2019 Curatorial Intensive in New Orleans: Public Symposium

Mar 28, 2019
10am –2 pm

New Orleans, LA, USA

CAC New Orleans

Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans
900 Camp Street
New Orleans, LA 70130

This public symposium concludes Independent Curators International (ICI)’s 2019 Curatorial Intensive in New Orleans. This is ICI’s fifth Curatorial Intensive in New Orleans in collaboration with the Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans (CAC) and Prospect New Orleans. This ongoing partnership represents ICI’s long-term commitment to New Orleans and the greater Gulf of Mexico region.
The Curatorial Intensive Sessions provide a platform for each of the participants to present the project they have been developing over the course of the program, 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. These small group presentations reflect the intimacy of the Intensive and provide a platform for each group to briefly discuss their work amongst one another.

Symposium Schedule

10:00-10:15 Welcome remarks
MK Wegmann, Interim Executive Director of The Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans (CAC)
Renaud Proch, Executive Director of Independent Curators International (ICI)

10:15-11:00 Construction of Identity
Joel Butler
Leandro Martínez Depietri
Taylor Bythewood-Porter

11:00-11:45 Ghosts of History
Alper Turan
Nic Brierre Aziz
Courtney Lynne Carter
Luis Carlos Manjarrés Martínez

11:45-12:15 Break

12:15-1:00 Making Place: Cities and Homes
Ariana Faye Allensworth
Amy Crum
Laura August

1:00-2:00 Terrestrial Resources and Commodity Trade
Lena Johanna Reisner
Wil Ruggiero
Juliana Steiner

Participants include: Ariana Faye Allensworth (Brooklyn, NY), Laura August (Houston, TX), Nic Brierre Aziz (New Orleans, LA), Joel Butler (Madrid, Spain), Taylor Bythewood-Porter (West Hollywood, CA), Courtney Lynne Carter (Haverford, PA), Amy Crum (New Orleans, LA), Leandro Martínez Depietri (Chicago, IL), Luis Carlos Manjarrés Martínez (Bogotá, Colombia) Lena Johanna Reisner (Berlin, Germany), Wil Ruggiero (Chicago, IL), Juliana Steiner (New York, NY), Alper Turan (Istanbul, Turkey)

This event is free and open to the public.

Presenters

Ariana Faye Allensworth

Ariana Faye Allensworth is an artist, researcher, and cultural strategist based in New York City.

Joel Butler

Joel Butler (Dominican Republic, 1980) is an independent curator and researcher.

Leandro Martínez Depietri

Leandro Martinez Depietri is an Argentine curator, critic, educator, and arts researcher currently based between San Diego, California, and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Alper Turan

Alper Turan is co-founder and curator of Das Art Project, literary translator and MA researcher based in Istanbul.

Laura Augusta

Laura Augusta is a U.S.-born curator and writer working between the U.S. and Central America.

Wil Ruggiero

Wil Ruggiero is an art historian and curator based in Chicago, IL and works within modern and contemporary Latin American and Latinx art, new media, and socially engaged art practice.

Amy Crum

Amy Crum is an art historian and researcher based in New Orleans who specializes in contemporary art of the Americas.

Juliana Steiner

Juliana Steiner is an independent curator, writer and researcher who lives and works in between Bogotá and New York.

Taylor Bythewood-Porter

Since 2017, Taylor Bythewood-Porter has served as assistant history curator at California African American Museum (CAAM).

Luis Carlos Manjarrés Martínez

Luis Carlos Manjarrés Martínez is currently the curator at the Queer Museum and Maloka Interactive Center in Bogotá, Colombia.

Lena Johanna Reisner

Lena Johanna Reisner is an in-ter-dependent curator and writer based in Berlin.

Courtney Lynne Carter

Courtney Lynne Carter is a curator, writer, and educator based in Philadelphia.

Nic Brierre Aziz

Nic Brierre Aziz is an artist and curator born and raised in New Orleans, LA.

The Curatorial Intensive is made possible in part by grants from the Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, Ford Foundation, and by generous contributions from ICI’s Leadership Council, the ICI Board of Trustees, the ICI Gerrit Lansing Education Fund, and the supporters of ICI’s Access Fund. Additional support for scholarships for the Curatorial Intensive in New Orleans were generously provided by kurimanzutto, Mexico City; Prospect New Orleans; and SAHA Association, Istanbul.