Brooklyn, NY | Curator's Tour of "1-800 Happy Birthday" with Klaudia Ofwona Draber
2022-12-17 12:00 (America/New_York) | WORTHLESS STUDIOS, 7 KNickerbocker Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, 11237, United States
Please join us for a tour of 1-800 Happy Birthday with ArtTable members Klaudia Ofwona Draber, the exhibition’s curator, and Marcia Santoni, executive director of WORTHLESSSTUDIOS.

1-800 Happy Birthday is an exhibition honoring Black and Brown lives killed by police. Originally a voicemail project, now transformed into a large-scale exhibition in a 10,000 square-foot warehouse, 1-800 Happy Birthday is created by artist Mohammad Gorjestani and Even/Odd, curated by Klaudia Ofwona Draber, with artistic direction by Neil Hamamoto, and presented by arts nonprofit WORTHLESSSTUDIOS with the aim of honoring the lives of those lost too soon. The families of Dujuan Armstrong, Sandra Bland, Philando Castile, Stephon Clark, Fred Cox, Eric Garner, Oscar Grant, Xzavier Hill, Donovon Lynch, Sean Monterrosa, Tony Robinson, and Mario Woods are participating in the exhibition.

1-800 Happy Birthday was originally created in 2020 by Even/Odd founder, filmmaker, and artist Mohammad Gorjestani as an ongoing voicemail project to honor Black and Brown victims of police killings and systemic racism. The project exists online at 1800HappyBirthday.com and allows loved ones and the public to leave and listen to voicemails left on the birthdays of ‘celebrants’ – those unjustly killed. Gorjestani teamed up with WORTHLESSSTUDIOS’ Founder and Artistic Director Neil Hamamoto and Curator Klaudia Ofwona Draber, along with family members of the twelve celebrants, to bring the digital project into the physical realm in a community-accessible, large-scale exhibition. The show utilizes audio and video components, a large mural created by Art1, and personal ephemera to tell their stories.

Twelve upcycled NYC pay phones are arranged on a few patches of lawn, a concrete wall with a dedicated area for flowers hosts a large mural and balloons, and birthday cards are available for purchase at a newsstand. Towards the back of this city landscape is a translucent building facade with an opening that leads to an interior setting – a family living room. This room acts as a resource center: filled with photos, ephemera from the celebrants, and educational resources. It is also meant as a space of refuge, to rest and recharge. The exhibition design imagines a world that is just, where streets are safe for Black and Brown people to just be.

Each repurposed phone booth, designed in collaboration with the families of the celebrants, is dedicated to one person and features portraits of the celebrant and their family and friends. The visuals and ephemera included in the exhibition – such as Philando Castile’s favorite book and Xzavier Hill’s graduation cap – allow visitors a glimpse into the personal milestones, interests and personalities of those being honored. These objects, chosen by celebrant family members, illustrate the divide between private conversation and public space. In a large-scale mural, each celebrant is represented by their likeness. The tableau serves as a collective memory for the many individuals killed by the police, and is designed to receive flowers, birthday cards, balloons, and any other memorial offerings. The interactive and educational nature of the exhibition seeks to connect participants to each celebrant and to expand on the pervasive impact of policing and systemic racism in America.

This program is free to attend and open to ArtTable members and guests only. Registration is required below.

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Health & Safety Face masks are optional at this location. Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed. Accessibility The venue is wheelchair accessible. Seating is available if needed. If you would like information about accessibility or need particular accommodations for this program, please email Haley at programs@arttable.org. Getting There WORTHLESS STUDIOS is located at 7 Knickerbocker Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237. Click here for directions from any location.

This program is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

About Klaudia Ofwona Draber
Klaudia Ofwona Draber is the founder and president of KODA—a social practice residency for mid-career artists. She is also the curator of 1-800 Happy Birthday, an exhibition at WORTHLESSSTUDIOS honoring lives and legacies of Black and Brown people killed by the police. Klaudia has lived and led arts, technology and strategy projects in Europe, Africa and the United States. She also works as Head of Public Relations at Polish Cultural Institute New York. Previously she served as a consultant to the British Council Arts, and worked at UBS, managing arts CSR projects. Klaudia is the 2021-2022 Helena Rubinstein Fellow at the Whitney ISP Curatorial Studies Program. She is a member of ArtTable, mentors at New Museum’s NEW INC, and is a member of For(bes) The Culture. Klaudia holds MA in Art Business from the Sotheby‘s Institute of Art New York. She also holds MA in Economics from the Warsaw School of Economics.
Marcia Santoni is the Executive Director of WORTHLESSSTUDIOS where she is leading efforts to provide arts access to the Bushwick/East Williamsburg community, build capacity, and renovate its 10,000 square foot warehouse into a state-of-the-art fabrication facility. Marcia came to WORTHLESSSTUDIOS after spending two years as the Executive Director of Riverdale Neighborhood House, a historic multi-service organization in the Bronx where she launched the Riverdale Food&Farm Hub. Prior to joining RNH, she was Managing Director and COO for Pioneer Works, the Brooklyn-based cultural center dedicated to building community through the arts and sciences. At Pioneer Works she led expansion from $3.5mm to $7mm over three years, helping the artist founders build systems, structure and leadership to match mission. Marcia has a BA from Wesleyan University and an MBA from Columbia School of Business. She has been a member of ArtTable since 2017.

Image: Installation view of the 1-800 Happy Birthday Newsstand. Courtesy WORTHLESSSTUDIOS; Curator headshot provided by Klaudia Ofwona Draber, photo by Hidemi Takagi

New York, NY | A Discussion on Pay Equity in the Visual Arts
2023-01-24 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Ford Foundation, 320 E 43rd Street, New York, New York, 10017, United States
Data about pay and gender equity when it comes to arts professionals is woefully inaccessible and incomplete. Over the past several months, in an effort to remedy some of these problems and contribute valuable knowledge to our community, ArtTable has collected new data via a survey about the changing contours of the artistic labor market in order to better understand trends and advocate for arts professionals, artists, and arts workers of all types. Based on the feedback we have received so far, and continue to receive, we are pleased to present this discussion on gender, compensation, and inequality among arts professionals at the Ford Foundation in New York City.

Click here to take the survey if you have not done so already! And read, “Why You Should Fill Out ArtTable’s Survey on Working in the Arts” in Hyperallergic, an op-ed by ArtTable’s Lila Harnett Executive Director, Jessica L. Porter.

Panelists

Tania Aparicio, PhD | Full-Time Lecturer, Program in Arts Administration, Teachers College, Columbia University

LaKeisha M.A. Caton | Partner, Pryor Cashman, Labor + Employment and Litigation Groups

Gillian Gualtieri, PhD | Assistant Professor of Sociology, Barnard College, Columbia University of New York

The discussion will be moderated by ArtTable’s Lila Harnett Executive Director, Jessica L. Porter.

This program is free for all to attend. Registration is required due to capacity restrictions. Donations to support our continued efforts toward gender equality are always appreciated. People of all gender identities are allies in supporting women’s leadership in the arts and all are welcome and encouraged to join.

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Health & Safety The use of face masks is strongly recommended but not required at the Ford Foundation. Please note that this is subject to change. Program attendees will be notified of any policy changes in advance of the program.If attendees feel unwell or are not able to comply with health and safety guidelines, we ask that they please refrain from visiting the Ford Foundation at this time.Health screening: Event staff and attendees must be able to answer “no” to the following question:- Within the last 48 hours, have you had any COVID-19 symptoms?Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed. Accessibility The Ford Foundation is committed to hosting fully accessible events, and each of our event spaces meet ADA accessibility standards. If you are planning or attending an event and have questions about our accommodations and accessibility services, please reach out to thecenter@fordfoundation.org at least two weeks prior to the event. We will make every effort to help you fully participate. Visitors are guaranteed safe access to restrooms, regardless of their gender identity and/or expression. Event attendees are welcome to use the single-occupancy, all-gender restrooms located on the eleventh floor and Level B. Guide dogs and service animals are permitted at the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice. Other animals are not permitted. A room is available for nursing parents hosting or attending an event. Reservations for the space can be arranged through your Ford Foundation venue operations contact. Please email Haley Carloni, National Programs & Chapters Manager at ArtTable, at programs@arttable.org if you require specific accommodations for this program. Getting There The Ford Foundation is located at 320 E 43rd Street, New York, NY 10017. Click here for directions from any location. The nearest subway stop is Grand Central, which serves the 4, 5, 6, and 7 lines. The M15 bus runs north on 1st Avenue and stops at 1st Avenue & 42nd Street; it runs south on 2nd Avenue and stops at 2nd Avenue & 42nd Street.

This program is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the city council. We also thank the Ford Foundation for hosting this discussion.

About Dr. Tania Aparicio
Dr. Tania Aparicio (she/her) is a full-time lecturer in the Arts Administration Program at Teachers College-Columbia University. Using ethnographic and archival methods, her research has focused on the study of cultural production, cultural organizations, and cultural workers–with particular attention to the dynamics of inequality in art worlds. In particular, she has conducted a comparative investigation of the effects of unionization in arts organizations and how it shapes racialized and gendered relations in the workplace. Her research has been supported by the Mellon Foundation, Fulbright Program, Institute for Critical Social Inquiry, and Janey Program in Latin American Studies. At The New School she completed her doctoral degree thanks to a Dean’s fellowship and a dissertation award.
About LaKeisha M.A. Caton
Partner LaKeisha M.A. Caton is a member of Pryor Cashman’s Labor + Employment and Litigation Groups, and combines her comprehensive litigation background with a focus on employment-related matters to bring results to clients across the globe. Having represented both management and executives in discrimination and harassment cases, LaKeisha brings her extensive knowledge of the law as well as her familiarity with the strategies often adopted by the opposition to every engagement. She leverages her comprehensive experience with federal, state, and local discrimination law and her background in litigation and dispute resolution to achieve favorable outcomes on behalf of her clients.
Recent representations include:

A Fortune 25 multinational bank in various litigations involving allegations of harassment and discrimination;
A large global airline in connection with advice concerning employee classifications;
Various award-winning restaurants in numerous wage and hour litigations; and
A global technology and consultancy firm in disputes involving restrictive covenants.

