Presenting: Consultants for Doctor’s Hours for Visual Artists on Feb. 24
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Consultant Bios
These bios provide an opportunity for you to research which consultants would be appropriate for the advice and feedback you are seeking.
Amara Antilla, Curatorial Assistant, Guggenheim
Amara Antilla joined the curatorial staff of the Guggenheim in September, 2010. In 2011, she became Curatorial Assistant for the BMW Guggenheim Lab, an international traveling laboratory for urban experiments and public programs traveling to nine cities over six years. She contributed to the mounting of the Lab in New York (August 3–October 16, 2011) and in Berlin (June 15–July 29, 2012). Previously, she worked as Research Associate for the rotunda retrospective, Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity (June 24–September 28, 2011). She also assisted the Asian Art Initiative, led by Alexandra Munroe, on acquisition and collection research. Prior to the Guggenheim she held positions at AW Asia and the Museum of Modern Art. Antilla studied art history at Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Jonathan Durham, Director of Visual Arts at Abrons Art Center/Henry Street Settlement
Jonathan Durham is an artist based in New York City. His sculptures, performances, videos, and 2-dimensional works explore subjects of belief, doubt, humor and the body as a sculptural application. He received his MFA in sculpture from UCLA in 2000 and has taught courses in drawing and sculpture at Rice University, University of Houston, and the University of Virginia. In 2007 he completed a two-year residency at the Core Program Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. His work has been exhibited internationally including Recess, New York (2011), Mixed Greens Gallery, NY, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY, the Houston Area Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Learning by Doing at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Outpost, CTRL Gallery, Material Culture, Fort Worth, Library Project, Galerie fur Gegenwartskunst, Bremen, Germany. He is the recipient of an Aunspaugh 5th Year Fellowship from the University of Virginia where he received a dual BA in Fine Arts and Psychology. Durham’s drawings, sculptures and videos are in numerous private and public collections including the Aurora Picture Show Video Library and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. In addition to his work as a visual artist Durham has published reviews in Modern Painters Magazine and recently curated the exhibitions Insurance Is Not Always Assured, Rick Cary: CREDO, Jayson Keeling: Behind the Green Door and Systemic Risk at NURTUREart. Durham serves as the Director of Visual Arts at Abrons Art Center/Henry Street Settlement in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
Jan Garden Castro, Art Historian and Critic.
Jan Garden Castro (see www.jancastro.com & “In the Studio” blog at www.sculpture.org) is an art historian and Contributing Editor at Sculpture Magazine. Her books include The Art & Life of Georgia O’Keeffe (Crown & Random House); Sonia Delaunay: La Moderne (Japan Association of Art Museums), and The Last Frontier (poetry + art, Eclectic Press). Castro also lectures on the arts, performs her poetry, reviews art and poetry for periodicals, and is interested in interactive, multicultural, and interdisciplinary arts.
Stephen Hepworth, Curator
Stephen Hepworth is a British born curator with over 16 years experience as a senior curator and director of a range of art venues in Europe and America. He has curated over 80 exhibitions and taught extensively on both continents. Previous to his move to the United States in 2007, to relaunch the University Art Gallery at the University of California, San Diego, he was based in London where he worked at Bloomberg Space, Jerwood Gallery, and The Tannery. He moved to New York in 2009 to become Director of Programs at Participant Inc, and currently is an art consultant and the curator of independent projects most recently Set-up at Jousse Entreprise, Paris (2012), others include exhibitions for the British Council, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art and the Arnolfini in Bristol, UK. His exhibitions demonstrate an involvement with emerging artists as well as working with those who are already established, and others who have contributed to highlighting different approaches to making and thinking.
Miriam Katz, Curator and Writer
Miriam is Brooklyn-based and has organized exhibitions and performances for MoMA PS1, The Kitchen, Art21, Columbia University, and Deloitte Consulting. Her curatorial work has been reviewed in publications such as Rhizome, The New Yorker,The Village Voice, Time Out New York, and Bomb Magazine. Since 2007, she has written regularly for publications such as Artforum, artforum.com, Bookforum, and Flash Art, and has been a visiting critic at Columbia University, New York University, Parsons The New School for Design, the School of Visual Arts, Art Omi, Smack Mellon, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Lehman College, and the Bard Center for Curatorial Studies. Katz works as a writer and editorial researcher for Artforum. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude from the Comparative Literature Department of Barnard College and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Art History from Hunter College.
