Alisa Chiles, Assistant Curator of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Curating Across/Between Departments

Beth Citron, Independent Curator; AAMC & AAMC Foundation Board of Trustees, Introduction

Ilaria Conti, Curator, American Federation of Arts,Trans-regional Conversations on Indigenous Practices, pre-Conference webinar 

Marissa Del Toro, Assistant Director of Exhibitions and Programs, NXTHVN, Best Practices Guide for Artist Demographic Data Coordination

Teresita Fernández, Artist, Featured, Lead Speaker

Tuliza Fleming, Interim Chief Curator of Visual Arts, National Museum of African American History and Culture; Vice President, Inclusion & Outreach, AAMC & AAMC Foundation Board of Trustees, Introduction

Tracee Glab, Executive Director, Flint Institute of Arts, TEFAF Talks with Art Curators (AAMC): Leadership Now

Allison Glenn, Senior Curator, Public Art Fund, The Curator in Public Art

Marcela Guerrero, DeMartini Family Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, Latinx Art in New York

Kenneth V. Hardy, Phd, Clinical & Organizational Consultant, Eikenberg Institute for Relationships, Featured, Lead Speaker

Lauren Haynes, Director of Curatorial Affairs and Programs, Queens Museum; Vice President, Fundraising; AAMC & AAMC Foundation Board of Trustees, Introduction

David Max Horowitz, Assistant Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Best Practices Guide for Artist Demographic Data Coordination

Katherine Kasdorf, Associate Curator, Arts of Asia and the Islamic World, Detroit Institute of Arts, Outside/Inside

Ken Lum, Artist and Co-Founder, Monument Lab, The Curator in Public Art

Sade Lythcott, Chief Executive Officer, National Black Theatre (NBT), Local Voices: Culture @ 3 Building Community

Michelle Yun Mapplethorpe, Executive Director, Katonah Museum of Art, TEFAF Talks with Art Curators (AAMC): Leadership Now

Victoria Mattingly, DEI Data Expert, Author, and CEO, Mattingly Solutions, Best Practices Guide for Artist Demographic Data Coordination

Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, Director, Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Featured, Lead Speaker

Deborah Cullen Morales, Program Officer, Arts and Culture Program, Mellon Foundation, Introduction

Elizabeth Morrison, Senior Curator of Manuscripts, J. Paul Getty Museum; Vice President, Governance & Nominating; AAMC & AAMC Foundation, Board of Trustees, Introduction

Rodrigo Moura, Chief Curator, El Museo del Barrio, Latinx Art in New York

Liz Munsell, The Barnett & Annalee Newman Curator of Contemporary Art, The Jewish Museum, Best Practices Guide for Artist Demographic Data Coordination

Mary Kate O’Hare, Senior Art Advisor and Director, Modern and Contemporary Art at Citi Private Bank, Art Advisory & Finance, Citi Private Bank; Vice President, Finance and Audit, AAMC & AAMC Foundation Board of Trustees, Introduction

Maurita N. Poole, Executive Director, Newcomb Art Museum, Curating Across/Between Departments

Mónica Ramírez-Montagut, Executive Director, Parrish Art Museum, TEFAF Talks with Art Curators (AAMC): Leadership Now

E. Carmen Ramos, Chief Curatorial and Conservation Officer, National Gallery of Art; AAMC & AAMC Foundation, Board of Trustees, Introduction

Brooke Kamin Rapaport, Artistic Director and Martin Friedman Chief Curator, Madison Square Park Conservancy, New York, The Curator in Public Art

Shoshana Resnikoff, Demmer Curator of 20th and 21st Century Design, Milwaukee Art Museum, Outside/Inside

Taryn Sacramone, Executive Director, Queens Theatre, Local Voices: Culture @ 3 Building Community

Lucy Sexton, Executive Director, New Yorkers for Culture and Arts, Local Voices: Culture @ 3 Building Community

Siddhartha V. Shah, John Wieland 1958 Director, Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, TEFAF Talks with Art Curators (AAMC): Leadership Now

Juliet Sorce, Executive Vice President, Resnicow and Associates; Vice President, Advocacy, AAMC & AAMC Foundation Board of Trustees, Introduction

Akili Tommasino, Associate Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Curating Across/Between Departments

Lorilee Wastasecoot, Curator of Indigenous Art and Engagement, Legacy Art Galleries, Outside/Inside

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Contact

Judith Pineiro, Executive Director, 

judith.pineiro@artcurators.org