While a student at Harvard Law School, LaKeisha was on the Board of the Harvard Journal on Racial and Ethnic Justice. She also interned with multiple children’s rights organizations during which she represented individual clients as well as prepared for large class actions.
About Gillian Gualtieri, PhD
Gillian is a sociologist of inequality, art, and work. In 2018, she received her PhD in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley, where she wrote a dissertation focused on understanding how gender and ethno-racial inequality shape the work experiences of cultural entrepreneurs, especially chefs, under the direction of two of the leading scholars in feminist theory and work. Alongside her dissertation research, Gillian worked closely with several campus offices to conduct program evaluation research related to sexual harassment and sexual violence prevention education on campus. After completing her PhD, she was a Dean’s Fellow at NYU, where she continued her research focused on inequality and artistic labor and completed several consulting projects for the university focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion recruitment and retention efforts at the university.
After two years at NYU, Gillian moved to Vanderbilt University’s Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy, where she collaborated on projects related to the study of inequality in artistic labor markets, developing expertise in SNAAP (Strategic National Arts Alumni Project) data and receiving a National Endowment for the Arts grant to fund her collaborative research. Also at Vanderbilt, she wrote the curriculum and helped lead the NEA-funded Racial Equity in Arts Leadership program, an evidence-based diversity, equity, and inclusion leadership program co-sponsored by the Curb Center and MetroArts Nashville. Gillian recently began a position as an assistant professor of sociology at Barnard College, Columbia University, where she teaches classes in race, gender, work, and the sociology of art.
Additional speaker information is forthcoming.

Image courtesy of Getty Images, Mary Hall/NewsNation.

Palm Springs, CA | Tour & Reception at Intersect Palm Springs
2023-02-11 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Intersect Palm Springs, Palm Springs Convention Center, 277 N Avenida Caballeros, Palm Springs, California, 92262, United States
Please join us for a day at Intersect Palm Springs! Current and prospective members and guests are welcome to join for a special private tour of the fair with Liza Shapiro and Georgia Powell, Co-Founders of CURA Art. Afterwards, stick around for a meet-and-greet with ArtTable’s Lila Harnett Executive Director, Jessica L. Porter, and learn more about ArtTable’s mission and how you can get more involved with the organization.

Intersect Palm Springs is an art and design fair that brings together a dynamic mix of modern and contemporary galleries, and is activated by timely and original programming. It is one of three annual cultural events produced by Intersect Art and Design, in addition to Intersect Aspen and SOFA Chicago. Each event connect galleries with art lovers and collectors, highlighting art and design locally, regionally, and globally. Overseen by Managing Director Becca Hoffman, the Intersect team is committed to building community and connectivity in the locations of the fairs. Through cultural partners, programming, and curatorial vision, Intersect offers year-round opportunities for dialogue, engagement, and inspiration.

Admission:

ArtTable Members – $15

Member Guests/General Public – $20

Your ticket includes complimentary access to the fair and one complimentary drink ticket. You will receive information on accessing your VIP pass upon registration.

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Health & Safety To ensure the safety of all visitors, participants, and staff, Intersect Palm Springs is closely monitoring the news, and state and local CDC guidelines, to inform their safety protocols. Please visit the City of Palm Springs website for the most up-to-date information, here. Please note that by registering for this event you consent to have your contact information shared with ArtTable to be used in the event that contact tracing is needed. Accessibility The Palm Springs Convention Center (PSCC) provides permanent access accommodations under the guidance of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Wheelchairs are not available at the PSCC, however, they are able to provide you with a list of local vendors to accommodate special needs. Please email programs@arttable.org if you require any specific accommodations for this program. Getting There The Palm Springs Convention Center is located at 277 N Avenida Caballeros, Palm Springs CA 92262. Click here for directions from any location. For information on parking at the convention center and public transportation, visit the fair's website.

About Georgia Powell
Georgia studied in Italy and the UK, earning a BA in Art History at the University of Warwick, continuing her studies with an MA in the same subject in London. Georgia has gained experience at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and with an exhibition designer to catalogue and display prominent private collections including The Myers Collection at Eton College and the Portland Collection at Welbeck Abbey. She then managed The Redfern Gallery on London’s prestigious Cork Street. As Assistant Curator of the renowned, private collection of decorative arts owned by The Goldsmiths’ Company in London, Georgia was responsible for managing, exhibiting and expanding a collection of more than 9,000 objects. Georgia is a featured lecturer at Christie’s Education and speaks regularly on the subject of the role of the Collector today.
About Liza Shapiro
Liza’s interest for caring for works of art began while studying art restoration in Florence, Italy. She earned a BA in Art Conservation from Camberwell College of Arts, London, and an MA in Museum Studies from University College London (UCL). Liza worked at several museums, galleries and conservation studios, including Tate Modern, the Victoria and Albert Museum and The Redfern Gallery. At the oldest hat shop in the world, Lock & Co. Hatters, Liza preserved and catalogued more than 400 ledgers and historical material in order to curate a new, permanent exhibition space. Liza returned home to California in 2015, and has established a strong LA presence, working with varied private collections and industry specialists. Liza is also a mentor for Upward & Associates, a platform that offers guidance and concrete tools to help artists meet their professional goals.

Image: Mary Dill Henry, Here Comes the Sun, 1972. Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 72 in (121.9 x 182.9 cm), Signed, dated and titled on verso, © Estate of Mary Dill Henry. Courtesy of Berry Campbell, New York

Los Angeles, CA | ArtTable’s 2023 Annual Benefit, Honoring Shirley Pooler Kinsey
2023-02-15 18:30 (America/New_York) | SoFi Stadium, 1001 Stadium Drive, Los Angeles, California, 90301, United States
Visit this link to watch a recap of the Los Angeles, CA | ArtTable’s 2023 Annual Benefit, Honoring Shirley Pooler KinseyThank you for joining us in Los Angeles for ArtTable’s 2023 Annual Benefit & Award Ceremony!

Our Distinguished Service in the Visual Arts Award was given to philanthropist and collector Shirley Pooler Kinsey.

Surrounded by The Kinsey Art Collection, nestled in SoFi Stadium we celebrated the work of Shirley and continue ArtTable’s mission of supporting the leadership and work of women and nonbinary professionals in the visual arts.

Program

VIP Reception

5:30 – 6:30 PM

Reception and Private Tour of the Kinsey African American Art & History Collection

(For ticket holders at $550 and above)

Members of the Kinsey Family will welcome and guide us through the extensive collection of art and artifacts from around the world.

Annual Benefit and Award Ceremony

6:30 – 8:30 PM

Celebration, Drinks, and Light Bites

Ticket & Advertisement Levels

Tickets $20,000 - Fellowship Program Supporter Ten (10) tickets to the BenefitTen (10) tickets to the VIP Reception & TourPremier recognition in Benefit listingsSpoken recognition at the BenefitSpecial GiftProvides two (2) Mentorship tickets for emerging professionals in the fieldAcknowledgement in Fellowship press release and listing on Impact Initiatives webpagePremier Video Ad$15,000 - Gold Supporter Ten (10) tickets to the BenefitTen (10) tickets to the VIP Reception & TourPremier recognition in Benefit listingsSpecial GiftProvides two (2) Mentorship tickets for emerging professionals in the fieldSupports five (5) Affiliate level membershipsPriority Screen Ad$10,000 - Silver Supporter Ten (10) tickets to the BenefitTen (10) tickets to the VIP Reception & TourPremier recognition in Benefit listingsSpecial GiftProvides one (1) Mentorship ticket for an emerging professional in the fieldPriority Screen Ad$5,000 - Bronze Supporter Ten (10) tickets to the BenefitFive (5) tickets to the VIP Reception & TourRecognition in Benefit listingsSpecial GiftClassic Screen Ad$3,000 - Host Committee: Leadership Ticket Four (4) tickets to the BenefitFour (4) tickets to the VIP Reception & TourRecognition in Benefit listings$1,000 - Host Committee: Executive Ticket Two (2) tickets to the BenefitTwo (2) tickets to the VIP Reception & TourRecognition in Benefit listings$550 - Host Committee: Member Friend Ticket One (1) ticket to the BenefitOne (1) ticket to the VIP Reception & TourRecognition in Benefit listings$325 - General Ticket $225 - ArtTable Member Ticket $175 - Mentorship Ticket Mentorship tickets provide access to the Benefit for a current or former ArtTable Fellow or other early career professional (Please note that mentorship tickets are distributed through the national office and may not be purchased for a specific person). Advertisement Levels Premier Video Ad$2,000 Member / $2,200 Non-Member Five-second video ad to be played on rotation at both Benefit eventsInclusion in dedicated e-blast to ArtTable members16:9 aspect ratio; mp4 formatPriority Screen Ad$700 Member / $800 Non-Member Three-second priority screen ad to be played on rotation at both Benefit eventsInclusion in dedicated e-blast to ArtTable members16:9 aspect ratio; .jpg or .pdf formatClassic Screen Ad$400 Member / $500 Non-Member Three-second ad to be played on rotation at both Benefit eventsInclusion in dedicated e-blast to ArtTable members16:9 aspect ratio; .jpg or .pdf formatAdvertisements will be displayed at the Los Angeles (February 15) and New York (April 4) Benefits if submitted by February 1, 2023. Please submit creative to programs@arttable.org with the subject line "Benefit Ad Submission."

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About Shirley Pooler Kinsey

Along with her husband Bernard and son Khalil, Shirley has developed one of the largest and most comprehensive private collections of African-American history and art in the world, which includes more than 700 pieces of art and artifacts that tell the story of African Americans’ historical struggles from 1632 to present. The Kinsey Collection has been featured in more than 30 exhibitions in over 30 states and is an unparalleled archive and celebration of the achievements and contributions of black Americans from before the formation of the United States to the present times.

The Kinseys have become known for their collection of art, books, artifacts, and ephemeral objects that document the remarkable achievements and contributions of African Americans from 1595 to the present, considered to be one of the largest of its kind. Since 2006, The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection – Where Art and History Intersect”, has been on national tour and seen by over 15 million visitors to date. The collection has exhibited in nearly 40 venues, including the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Epcot at Walt Disney World, Hong Kong University and now SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California where it debuted during Super Bowl LVI and is on view through February 2023. In 2008, Shirley co-founded the Kinsey Foundation for the Arts and Education to promote broader awareness and understanding of African American history and culture. The foundation has educational partnerships around the country and abroad, assisting with the development and implementation of curriculums and public programs. The Kinseys have traveled extensively and reside in Pacific Palisades, California. They are the proud parents of their son Khalil who is the COO and Chief Curator of the Kinsey African American Art & History Collection.

Click here to view Shirley’s full bio.

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Virtual | New Member Orientation
2023-03-16 16:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom
1pm PT / 2pm MT / 3pm CT / 4pm ET
Welcome new ArtTable members! Please join us for a virtual orientation session where you will meet other new members and learn how to take full advantage of all the ArtTable community has to offer. This program is free and open to all ArtTable members.
Whether you are new to our community or have been a long-time member, there’s no wrong time for a refresher course! Connect with other members in a casual and relaxed online environment and learn more about what our community is all about.
Not a member? Join today!