Amy Kisch, Founder and CEO of AKArt
Ms. Kisch previously ran Sotheby’s worldwide VIP program for the auction house’s top clients—curating, producing and marketing VIP programming, including the Sotheby’s Preferred Museum Programme, Art Fair Programme and The Economist Lecture series. Prior to that, she worked within Sotheby’s Proposals division—creating highly-customized business-winning proposals for the company’s major private, institutional, corporate and museum clients. While at Sotheby’s, Ms. Kisch concurrently held the roles of Executive Director and Corporate + Community Liaison for the Williamsburg Gallery Association. Kisch made her start in the art world at Parkett, Thread Waxing Space exhibition space and at Umbra Editions. She has been integral in the production and curation of numerous successful art ventures, including collaborations and partnerships with ARTLOG, Art Basel Miami Beach, Art Production Fund, Assouline, AT&T, Brooklyn Tourism, caribBEING, Eli Wilner and Company, Hard Press Editions, Northside Music + Arts Festival, Sotheby’s Diamonds, Sotheby’s Institute, Sotheby’s International Realty, The Armory Show, Williamsburg Every 2:ND Friday and ZOOM Elite Art Basel Miami Beach, among others. Kisch serves on numerous committees and boards including City at Peace, CITYarts, NURTUREart, sparks & honey, and Time In Children’s Art Initiative. Kisch holds a BA in Art History and Fine Arts from Columbia University and a Masters in Social Work.
Anne MacDougall Einstein, Owner of G.W. Einstein Company
G.W. Einstein Company after 30 years as a gallery representing contemporary artists in NYC, closed in 2000 to become a private dealership in fine American art. She helped with organizing gallery exhibitions and the accompanying catalogues; however her main job was to visit with museum clients to introduce the gallery’s inventory of fine prints, drawings and photographs. As a member of the International Fine Print Dealers Association, the company exhibits annually at The Print Fair at the Park Avenue Armory in New York. Clients are primarily American and British museums. Anne began a career in painting and printmaking after graduation from Randolph College and graduate studies in art at Syracuse University. For 20 years she worked under the name Anne Ballou. She established Anne MacDougall Editions in 2013 to publish prints by contemporary artists. The first print published is a complex print by Paul Fabozzi interpreting his encounter with the Queensboro Bridge. The master printer, Raphael Griswold, printed this woodcut, spitbite etching and relief print with expertise. Anne has also taught studio art and art history in various venues; cooks Thai food, listens to Dave Alvin and her favorite exhibitions of 2013 were Robert Indiana at the Whitney and Dorothea Rockburne at MOMA.
Stephen Maine, Art Critic, Curator, Educator
Stephen Maine is a freelance art critic, independent curator and teacher. He is a member of the International Association of Art Critics, American Abstract Artists, and the College Art Association. Contributing Editor at artcritical.com, he has also written frequently for Art in America, artnet.com, Art on Paper, The New York Sun, The Brooklyn Rail and Artillery. Recent curatorial projects include “The Incipient Image” at Lesley Heller Workspace, “Wall Works” at The Painting Center, and “239 Days” at Allegra La Viola Gallery. Maine teaches in the graduate department of Fine Arts at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan
Debra Vanderburg Spencer, Independent Curator and Art Historian
Along with being a curator and art historian Debra also has a background in arts administration and policy. Residing in New York City, she also advises private collectors on acquisitions, management and care of collections. Her current clients include The William J. Clinton Foundation, NY; Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston; New York University’s Faculty Resource Center; and Galleries at The Interchurch Center as Guest Curator of a series of five annual borough-specific exhibitions showcasing the diversity of professional artists in NYC (2012-2016). As Exhibitions Manager, the Schomburg Center/NY Public Library, she drafted their Policy for Permanent, Temporary and Traveling Exhibitions. In her capacity as Director of Special Projects, NY State Council on the Arts, Spencer played a major role in restructuring the agency’s grant making policies. She has been a consultant to the Harlem Arts Alliance, and a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), NY State Council on the Arts and the Harlem 125th Street Business Improvement District’s arts panel. Spencer has directed arts projects for the U.S. Congress and the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. She received two NEA Fellowships in Arts Management, and is a member of the American Alliance of Museums and International Council on Museums. Spencer holds a Master’s Degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education (Administration, Planning and Social Policy), with adjunct studies in Filmmaking, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; The Museum of Fine Arts School, Boston (Drawing, Painting); Harvard University (Art History) and Western Michigan University (Art History).
Christine Walia, Programs Director, Lower East Side Printshop
Since joining the Printshop in late 2010, Christine works closely with studio and administrative staff to plan, schedule, and implement all residencies and programs for artists. She oversees program outreach, publicity, documentation, and evaluation, and hires outside consultants such as panelists, lecturers, and instructors. Prior to joining the Printshop, she was the Manager of Exhibitions and Programs at Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art in Newark, NJ where she managed and coordinated programming including exhibitions, public programs, and functioned as the staff coordinator for its annual Fine Art Auction fundraiser. She is a Leadership Newark alumni, member of ArtTable and has a BA in Art History and minor in Business and Management from Skidmore College, NY.
