VIRTUAL STUDIO VISIT PROGRAM DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
As a result of the shuttered doors of our galleries, Hunter East Harlem Gallery is bolstering digital outreach and remote networking during the quarantine period of the Coronavirus pandemic. Due to an influx of requests from our network: we have created a program specifically for our community: Uptown artists (Upper Manhattan and the Bronx), Socially Engaged artists and Hunter College MFAs.
From April 20th onwards, HEHG will be conducting virtual studio visits with artists in our community as a gesture of service and as a networking tool during this isolating time. We have invited very special guest curators to join HEHG Director & Curator, Arden Sherman and Gallery Manager, Nora Maité Nieves during these meetings.
We are viewing these visits as mutual networking opportunities -- where we can introduce the talented artists of our community to amazing curators, and to the initiatives of HEHG. The meetings are private sessions, allowing room for feedback and vulnerability during such an uncertain time. HEHG documents each visit and collects noteworthy quotes for a public record and showcasing.
If you are an Uptown artist (living or working in Upper Manhattan and/or the Bronx), a Socially Engaged artist, or a current Hunter College MFA student and you are interested in participating in a virtual studio visit, please email us at huntereastharlem@gmail.com with a link to your website and tell us (in less than 250 words) why this program appeals to you (capacity is limited, you will be contacted only if you are selected).
Some of the curators who are donating their time include:
Marie Vickles, Director of Education, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)
Marcela Guerrero, Assistant Curator at The Whitney Museum of American Art
Katie Hood Morgan, Program Director, FOR-SITE Foundation
Rodrigo Moura, Chief Curator, El Museo del Barrio
José Esparza Chong Cuy, Executive Director & Chief Curator, Storefront for Art & Architecture
Alaina Feldman, Director and Curator, Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College CUNY
Natalia Viera Salgado, Independent Curator & Curatorial Consultant
Gabriel de Guzman, Curator & Director of Exhibitions, Smack Mellon, NYC
María Elena Ortiz, Curator, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)
Carla Acevedo-Yates, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Eric Booker, Assistant Curator & Exhibition Coordinator, The Studio Museum in Harlem
Joanna Szupinska-Myers, Senior Curator, California Museum of Photography, UC Riverside, CA
Jackie Clay, Executive Director, Coleman Center for the Arts, York, AL
Jennie Lamensdorf, Bay Area Lead, Facebook Art Department, SF, CA
Renaud Proch, Executive & Artistic Director, Independent Curators International (ICI), NYC
Sarah Watson, Director of Exhibitions & Chief Curator, Hunter College Art Galleries
Lindsey Berfond, Assistant Curator for Public Programs, Queens Museum, NYC
Sarah Umles, Artist & Independent Curator / Founder & Director, The Residency Project, Pasadena, CA
Savona Bailey-McClain, Executive Director/Chief Curator, West Harlem Art Fund, New York, NY
and more!