(You will receive an email confirmation containing the Zoom link.)
Accessibility: Please note that this program will offer live closed captioning. If you require additional accommodations, please email programs@arttable.org.
Can’t join us for this new member orientation? Don’t worry, we host virtual orientation sessions every 3 months! In the meantime, we hope you can join us for another upcoming program or support other ArtTable initiatives!

New York, NY | VIP Reception & Director Talk | Storage
2023-04-03 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | New York City, New York City, New York, United States
ArtTable’s VIP Reception & Director Talk kicks off the New York City Benefit Week! Our Board of Directors, awardees, benefit attendees at the $550 level and above, corporate sponsors, partners, and most generous supporters are invited for an evening of refreshments and networking with friends and colleagues on the evening before the Benefit.Gallery Director Onyedika Chuke will guide guests through a private tour of the Storage group exhibition, featuring works by artists Baxter Koziol, Angela Dufresne, Tauba Auerbach, Al Loving and others.

This event is by invitation only. The address and any additional information will be shared with attendees in advance.

To become an ArtTable Circle member, click here or email membership@arttable.org.To become a member of the Host Committee, click here.

This program is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

New York, NY | ArtTable’s 2023 Annual Benefit, Honoring Deana Haggag
2023-04-04 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | NeueHouse, 110 E 25th Street, New York, New York, 10010, United States
Visit this link to watch a recap of the New York, NY | ArtTable’s 2023 Annual Benefit, Honoring, Deana HaggagThank you for joining us in New York for ArtTable’s 2023 Annual Benefit & Award Ceremony!

Our New Leadership Award was given to arts administrator, cultural worker, and program officer in Arts and Culture at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Deana Haggag. The Award was presented by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Natalie Diaz. featuring special remarks by Marcela Guerrero, DeMartini Family Curator, The Whitney Museum of American Art.

PROGRAM

April 4 | NeueHouse6:30 – 8:00 PM

Celebration, Drinks, and Light Bites

Our host committee supporters were invited to a VIP event April 3rd. Click here for details!

Ticket & Advertisement Levels

Tickets $20,000 - Fellowship Program Supporter Ten (10) tickets to the BenefitTen (10) tickets to the VIP Event (details forthcoming)Premier recognition in Benefit listingsSpoken recognition at the BenefitSpecial GiftProvides two (2) Mentorship tickets for emerging professionals in the fieldAcknowledgement in Fellowship press release and listing on Impact Initiatives webpagePremier Video Ad$15,000 - Gold Supporter Ten (10) tickets to the BenefitTen (10) tickets to the VIP Event (details forthcoming)Premier recognition in Benefit listingsSpecial GiftProvides two (2) Mentorship tickets for emerging professionals in the fieldSupports five (5) Affiliate level membershipsPriority Screen Ad$10,000 - Silver Supporter Ten (10) tickets to the BenefitTen (10) tickets to the VIP Event (details forthcoming)Premier recognition in Benefit listingsSpecial GiftProvides one (1) Mentorship ticket for an emerging professional in the fieldPriority Screen Ad$5,000 - Bronze Supporter Ten (10) tickets to the BenefitFive (5) tickets to the VIP Event (details forthcoming)Recognition in Benefit listingsSpecial GiftClassic Screen Ad$3,000 - Host Committee: Leadership Ticket Four (4) tickets to the BenefitFour (4) tickets to the VIP Event (details forthcoming)Recognition in Benefit listings$1,000 - Host Committee: Executive Ticket Two (2) tickets to the BenefitTwo (2) tickets to the VIP Event (details forthcoming)Recognition in Benefit listings$550 - Host Committee: Member Friend Ticket One (1) ticket to the BenefitOne (1) ticket to the VIP Event (details forthcoming)Recognition in Benefit listings$325 - General Ticket $225 - ArtTable Member Ticket $175 - Early Bird Ticket (ArtTable Members Only, Closes December 31) $175 - Mentorship Ticket Mentorship tickets provide access to the Benefit for a current or former ArtTable Fellow or other early career professional (Please note that mentorship tickets are distributed through the national office and may not be purchased for a specific person). Advertisement Levels Premier Video Ad$2,000 Member / $2,200 Non-Member Five-second video ad to be played on rotation at both Benefit eventsInclusion in dedicated e-blast to ArtTable members16:9 aspect ratio; mp4 formatPriority Screen Ad$700 Member / $800 Non-Member Three-second priority screen ad to be played on rotation at both Benefit eventsInclusion in dedicated e-blast to ArtTable members16:9 aspect ratio; .jpg or .pdf formatClassic Screen Ad$400 Member / $500 Non-Member Three-second ad to be played on rotation at both Benefit eventsInclusion in dedicated e-blast to ArtTable members16:9 aspect ratio; .jpg or .pdf formatAdvertisements will be displayed at the Los Angeles (February 15) and New York (April 4) Benefits if submitted by February 1, 2023. Please submit creative to programs@arttable.org with the subject line "Benefit Ad Submission."

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About Deana Haggag

As former president and CEO of United States Artists, Deana developed a wide range of programs to support artists across the country including Artist Relief, a $25 million emergency initiative to support artists facing dire financial circumstances due to COVID-19, and Disability Futures, an initiative aimed at increasing the visibility of disabled creative practitioners across disciplines and geography and elevating their voices individually and collectively. Her innovative approaches to cultivating support for artists have enriched our national cultural landscape, and her leadership has changed the lives of hundreds of artists across the country.

In addition to her leadership roles, Deana is a strategic advisor to cultural foundations and philanthropic initiatives including the Ruth Foundation for the Arts and Chanel Next Prize. She also lectures extensively, consults on various art initiatives, contributes to cultural publications, and has taught at institutions such as Johns Hopkins University and Towson University. She is on the Boards of The Underground Museum and Pillars Fund, Artistic Director’s Council of Prospect.5 and Advisory Council of Recess, and Editorial Advisory of Hope & Dread: Tectonic Shifts In Power In Art, a documentary series examining recent clashes of power in culture.

She has completed the National Arts Strategies Chief Executive Program in 2020, Stanford Impact Program for Arts Leaders in 2018, and was a Salzburg Global Fellow for Young Cultural Innovators in 2015. Among other honors, she was most recently named a 2020 YBCA 100 Honoree. She has been profiled or featured in Artnet News, CNN, Cultured Magazine, The Cut, Departures, Elle Decor, New York Times, The Observer, Vogue, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and more. She received her MFA in Curatorial Practice from the Maryland Institute College of Art and a BA from Rutgers University in Art History and Philosophy.

About Nicole Diaz

Pulitzer-prize winning poet Nicole Diaz is the author of Postcolonial Love Poem. Read her bio here.

About Marcela Guerrero

Guerrero is the DeMartini Family Curator at The Whitney Museum of American Art. She has worked at the Whitney for nearly six years and was the Museum’s first curator to specialize in Latinx art. She currently serves as the Jennifer Rubio Associate Curator and has curated landmark exhibitions including no existe un mundo poshuracán: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria. That show, on view at the Museum through April 23, explores the impact of the devastating storm on contemporary Puerto Rican art. This powerful and renowned exhibition is the first survey of Puerto Rican art at a major U.S. art museum in fifty years. Guerrero was also part of the curatorial team that organized Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925–1945 at the Whitney in 2020, and curated Pacha, Llaqta, Wasichay: Indigenous Space, Modern Architecture, a 2018 exhibition that featured the work of seven emerging Latinx artists. This summer, Guerrero will co-curate an exhibition of artist Ilana Savdie’s latest work, including paintings and drawings, as well as new works produced for the Whitney. Guerrero is responsible for many major acquisitions of work by prominent Latinx artists to the Whitney’s collection, including Laura Aguilar, Patrick Martinez, and Freddy Rodriguez. She has also been instrumental in the Museum’s digital and on-site Spanish language initiatives.

ArtTable is a 501.c.3 organization. All programs are non-refundable.

National | Annual Brunch at the Dallas Art Fair
2023-04-21 10:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Dallas Art Fair, 1807 Ross Ave, Dallas, TX, Dallas, Texas, 75201, United States
Join ArtTable in Dallas, TX for the Annual Coffee Reception to experience The Dallas Art Fair (DAF) on Friday April 21, 2023 before it opens to the public!

We’ll meet at 10 AM Central Time and enjoy some networking with coffee, conversation, and light bites. At 10.30 AM, we’ll hear brief remarks from Kelly Cornell (Fair Director) and Jennifer Klos (Art Advisor and Founder, Collector House Design, Inc), with introductions by Laurie Ann Farrell and Louky Keijsers Koning, DFW Chapter Co-Chairs.

Please note: when you register for this ArtTable Breakfast, you will have access to a complimentary 3-day pass to the Dallas Art Fair. *Your confirmation email will have your coupon code and instructions on how to set this up.*

Thank you to the Dallas Art Fair (DAF), Kelly Cornell, and Sarah Blagden (VIP Relations Director, DAF) for hosting the event, The Joule Hotel for the catering, and Jennifer Klos for organizing the program.

Admission:

ArtTable Members – $25

Member Guests – $35

Public – $45

Please note: when you register for this ArtTable Breakfast, you will have access to a complimentary 3-day pass to the Dallas Art Fair. Your confirmation email will have your coupon code and instructions.

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New York, NY | Madison Square Park Tour of Shahzia Sikander's "...havah, to-breathe, air, life"
2023-05-01 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Madison Square Park, 11 Madison Ave, New York, New York, 10010, United States
Join us on Monday, May 1 at 5 pm for an artist-guided tour of Havah . . . to breathe, air, life, on view simultaneously in Madison Square Park and on the rooftop of the Appellate Division Courthouse through June 4. The tour will be led by artist Shahzia Sikander and Brooke Kamin Rapaport—Deputy Director and Martin Friedman Chief Curator.

Special thanks to Truth Murray Cole for spearheading this event!

Admission:

ArtTable Members – $15

Member Guests – $25

Public – $30

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This program is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

ArtTable’s Artist Talks are made possible by the Pollock Krasner Foundation.

Images: Shazia Sikander. Photo by Yasunori Matsui

About the Artist

Born in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1969, Shahzia Sikander took up the traditional practice of miniature painting during Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq’s military regime, at a time when the medium was deeply unpopular among young artists. Sikander earned a B.F.A. in 1991 from the National College of Arts (NCA) in Lahore, where she received rigorous training from master miniaturist Bashir Ahmad. She became the first woman to teach in the Miniature Painting Department at NCA, alongside Ahmad, and was the first artist from the department to challenge the medium’s technical and aesthetic framework. Sikander’s breakthrough work, The Scroll, 1989–90, received national critical acclaim in Pakistan, winning the prestigious Shakir Ali Award, the NCA’s highest merit award, and the Haji Sharif award for excellence in miniature painting, subsequently launching the medium into the forefront of NCA’s program, which brought international recognition to this medium within contemporary art practices. The artist moved to the United States to pursue an M.F.A. at the Rhode Island School of Design from 1993 to 1995; from 1995 to 1997, she participated in the CORE Program of the Glassell School of Art at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

About the Curator

Brooke Kamin Rapaport is deputy director and Martin Friedman chief curator at New York’s Madison Square Park Conservancy, which she joined in 2013. She was commissioner and curator of the 2019 United States Pavilion at the Venice Biennale with the exhibition Martin Puryear: Liberty/Liberta. A major catalogue published by Gregory R. Miller accompanied the Venice exhibition. At Madison Square Park Conservancy, she is responsible for the outdoor public sculpture program of commissioned work by contemporary artists including Diana AI-Hadid, Tony Cragg, Abigail DeVille, Leonardo Drew, Teresita Fernandez, Maya Lin, Josiah McElheny, Martin Puryear, Erwin Redl, Arlene Shechet, and Krzysztof Wodiczko. She is the founder of Public Art Consortium, a national initiative of museum, public art, and sculpture park colleagues launched in 2017. Rapaport was a curator of contemporary art at the Brooklyn Museum and a guest curator at The Jewish Museum. She sits on the boards of three artist-endowed foundations and the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College.

National | Jaune Quick-to-See-Smith: "Memory Map" at the Whitney Museum of American Art
2023-05-03 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
See below to register for either the 4:00 PM or the 5:00 PM tour group.

Join Laura Phipps, Assistant Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, with Caitlin Chaisson, Curatorial Project Assistant, for a tour of the first New York retrospective of groundbreaking artist, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (b. 1940, citizen of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation). Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Memory Map brings together nearly five decades of Smith’s drawings, prints, paintings, and sculptures in the largest and most comprehensive showing of her career to date.

Smith’s work engages with contemporary modes of making, from her idiosyncratic adoption of abstraction to her reflections on American Pop art and neo-expressionism. These artistic traditions are incorporated and reimagined with concepts rooted in Smith’s own cultural practice, reflecting her belief that her “life’s work involves examining contemporary life in America and interpreting it through Native ideology.” Employing satire and humor, Smith’s art tells stories that flip commonly held conceptions of historical narratives and illuminate absurdities in the formation of dominant culture. Smith’s approach importantly blurs categories and questions why certain visual languages attain recognition, historical privilege, and value. Across decades and mediums, Smith has deployed and reappropriated ideas of mapping, history, and environmentalism while incorporating personal and collective memories. The retrospective will offer new frameworks in which to consider contemporary Native American art and show how Smith has led and initiated some of the most pressing dialogues around land, racism, and cultural preservation—issues at the forefront of contemporary life and art today.

See the Whitney’s website for full exhibition support acknowledgments.

This program is open to ArtTable members and guests.

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Admission$25 ArtTable Members$35 ArtTable Member Guests*Please note that we have waiting lists for BOTH tours: click on the register buttons to add your name!*

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This program is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Please note that all income from program fees goes toward ArtTable’s internal costs for organizing programs.

About the Curators

Laura Phipps is an assistant curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art. She has been at the Whitney since the summer of 2009, and her recent projects include Virginia Overton: Sculpture Gardens, Open Plan: Andrea Fraser and a group show of emerging artists Flatlands. She has also co-curated a project with Michele Abeles and the permanent collection exhibition Test Pattern. Laura has assisted with numerous museum exhibitions including 2010, the Whitney Biennial, Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection, Glenn Ligon: AMERICA, Singular Visions, Wade Guyton OS, Sinister Pop, and Jeff Koons: A Retrospective.

She has served on the grant selection committee of the Rema Hort Mann Foundation, as a visiting critic for the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace and Smackmellon Studio Program, and as a guest curator at the Kentler Drawing Center, Brooklyn. Prior to the Whitney, Phipps worked in the curatorial department and director’s office of the Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth. She received her MA, Art History at Hunter College, CUNY and BFA, Studio Art and BS, Psychology from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.

Caitlin Chaisson is curator and critic based in New York, and holds an MA in Curatorial Studies from Bard College. She currently works at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

From 2016–2019, she served as the Director and Curator of Far Afield, an initiative that supports regionally-connected artistic and curatorial practices. She has also held positions and contracts at The Drawing Center (New York City), e-flux (New York City), Emily Carr University of Art and Design (Vancouver), AKA Artist-Run Centre (Saskatoon), and the Anvil Centre (New Westminster). Her writing has appeared in Canadian Art, C Magazine, and Frieze, among others.

Image: Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, The Vanishing American, 1994. Acrylic, newspaper, paper, cotton, printing ink, chalk, and graphite pencil on canvas, 60 1/8 × 50 1/8 in. (152.7 × 127.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Dorothee Peiper-Riegraf and Hinrich Peiper in memory of Arlene LewAllen 2007.88. © Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

*Postponed* National | "Face to Face" at International Center of Photography with stefa marin alarcon
2023-05-04 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | International Center for Photography (ICP), 79 Essex Street, New York, NY, 10002
Please note the new tour date!

Join International Center of Photography (ICP)’s stefa marin alarcon for a tour of Face to Face: Portraits of Artists by Tacita Dean, Brigitte Lacombe and Catherine Opie. Organized by renowned writer and curator Helen Molesworth, Face to Face features more than 50 photographs by Brigitte Lacombe and Catherine Opie, and two films by Tacita Dean, with bracing, intimate, and resonant portraits of compelling cultural figures including Maya Angelou, Richard Avedon, Louise Bourgeois, Joan Didion, David Hockney, Miranda July, Rick Owens, Martin Scorsese, Patti Smith, Mickalene Thomas, Kara Walker, and John Waters.After the tour, you will be led to the Between Friends exhibit to walk through at your own pace. This exhibit includes portraits of and by well-known figures like Alfred Stieglitz, Berenice Abbott, and Henri Cartier-Bresson. Between Friends also calls attention to many women photographers from ICP’s collection, including Lotte Jacobi, Nell Dorr, Consuelo Kanaga, and Barbara Morgan.Optional post-tour activities:• At 6:00 PM, Late Night ICP is hosting a free book event in the Library to celebrate the launch of ”A Humanist Vision: The Naomi Rosenblum Family Collection.” This publication honors the trailblazing legacy in photography and scholarship created by historian Naomi Rosenblum. More information. First-come, first-served seating.• Cash bar available in the downstairs café.Please review ICP’s Health & Safety guidelines and see the ICP site for funding acknowledgements for the exhibition.

Admission:

ArtTable Members – $15

Member Guests – $25

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*PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED*

This program is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

About the Docent

stefa marin alarcon (they/them) is a vocalist, composer, educator, and multi-media performance artist born and raised in Queens, NY. Through their transdisciplinary practice, stefa builds worlds that offer a somatic decolonial respite for the misfits & displaced who are yearning for a sense of home.They have worked with NYC cultural institutions like International Center of Photography, Museum of the Moving Image, The Center for Fiction and Housing Works and are a 2022 Queer|Art|Prize Recent Work winner for their cinematic ritual opera, Born With An Extra Rib. Read more about their work at www.stefalives.com

Image: Thelma Golden, Photo by Catherine Opie. Scott Rudd events for ICP.

National | NADA Panel | Building Networks of Opportunity for Women-Identifying & Non-Binary Arts Professionals
2023-05-18 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | 535 West 22nd Street, 4th Floor, 535 West 22nd Street, New York, New York, 10011
ArtTable is delighted to join New Art Dealers Alliance for their “NADA Presents” series. This panel will explore how the arts community can better support women-identifying and non-binary arts professionals through mentorship, visibility, and resource sharing. Jessica Porter (Lila Harnett Executive Director of ArtTable) will speak with HC Huỳnh (Deputy Director of The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts), Carolyn Ramo (Executive Director Artadia), and Victoria Rogers (Founder of Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums) about the benefits of these types of programs, and their experiences in creating positive change through active support systems in the art world.

NADA Presents takes place at 535 West 22nd Street, 4th Floor. All programs are free and open to the public. Capacity is limited, and guests will be seated on a first come first served basis.

NADA New York and NADA Presents are both wheelchair accessible. An ASL interpreter will be present at all NADA Presents programs, and recordings of each NADA Presents program will be available online following the event.

Admission:

Complimentary registration: we have 10 tickets reserved especially for ArtTable members: click below to book yours! Your email address will be shared with NADA.

When the reserved seats are taken, please come to the event and join the public seating.

This program is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

National | ArtTable Reception & Tour at VOLTA New York
2023-05-20 10:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Volta New York 2023, 125 West 18th Street, New York, New York, 10011
Please join us for a brunch reception and tour with Cristina Salmastrelli at VOLTA New York!

Take advantage of this great opportunity to meet your fellow ArtTable members during Frieze Week in New York City. Enjoy a delicious array of brunch items while mingling with your fellow members.

VOLTA New York’s “A Female Focus” spotlight highlights artist Natalie Collette Wood, represented by Vellum Projects; Asako Tabata, represented by SEIZAN Gallery; Dana Sherwood, represented by Galerie Heike Strelow; and Chellis Baird, represented by FORMAH. Be sure to keep your eye out for them!

Your ticket covers general access to the fair, access to the brunch reception, tour, and refreshments.

*Please note that your reply/confirmation email will contain an EventBrite link to book your complimentary fair passes before the brunch! Please be sure to do that in advance.*

Admission:

ArtTable Members – $55

ArtTable Member +1 Guest – $120

Additional Guest -$50_________________________

Non-Members – $75

Non-Member’s Guest – $50

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ArtTable is a 501.c.3 organization. All programs are non-refundable. Click here to view our cancellation policy.

This program is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

About VOLTA

VOLTA debuted in New York in 2008 to support ambitious international galleries to participate in the art markets’ major cities. Now, VOLTA returns to present over 50 international galleries at our 2023 edition May 17 – 21 at the Metropolitan Pavilion.

“Beginning as an art fair collaboration between dealers and their friends in Basel, VOLTA has built up a reputation as a gallery favorite. Purposefully planned during Frieze New York, it’s ideal to hit both. “ VOLTA Art Fair fosters galleries in staging ambitious solo and group presentations, refining the experience to its essential elements: the artists and their work. This focus on compelling visual statements by up-and-coming and established artists cultivates a vibrant and approachable environment of discovery for the engaged collector.

Image: VOLTA New York, Courtesy of VOLTA

National | Virtual Lunch & Learn: Understanding the Gender Pay Gap in the Arts
2023-05-24 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
9 am PDT / 10 am MDT / 11 am CDT / 12 pm EDT

Welcome to our Virtual Lunch & Learn Series! We’re looking forward to seeing you at our complimentary lunchtime professional development series on Wednesdays this spring—join us from wherever you happen to be.

How are we addressing the gender pay gap in our industry as a whole, and in each of our organizations? Is there progress being made, and what are the current challenges? On May 24, please join ArtTable’s Lila Harnett Executive Director, Jessica L. Porter, in conversation with sociologist Dr. Gillian Gualtieri, who specializes in the relationship between race, gender, organizations, and culture, and is the lead on ArtTable’s ArtTable Survey on Working in the Arts.

Dr. Gillian Gualtieri’s cross-disciplinary scholarship examines the field of cultural production in its widest sense: how art is made and valued; and how taste, gatekeeping, and criticism shape prestige. Gualtieri looks at who is operating in these spaces and how systems of racial, gender, class, and national inequality shape the field.

A widely-published scholar, she has studied art and craft as categories—examining where ideas of creativity and function intersect in American fine dining and food writing, and how innovation across and within artistic practices in general is starting to destabilize the traditional hierarchies between art and craft.

Gualtieri is most recently a co-author of “Campus Connections for Creative Careers: Social capital, gender inequality, and artistic work,” in Poetics 96 (2023). This analysis of the data from the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP) examines how social capital in college supports more successful post-graduation job searches—but found there are disparities between men and women in their access to social capital and the impact of social capital and its ability to confer career advantages. A recommendation for focused networking and mentorship in the arts is one of the possible calls to action from the study. This is impactful research for post-secondary educators and those who are working with early-career colleagues to consider some of the deeper systemic issues at play as we work toward equity in our professions.

Admission:

Complimentary with optional donation

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After registration, you will receive an email containing the Zoom link.All virtual programs offer live automatic closed captioning.

This program is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

About Gillian Gualtieri
Gillian Gualtieri, PhD, is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Barnard College. Previously, she was a postdoctoral scholar at the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University and a postdoctoral fellow at New York University. In 2018, Gillian received her PhD in Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research broadly considers the relationship between race, gender, organizations, and culture. Gillian has published research on symbolic compliance and sexual harassment on college campuses (in Sociological Forum), the intellectual development of the theoretical concept of institutional logics (in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business and Management) and the gender dynamics of the western literary canon (published in Gender Issues). gilliangualtieri.com

About Jessica Porter
Jessica Porter is ArtTable’s Lila Harnett Executive Director. She joined ArtTable as the ED in 2018, after 4 years on the Board of Directors and 8 years of membership. In this role, she is responsible for developing the long-range strategy of ArtTable, providing leadership and oversight in fundraising to meet financial goals, and directing communications and brand management to enhance the success of the organization. She oversees and provides leadership to the staff and the membership as a whole, expanding and educating through research, programs, and communications. In 2020 she was the first to assume the name of ArtTable’s founder, Lila Harnett, and became the Lila Harnett Executive Director.
Prior to this role, she was the Executive Director of New York Artists Equity Association, Inc (NYAEA) a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1947 by artists and art patrons with the mission to promote opportunities for artists. It operates Equity Gallery, an art space located on the Lower East Side of New York City.
In 2001, Porter launched Porter Advisory, working with galleries and other organizations as an independent curator, creating exhibitions in alternative spaces and advising artists on unique opportunities and career advancement. From 2006 to 2017, Porter founded and directed Porter Contemporary, a Chelsea art gallery, where she was responsible for the overall strategy, business development and market growth, marketing, communications, and talent acquisition.
She has spoken as an expert on CNBC about art collecting and investment of emerging artists, to the Harvard Business Women’s Association about starting an art collection, and has participated in panel discussions on such topics as art and music, women in the art industry, art and social justice, contemporary visions of Picasso and art collecting. She is also a lawyer.
Porter’s natural networking skills, combined with strategic event planning and social marketing, have made her a leader in the growth of her own businesses as well as other organizations. Porter demonstrates a commitment to providing guidance and opportunities to other women as part of the Leadership Advisory Board for the Girl Scouts of Greater New York’s annual Women of Distinction Fundraiser and as a Board Member and former Vice President of Membership at ArtTable. She also enjoys coaching little league softball and serving as a supporter and role model to girls in sports. Porter has a Bachelor’s in Art History and French Language and Literature from the University of Delaware and a Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland.

National | Guided Tour of the Hammer Museum with Ann Philbin
2023-05-25 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Hammer Musem, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, 90024
Join ArtTable for a tour of the Hammer Museum with Director Ann Philbin!The Hammer Museum’s completion of a 90-million dollar renovation this March is the most recent step in a more than 20-year transformation of this Los Angeles institution, which Ann Philbin has overseen since becoming its director in 1999. This major capital campaign has allowed the museum to add visibility, expand its galleries, showcase its collection, and build community and public spaces. The Hammer Museum is one of three public arts institutions of the School of the Arts and Architecture at UCLA, and is one of the most influential museums in the country.

ArtTable Members $10
ArtTable Guests $15
Public $20

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Please note that all income from program fees goes towards program expenses and ArtTable’s internal costs for organizing programs.

Image: Hammer’s new entrance at Wilshire and Westwood. Photo by Eric Staudenmaier.

Ann PhilbinAnn Philbin began her career in New York as an independent curator at the Ian Woodner Family Collection and then was an art dealer at the Curt Marcus Gallery. Philbin served as director of The Drawing Center in New York from 1990 through 1999, where she curated exhibitions of works on paper. She the moved to Los Angeles, where she has been the visionary Director of The Hammer Museum for the past 24 years. Philbin was recognized in ArtReview’s “Power 100” eight times, and has been included on Los Angeles Business Journal’s LA500 list. She has received the rank of Officier in National des Arts et des Lettres from the French Consulate of Los Angeles, and was recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

SOLD OUT | ArtTable Tours | France: The Magic of Paris and Provence
2023-06-11 00:00 - 2023-06-19 23:59 (America/New_York) | District of Columbia
There is no question that the art scene in France is alive and kicking its heels. The impact of Brexit has brought new and exciting art spaces across France that more than merit a taste of as the French would say a “soupçon” of the contemporary art scene in France.

ArtTable’s tour will begin in Paris and then we head south to Provence where we will visit museums, alternative spaces, galleries, artists’ studios, and private collections. France has been the inspiration to artists that have given birth to some of the most important artistic movements and their legacy has laid the foundation for artists for generations.

Highlights of The Itinerary

Paris

We could spend the entire time of the tour in Paris yet over the course of our 3 days in this magical city, we plan to get into the flow filled with contemporary art set within extraordinary settings. We will talk with gallerists, artists, curators, and collectors as we visit sites like La Bourse de Commerce or the Fondation Louis Vuitton or alternative art spaces like the recently formed Fiminco. Each day we will have time to enjoy the cuisine of Paris and reflect on our shared experiences.

Avignon

This wonderful walled city along the Rhone will be our first stop as we head south. While it is known for its famous Palais des Popes, there is also a burgeoning art scene which includes the collection of noted gallerist and collector, Yvon Lambert. We will have a tour of newly installed works from his collection. Our day will end with an evening stay at a chateau in the countryside which will provide closer access to a truly unique visit to Anslem Kiefer’s vast studio complex La Ribaute, a 40-hectare site with more than 70 installations by Kiefer along with the exhibition of works by guest artists.

Arles

Arles is a magical town and is one of the most lovely examples of life in Provence spanning the footprints of centuries of cultures. The presence of artists is legendary with Vincent Van Gogh having spent three of his most productive years here. His spirit has attracted many contemporary artists and is the home to one of the significant cultural destinations outside of Paris, LUMA. Created by the efforts of philanthropist Maja Hoffman, LUMA was created on the site of former railyards with many service barns being transported into exhibition spaces with the site being topped by a tower designed by Frank Gehry. Our hotel in Arles will be L’Arlatan, which was designed by the artist Jorge Pardo. Beyond Arles we will venture to Chateau La Coste roaming the hills dotted with large scale sculptures by some of the most important artists working today.

Suzanne Randolph, Tour Curator

The ArtTable tour to Paris and Provence will be curated by The ALIX Experience, a firm that connects women through luxury tours focused on cultural experiences. ALIX was created by Suzanne Randolph, an ArtTable member and established fine art advisor with Suzanne Randolph Fine Arts. Suzanne created ALIX as she traveled internationally on her own to keep abreast of the contemporary art market. As a solo woman traveler she realized that many women like herself could benefit from gathering together to share experience and lessen moments of loneliness as one travels for business and for leisure.

Suzanne loves France and looks forward to meeting ArtTable’s travelers!

Pricing

Member Total Price of Tour = $10,824

Cost of Travel ($9,999) + Required Arttable Donation ($825)

Non-member Total Price of Tour = $11,224

Cost of Travel ($9,999) + Required ArtTable Donation ($1225)

This tour is all-inclusive and includes luxury single-room accommodations, all meals plus wine and gratuities, museum entrance fees and other activity costs, local and international travel. Registration is open to ArtTable members + non-members at this time with pricing as outlined above.

*PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE NOW SOLD OUT!*

Virtual | New Member Orientation & Member Portal Walkthrough
2023-06-15 16:00 - 16:30, 2023-09-14 16:00 - 16:45 (America/New_York) | Zoom

National | Virtual Lunch & Learn | Linda Selvin: Appraisers Association of America
2023-06-21 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
9 am PDT / 10 am MDT / 11 am CDT / 12 pm EDT

We’re so happy to welcome Linda Selvin, the Executive Director of the Appraisers Association of America, to our Virtual Lunch & Learn Series! will discuss her journey to becoming the Executive Director of Appraisers Association of America, and share her experience working at the Association over the past decade. From gender equity in the industry/workplace, the value of professional associations, the importance of establishing industry-wide ethics and professional standards for appraisal practices, to the fluctuating values of art and property, she’ll be touching upon the changes she has witnessed throughout her career and sharing her vision of the future of the industry. There will be an open discussion after the interview, giving ArtTable members the opportunity to engage in dialogue and ask questions. Selvin will be in conversation with Kerry Gaertner Gerbracht. Special thanks to Regan Lynn Larroque.

Admission:

Complimentary with optional donation

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After registration, you will receive an email containing the Zoom link.All virtual programs offer live automatic closed captioning.

This program is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Linda Selvin is the Executive Director of the Appraisers Association of America. Selvin began her career as the Gallery Manager of the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, and went on to become the Program Officer at the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, distributing funds internationally to artists of both merit and need. For 10 years, she served as the Executive Director of the New York Branch of the International Dyslexia Association. She is currently the Secretary of The Appraisal Foundation’s Advisory Council (TAFAC) based in Washington D.C. and a member of their Personal Property Issues Committee. Selvin is an Adjunct Instructor at New York University, Steinhardt School in the Visual Arts Administration graduate program and is a guest lecturer both nationally and internationally. She is a member of ArtTable and the Professional Advisors to the International Art Market (PAIAM).

National | Hamptons Fine Art Fair Membership Meet & Greet
2023-07-15 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Southampton Fairgrounds, 605 County Rd 39, Southampton, New York, 11968
Explore Hamptons Art Fair and mingle with ArtTable’s own Membership & Development Coordinator, Audra Lambert, during Saturday’s fair opening hours. This informal meet and greet will allow you VIP access to the fair, as well as offer the chance to meet other ArtTable members and prospective members, ask questions to get to know what’s coming up soon with ArtTable, and to learn more about how to take advantage of your own membership.
Discover an extraordinary collection of modern and contemporary art at the Hamptons Fine Art Fair. Explore a record-breaking 130 galleries from 14 countries with over 800 artists on display, from emerging to blue chip, with museum-level works by Picasso, Van Gogh, Matisse, Renoir, Pollock, Motherwell, Rockwell, Katz, Condo, and Warhol. The famous Astor Place Cube, generously loaned by New York City, takes center stage at SculptureHamptons. There is ample on-site parking for your convenience, ensuring a hassle-free visit.
You will receive VIP fair passes with your (complimentary) registration: they include entrance to the opening night reception: Thursday, July 13 from 6-9:30 PM at Vernissage.
Please note that our limited VIP passes are available for ArtTable Members only. Not a member? Join today!
PLEASE REGISTER NO LATER THAN 6:00 PM WEDNESDAY, JULY 12. WE ARE PROCESSING ALL FAIR PASSES ON THURSDAY MORNING IN TIME FOR OPENING NIGHT!

National | "for the sake of dancing in the street" at OXY ARTS Los Angeles
2023-07-20 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Oxy Arts, 4757 York Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, 90042
Join ArtTable for a tour of “for the sake of dancing in the street”—a group exhibition celebrating the interconnectedness of feminist and queer resistance in person at OXY ARTS Los Angeles. The exhibition features works by performance collaborative LASTESIS, Morehshin Allahyari, and Yasmine Nasser Diaz, in conversation with works by poet Ava Ansari and the Geochicas network, and documentation of resistance movements compiled by Caitlin Abadir-Mullally and Raja Bella Hicks. An original print by Entangled Roots Press is featured in the gallery space and available as a takeaway. Yasmine Nasser Diaz will speak about the exhibition. Meldia Yesayan, Director, and Frankie Fleming, Manager of Education and Community Engagement, will explain the unique mission of OXY ARTS as it relates to Occidental College and to the surrounding community. OXY ARTS is situated off-campus in a store-front building in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.

The exhibition and associated programming were conceived and organized in collaboration with OXY ARTS, LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division), and Yasmine Nasser Diaz.

Optional activities after the tour include staying for the gallery’s 6 pm screening of JOYLAND—an Urdu- and Punjabi-language film tackling gender and desire that was shortlisted in the Best International Feature Film category at the 95th Academy Awards, and won the Jury Prize and Queer Palm Prize at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Attendees are also welcome to continue networking while enjoying a “no-host” meal at a nearby restaurant.

Please note there is limited street parking; details are available on the OXY ARTS website here.

ArtTable Members $10
ArtTable Guests $15
Public $20

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Image: LANDOXY-For the Sake of Dancing Installation. Creator: Gina Clyne. Photo Credit: Gina Clyne Photography Copyright (c) Gina Clyne 2021.

Meldia Yesayan. Meldia is the Director of OXY ARTS, the multidisciplinary arts programming initiative at Occidental College. She oversees all aspects of the programming and development of OXY ARTS, including organizing all exhibitions and programs at the OXY ARTS center, facilitating visiting artist residencies such as the Wanlass Artist-in-Residence program, initiating cross-departmental and interdisciplinary collaborations, creating opportunities for student-curated events, and engaging the Occidental community in socially conscious discourse with contemporary arts practices. She is also responsible for developing meaningful and sustained relationships with the Los Angeles area arts communities, including partnerships with local arts agencies, artists and institutions.

Yasmine Nasser Diaz is a visual artist whose work frequently occupies the domestic sphere to explore the boundaries of cultural identity. Staging familial memories in nostalgic recreations of home, her work nods to both tradition and technological change and is often deftly punctured by powerful feminist and social critique. Using a variety of media from collage and fiber etching to video and immersive installation, she mines personal archives to probe the nuances of third-culture identity, often drawing upon the frictions experienced between the individual and the collective.

Yasmine’s work was recently featured at the Getty Center and is included in the collections of LACMA, UCLA, and the Arab American National Museum. She is the recipient of the Harpo Visual Artists Grant, the California Community Foundation Visual Artist Fellowship, and the University of Michigan Efroymson Visiting Artist Residency in Ann Arbor, MI. Yasmine lives and works in Los Angeles.

Frankie Fleming oversees education and community programming at OXY ARTS. She works with students, community partners, and faculty on collaborations with the surrounding community, including running the Community Studio K-12 after school art program, organizing workshops, field trips and community events. Before joining OXY ARTS in 2019, Frankie was the Director of Education at Center for the Arts Eagle Rock and a Teaching Artist at Southern Exposure. She brings her experience in art education to OXY ARTS’ LAUSD after school art program and internship program, which launched in 2021.

Virtual | Meet the 2023 ArtTable Fellows!
2023-07-26 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | District of Columbia
9am PT / 10am MT / 11am CT / 12pm ET

Please join us for a virtual meet & greet with the 2023 ArtTable Fellows! This year ArtTable was able to award 20 fellowship positions to emerging professionals throughout the country, all thanks to generous donations from individuals, foundations, and corporations. The fellows will discuss their projects and their experience with the ArtTable Fellowship Program so far. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet our current fellowship cohort and learn more about the ArtTable Fellowship Program and the opportunities it provides to emerging professionals.

Through the generous support of individuals, foundations, corporations, and government agencies, ArtTable has supported 147 women-identifying and nonbinary fellows, partnered with a total of 78 leading art organizations nationwide so far, and dispersed over $451,000 since the Fellowship’s inception.

Registration for this program is free and open to all, with a suggested donation of $15.00 to continue to support the program. We hope to see you there!

Can’t make the program at this time? Register anyway to receive a recording after!

Please note that this program will offer automatic closed captioning services. If you require additional accommodations, please email programs@arttable.org.

About the ArtTable Fellowship Program
Established in 2000, the ArtTable National Fellowship provides quality real work experiences and mentorship to women-identifying and non-binary emerging professionals from backgrounds generally underrepresented in the visual arts field. During the paid, five-to-eight-week summer program, the fellows will work closely with established leaders in the field to gain exposure to a range of professional activities at leading museums and arts organizations. They also receive one-on-one mentoring from leading professionals who are ArtTable members and are specialized in their areas of interest.
The 2023 ArtTable Fellows
Inés Arango-Guingue | The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center | New York, NYSophie Bae | Capital One Art Program | Tysons, VATelease Bowen | VoCA (Voices in Contemporary Art) | New York, NYSandy Cheng | Tephra Institute of Contemporary Arts (Tephra ICA | Reston, VAAngella d’Avignon | Black Cube | Englewood, COYhanni Durdin-James | IBe’ Arts Institute | Hopewell, VAGreta Goldbart | Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art | New York, NYPhilana Li | Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art | Kansas City, MOKarla Mendez | Project X Foundation for Art and Criticism | Los Angeles, CADarla Migan | The Morgan Library & Museum | New York, NYRebecca Miralrio | Museum of the City of New York | New York, NYJaBrea Patterson-West | Project for Empty Space | Newark, NJLibbi Ponce | Chrysler Museum of Art | Norfolk, VANadia Ramirez Estrada | Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE)| Los Angeles, CAYunyao Que | Laumeier Sculpture Park | Sappington, MOKarina Teichert | Art Papers | Atlanta, GAStephanie Xiomara Tinsley | Carolee Schneemann Foundation | New Paltz, NYYaning Xing | Balboa Art Conservation Center | San Diego, CAFiona Yu | Amant | Brooklyn, NYSara Zielinski | A.I.R. Gallery | Brooklyn, NY
Click here to read more about the ArtTable Fellowship Program, the 2023 Fellows, and the projects they are working on this summer.
2023 Fellowship Supporters
ArtTable is grateful for our new supporter, SRI Fine Arts Services, and thanks its continued support from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Lenore G. Tawney Foundation, The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, Leon Polk Smith Foundation, Herschel Supply Co. and Capital One Art Program, among others, along with the invaluable support of individuals, including Lila Harnett, ArtTable’s founder and original donor of this program, and also the help of our Impact Initiatives Committee Members and Mentors involved in the program. A list of all supporters of the ArtTable Fellowship can be found here.
The “Meet the Fellows” program is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
For more information on how to contribute to this program or to participate, visit arttable.org/impact.

To learn more about participating in this program as a Host Organization or Fellow, email smangaluz@arttable.org.

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National | ArtTable Reception at the 2023 Seattle Art Fair
2023-07-29 11:00 (America/New_York) | Seattle Art Fair, Lumen Field Event Center, 800 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, Washington, 98134, United States
Join ArtTable members from around the country for a private brunch reception in the VIP area of the Seattle Art Fair!

Brunch registration includes one Select VIP Pass which includes Select VIP Preview HoursThursday, July 27th, 2023: 5-6 pm and the opening evening 6-9 pm; as well as regular fair hours Friday, July 28th: 11 am-7pm; Saturday, July 29th: 11 am-7 pm; Sunday, July 30th: 11am-6 pm.Seattle Art Fair, a one-of-a-kind showcase for the vibrant arts community of the Pacific Northwest, and a leading destination for the best in modern and contemporary art, returns to the Lumen Field Event Center for its seventh edition in July 2023. Working alongside Beneficiary Partner Seattle Art Museum, Artistic Director Nato Thompson, and the fair’s dedicated Host Committee, the Seattle Art Fair, founded by the late Paul G. Allen, is a celebrated and productive week bringing together the region’s strong collector base, the Pacific Northwest’s top museums and institutions, and an array of innovative public programming.

Admission:

ArtTable Members – $45

Member Guests- $65

Public-$70

Not a member? Join today!

ArtTable is a 501.c.3 organization and all programs are non-refundable. Should a program be postponed by ArtTable for any reason, the purchaser’s ticket will be honored for the rescheduled program. Should a program be canceled and not rescheduled, the purchaser will receive credit to be used toward a future program. Please email programs@arttable.org with any questions.

About Kelly Freeman
Kelly Freeman directs AMP’s suite of art fairs, sourcing and placing domestic and international galleries. She develops special projects and exhibitions – opportunities to appeal to a high end, collecting audience, shaping unique spaces and events to retain visitors year after year. Kelly also oversees all marketing and communications, focusing on reaching the right audience for each event. Kelly also consults across AMP immersive events business, working to develop strong content and drive quality attendance.
Kelly previously worked with UBS and Citigroup’s Business Development Departments and has also managed the sales teams of several New York City contemporary art galleries.

Image: Courtesy of the Seattle art fair

New York | Annual Leadership Series: The Future of Gender-Based Organizations
2023-09-05 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | 22 Vanderbilt, 335 Madison Ave, New York, New York, 10017
Welcome to ArtTable’s 2023 Annual Leadership Series panel discussion on Tuesday, September 5 in New York City! “The Future of Gender Based Organizations” engages the arts and business communities in a critical examination of how organizations dedicated to addressing existing gender-based disparities in wages and opportunities can continue to research, advocate, network, and address inequities—particularly as the culture moves forward into a more evolved understanding of gender identity. In the panel discussion, we will consider the value and meaning of gender-based organizations, their changing roles, purposes, and goals, and the context and consequences of leading such organizations in a changing political and cultural moment. The program will continue to establish ArtTable as an advocate for equality within and beyond the art community. Our panel features: Alyssa Nitchun, Executive Director of the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art; Subha V. Barry, President of Seramount; Alicin Williamson, Chief Diversity and Culture Officer, Yahoo!; and Jessica L. Porter, Lila Harnett Executive Director of ArtTable. Sociologist Dr. Gillian Gualtieri will moderate this important discussion. We’ll open with time to network and socialize over refreshments and light bites.This signature ArtTable program was initially launched in 2016, and since its inception, the series has been featured during Armory Show week, fostering engaging conversations among prominent women-identifying and nonbinary professionals. It has provided a platform for these influential voices to discuss the most pressing and relevant topics within our industries. We are proud to partner with the Women’s Forum of New York, a leading organization that is similarly committed to equity, advocacy, and community engagement. Women’s Forum Members can register here.

The program will be moderated by Dr. Gillian Gualtieri, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Barnard College, with panelists:

Subha V. Barry | President of Seramount

Alyssa Nitchun | Executive Director of the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art

Alicin Williamson | Chief Diversity and Culture Officer of Yahoo!

Jessica L. Porter | Lila Harnett Executive Director of ArtTable

Admission:

ArtTable & Women’s Forum Members – $35

Non-members/Guests – $45

Not an ArtTable member? Join today!

REGISTER HERE

This program is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

About the Speakers

Subha V. Barry is a C-suite leader and an Advisor who brings a unique perspective on the alignment of corporate culture to talent strategy and business results. As a transformational change agent, she has a proven record of identifying and accelerating new business creation, driving sales, and increasing profitability. She is president of Seramount, now part of EAB. Seramount is a strategic professional services firm dedicated to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace. Here, she drives the firm’s vision, strategy, and business development.

Prior to Seramount, Subha was SVP and Chief Diversity Officer at Freddie Mac, where she served on the firm’s management committee and led their Foundation. During her 20+ years at Merrill Lynch, Subha was a Managing Director and the company’s first Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion, driving strategy, infrastructure and execution with a lens on both global and local community.

She has taught Gender Policy at Columbia University and speaks passionately about the ability to drive innovation by embracing diversity and creating a culture of inclusion. She serves on a number of boards aligned with her passions—education, cancer research, and women’s advancement.

A native of India, Subha holds a BA from Bombay University and an MBA and MS in Accounting from Rice University. She enjoys golfing, reading poetry and rallying for social change. She has two grown children and lives in Naples, Florida and New Hope, PA with her husband.

Alyssa Nitchun is Executive Director of The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art (LLMA), where she oversees the Museum’s many initiatives and long-term growth. Alyssa was the first queer woman to be selected by the Board to lead LLMA and in her two years as Director, she is already ushering the Museum into the future, building a queer, revelatory, radically affirming art Museum, that centers people and collective meaning making. Prior to her appointment at LLMA, Alyssa had a career in cultural consulting and nonprofits, spending time advising artists and cultural institutions on realizing thought-provoking projects in the Middle East and Europe.

Alyssa also served as Acting Executive Director at the public art organization Creative Time, where she spent nearly seven years working in development, communications, and team management. She previously oversaw Institutional Giving for the public media organization, StoryCorps and was the Director of Development for the CUNY Graduate Center’s Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies. Alyssa has held multiple creative positions in the worlds of art, fashion, and music, and received an MA in Gender Politics with a focus in Queer theory from New York University. In her current role at The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, Alyssa is expanding the Museum’s purpose beyond its position as an art museum, into a hub for community and creative expression, actively shaping a better future for LGBTQIA+ people with artists leading the way.

Alicin Reidy Williamson is a global diversity and strategy executive. Her experience includes being a Managing Principal at strategic policy firm, The Raben Group, SVP of Public Affairs and Corporate Responsibility for MTV Networks and Viacom, Chief Inclusion Officer at Endeavor and she now serves as Chief Diversity and Culture Officer at Yahoo!. In her current role, Alicin leads global diversity and inclusion, employee engagement and culture for the company. In her partnerships, she’s developing the external relationships that will increase Yahoo’s diversity footprint as a thought leader in this space. Alicin currently sits as a board member of The Dalton School, She Should Run, March on Washington Film Festival and is an advisor for the Council on Juvenile and Family Court Judges and chairs a joint collaboration of veteran service organizations, Hire Heroes and Operation Homefront.

Jessica L. Porter is ArtTable’s Lila Harnett Executive Director. She joined ArtTable as the executive director in 2018, after 4 years on the Board of Directors and 8 years of membership. Porter is responsible for developing the long-range strategy of ArtTable, providing leadership and oversight in fundraising to meet financial goals, and directing communications and brand management. In 2020, she was the first to assume the name of ArtTable’s founder as the Lila Harnett Executive Director.

Prior to this role, she was the Executive Director of the New York Artists Equity Association, Inc (NYAEA)—a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1947. In 2001, Porter launched Porter Advisory, working as an independent curator, creating exhibitions and advising artists on career advancement. From 2006 to 2017, Porter founded and directed Porter Contemporary, a Chelsea art gallery, where she was responsible for strategy, business development and market growth, marketing, communications, and talent acquisition. Porter has spoken on CNBC about art collecting and investment in emerging artists, to the Harvard Business Women’s Association about starting an art collection, and has participated in panel discussions on topics including art and music, women in the art industry, art and social justice, contemporary visions of Picasso and art collecting. Porter has served as part of the Leadership Advisory Board for the Girl Scouts of Greater New York’s annual Women of Distinction Fundraiser. She also enjoys coaching little league softball and supporting girls in sports. Porter has a Bachelor’s in Art History and French Language and Literature from the University of Delaware and a Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland.

Gillian Gualtieri, PhD, is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Barnard College, where she teaches classes in the sociology of art, race and ethnicity, gender, organizations, and culture. Previously, she was a postdoctoral scholar at the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University and a postdoctoral fellow at New York University. In 2018, Gillian received her Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. Gillian has published research on symbolic compliance and sexual harassment on college campuses (in Sociological Forum), inequality in the art world (Poetics; SNAAP Report), and racial and gender inequality in fine dining (Social Problems; Poetics). Gualtieri is the lead researcher on ArtTable’s 2023 Survey on Working in the Arts. Gilliangualtieri.com

National | ArtTable Annual Brunch Reception at The Armory Show 2023
2023-09-09 11:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Armory Show at the Javits Center, 429 11th Av, New York, New York, 10001
Please join us for ArtTable’s Annual Brunch at The Armory Show! This is a great time for members and friends from across the country to come together and network at New York’s premiere art fair, taking place annually in September at the Javits Center in New York City. Your ticket covers access to the fair, early private access to the VIP Lounge, and refreshments.

ArtTable members won’t want to miss this year’s show, featuring an all-women lineup of fair curators! Eva Respini chief curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, curates the Platform section, which features large-scale and site-specific works. Chief curator of Forge Project in Taghkanic, New York, Candice Hopkins, curates the Focus section, which covers solo and dual artist presentations. Adrienne Edwards, director of curatorial affairs at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, will chair the event’s sixth annual Curatorial Leadership Summit.

Admission:

ArtTable Members – $55

Member Guests – $65

Non-Members – $75

Combo Ticket – $65 for Members / $100 for Non-Members – Save when registering for this event and ArtTable’s Annual Leadership Series on Tuesday, September 5.

Not a member? Join today!

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE WAITLISTED FOR THIS EVENT! THIS PAGE WILL UPDATE IF MORE TICKETS BECOME AVAILABLE!

Thanks to The Armory Show, for welcoming the ArtTable community with partner and VIP passes.

Thanks to our friends at Photofairs, who have shared VIP passes.

ArtTable members have enjoyed access to Art on Paper: thank you!

Gratitude to Superfine Art Fair for welcoming ArtTable members.

This program is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Image: Vincent Tullo, courtesy of The Armory Show 2022.

National | Artist-Led tour of "Flower Atlas" with Miya Ando
2023-09-12 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Brookfield Place, 230 Vesey St, New York, New York, 10281
You won’t to miss the opportunity for an artist-guided tour of a botanical wonderland with Miya Ando! Imagine a world where time is not measured in months, days, and hours, but in flowers. Flower Atlas envisions this unique concept. In this artistic creation, the year 2023 is represented by 365 signature flowers, each blooming on a different day somewhere on Earth. Curated by Kendal Henry at Brookfield Place.

Special thanks to Brookfield Place for welcoming the ArtTable Community!Venue Sponsor: Brookfield PropertiesCommissioning Entity: Arts Brookfield

Admission:

ArtTable Members – $10

Member Guests – $20

Public – $25

Not a member? Join today!

This program is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.ArtTable’s Artist Talks are made possible by the Pollock Krasner Foundation.

Image: Miya Ando Flower Atlas. Image by Fadi-Kheir. Courtesy of Brookfield Place

About the Artist

Miya Ando is a Japanese/American artist based in New York. Her art is rooted in the dialectic coexistence of Eastern and Western cultures through the lens of natural phenomena. Her work is part of many public collections such as: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY; Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY; Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI; Luftmuseum, Amberg, Germany; Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA; The Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA, as well as in numerous private collections. Solo exhibitions of her work have been presented at the Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA; the Asia Society Museum, Houston, TX; the Noguchi Museum, New York, NY; Savannah College Of Art and Design Museum, Savannah, GA; the Nassau County Museum, Roslyn Harbor, NY; and The American University Museum, Washington DC. Her work has been included in recent group exhibitions at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, LA; Haus Der Kunst, Munich, Germany; Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY; and Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY. Ando has been the recipient of several grants and awards including the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant Award, and has produced several public commissions, most notably a thirty-foot-tall sculpture built from World Trade Center steel for Olympic Park in London to mark the ten-year anniversary of 9/11, for which she was nominated for a DARC Award in Best Light Art Installation. Ando was also commissioned to create artwork for the historic Philip Johnson Glass House, New Canaan, CT. Most recently, Ando received the 2023 Brookfield Place New York Annual Arts Commission. The site-specific commission Flower Atlas Calendar will premier at the Winter Garden in Brookfield Place, New York, NY in July 2023.The artist holds a bachelor’s degree in East Asian Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, studied East Asian Studies at Yale University and apprenticed with a Master Metalsmith in Japan. www.miyaando.com

National | "The Private Eye in Public Art" with Joyce Pomeroy Schwartz & Lowery Stokes Sims
2023-09-13 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | West 54th St. or Zoom, New York
Beyond a traditional book launch, spend an evening with two leading lights of the art world, Joyce Pomeroy Schwartz and Lowery Stokes Sims. Their foundational contributions to ArtTable and the art community cannot be overstated; you won’t want to miss this chance to dive into their professional expertise, stories, and unique perspectives as they discuss Pomeroy Schwartz’s 2023 book The Private Eye in Public Art. Joyce will honor ArtTable’s founder, Lila Harnett, (in absentia) and foundational members Carole Morgan and Randy Rosen.

Our zoom guests will be with us for the interview; our in-person guests are welcome to network from 6-6:30 and enjoy wine and light bites—with gratitude to Joyce for hosting! (If you’re in the Washington, DC area, you can join your DC Chapter for a watch party—see below.)The Private Eye in Public Art, “is an indispensable guide to the perils, pains, and pleasures of making art for architecture, how people respond to that art, and how and why that reception may change over time. This book is for all who are involved in the creation, exhibition, and preservation of contemporary public art: artists, selection committees, scholars, students, art professionals, and the wider public.”“I have known Joyce for a long time―since 1972, when there was a glass ceiling for working women―but not for Joyce. She joined the Pace Gallery as Director of Commissions, helping artists realize their works of public art―and cracked her way through that ceiling. When I founded ArtTable, the leadership organization for professional women in the visual arts, Joyce came aboard, and to this day she is a member of that team.” ―Lila Harnett, Founder, ArtTable

For our in-person guests: this event is Bring-Your-Own-Book! Joyce would be delighted to sign your copy of The Private Eye in Public Art if you would be so kind as to bring it with you. You can purchase it on Amazon (faster delivery) or from the publisher, Oro Editions.

In-Person in NYC

*We now have a waiting list! Please click “register here” to add your name, and we will notify you if there are cancellations. You can also register for the zoom program below.*

ArtTable Members – $25

Guests – $35

Public $40

Not a member? Join today!

REGISTER HERE: IN-PERSON NYC

Join us Virtually on Zoom

The interview starts at 6:30 pm Eastern, 5:30 pm Central, 4:30 pm Mountain, 3:30 pm Pacific

ArtTable Members, Guests, and Public—optional donation appreciated!

REGISTER HERE: ZOOM

Join the Washington, DC Chapter’s Watch Party!

Join Washington, DC ArtTable Chapter members to socialize, connect, and watch the livestream of Joyce & Lowery’s interview together!

• ArtTable Members and Guests—optional donation appreciated!

REGISTER HERE: DC WATCH PARTY

This program is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Images: Main: THE PRIVATE EYE IN PUBLIC ART. ORO Editions.Joyce Pomeroy Schwartz photo below: Costas Picadas.Lowery Stokes Simms photo below: Grace Roselli, Pandora’s BoxX Project.

Joyce Pomeroy Schwartz is a curator, lecturer and public art consultant with a unique concentration in public art policy, modern and contemporary art for architecture and the landscape in the broader context of cultural, urban and environmental revitalization. In 1968-1971 she founded “The Photographer’s Gallery,” the first gallery in New York City exhibiting photography as fine art. She was Director of Commissions at Pace Gallery in New York from 1972-1982, implementing public sculpture projects with Pace artists. In 1982 Joyce founded “Works of Art for Public Spaces, Ltd.”, dedicated to working with American and International artists creating major works of Art for Architecture. She recently established the Harold and Joyce Pomeroy Schwartz “Archives of Public Art” at the Fales Special Collections/NYU Bobst Library, of artists’ monographs, photographs and papers available for public art historical research. It now includes the archives of the Public Art fund and Creative Time. She is also one of the founding board members of ARTTABLE. joycepomeroyschwartz.com

Lowery Stokes Sims served on the education and curatorial staff of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1972-99), as executive director and president The Studio Museum in Harlem (2000-2007) and retired as Curator Emerita from the Museum of Art and Design (2007-2015). She has been an independent curator and consultant for the Caribbean Cultural Center, the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Craft Contemporary, Grounds for Sculpture, the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Center for Art, Design & Visual Culture, University of Maryland,Baltimore County. She was Visiting Professor at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University (2018-2020) and the 2021-22 Kress-Beinecke Professor at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. She is also one of the founding board members of ARTTABLE. Met Stories | Curator and Art Historian | Lowery Stokes Sims.

Virtual | Fine Art in Healthcare with Melissa Dallal, Ellen Rudolph, Cade Tompkins, Susana Bautista, and Jane Borthwick
2023-10-05 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
3 pm PDT / 4 pm MDT / 5 pm CDT / 6 pm EDT

Major medical institutions take art seriously and recognize its importance in healthcare settings. Creating sophisticated cultural spaces in these environments is its own professional discipline—parallel to how art advisors collaborate with art and design partners in hospitality and corporate settings, but with its own purpose, parameters, and vision. Join us for a fascinating virtual panel discussion featuring Melissa Dallal, Project Manager, Interior Design at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Ellen Rudolph, in-house Curator and Senior Director, Cleveland Clinic Art Collection; Susana Smith Bautista, Associate Vice President and Chief Curator, AltaMed Art Collection; and curator and gallerist Cade Tompkins of Cade Tompkins Projects. The conversation will be moderated by art advisor and collection strategist—and former ArtTable Board President—Jane Borthwick.We’ll look at themes including how art advisors in this field access art and artists, and how they can identify artists from diverse and adjacent community backgrounds who can connect with the patient, staff, and visitor populations at specific locations. Art advisors also identify and present emergent talent whose work will appreciate in value and that is affordable for healthcare institutions. We will hear about evolving and innovative collaborative models where art advisors are actively incorporating the input of stakeholders including healthcare professionals, patients, and families; ultimately serving the purpose of healing and inspiration in these communities while creating a built-in stewardship of the collection.

Admission:

Complimentary with optional donation

Not a member? Join today!

After registration, you will receive an email containing the Zoom link. All virtual programs offer live automatic closed captioning.

This program is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Images: 1) Eva Rothschild, Live Edge, 2016, Aluminum sculpture commissioned for Cleveland Clinic, Taussig Cancer Center. Courtesy of the artist and Modern Art.2) The David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care at Memorial Sloan Kettering.

About the Panelists

Melissa Dallal is the Project Manager for Interior Design at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, where she brings her experience in award-winning hospitality design to the design of healthcare spaces. In her role, Melissa manages art acquisitions for the hospital’s 30+ locations throughout the New York tri-state area, working with art consultants, galleries and stakeholders to furnish art for new construction and renovation projects, while also curating special, site-specific commissions.

Melissa ensures that MSK’s art collection aligns with the hospital’s broader environmental design vision, which is to provide positive patient, staff and visitor experiences through creating moments of joy, inspiration and engagement. MSK’s large-scale, site-specific commissions “Long Island Tapestries” by artist Alexandra Kehayoglou and “New York Sculptures” by artist Kim Dickey were both recognized with the international CODA Award (Collaboration of Art + Design) in 2019 and 2020. Melissa previously worked at the Rockwell Group and was an editor at I.D. Magazine. She holds an B.A. in architecture from Columbia University and a Masters in Interactive Telecommunications from NYU’sTisch School of the Arts.

Having joined Cleveland Clinic in 2019, Ellen Rudolph is Curator and Senior Director of the Art Collection. She leads the program in its mission to create meaningful interactions with contemporary art placed throughout the Enterprise. Rudolph oversaw the art installation at Cleveland Clinic London hospital and commissioned artists Jacolby Satterwhite, Sandra Cinto and Eva LeWitt for site-specific projects in Cleveland and Florida. She also led a collaborative exhibition of work by Derrick Adams at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic, Rudolph was Chief Curator at the Akron Art Museum, where she staged ambitious exhibitions and drove notable acquisitions, including works by Mickalene Thomas, Nick Cave, Yinka Shonibare and Jenny Holzer among others. Rudolph has served as Executive Director of the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage and also worked at Progressive Corporation and Sotheby’s New York. She has Art History degrees from Northwestern University (BA) and Case Western Reserve University (MA).

As a trusted art advisor and strategist, Jane Borthwick specializes in managing diverse and specialized collections. Jane advises families, private collectors, foundations, and museums in creating strategies for initiating, building, or dispersing art collections. She has handled the marketing and sales plans for the estates of prominent artists. Jane has sold works by Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Alexander Calder, Joan Mitchell, Henry Moore, Louise Bourgeois, Fairfield Porter, Louise Nevelson, and Andy Warhol, among other artists. Jane has been quoted in The New York Times, Private Asset Management, and Private Wealth Focus and speaks frequently on best practices in art collection management. She is a graduate of Harvard College and the Harvard Business School. Jane is a past Board President at ArtTable, and recipient of the ArtTable 2020 Chapter Leadership Award.

Cade Tompkins Projects focuses on advancing and exhibiting contemporary art, featuring work by emerging artists as well as mid-career and established artists in various mediums including painting, sculpture, printmaking, video, drawing, and installation. Clients range from major museums to new collectors as well as corporations, hospitals, and seasoned art connoisseurs. She is interested in finding art for clients at all levels of collecting.

Cade Tompkins has been a contemporary art dealer for over 40 years. Her gallery opened in September 2009 and to date has featured over 50 exhibitions by represented artists. Tompkins graduated from the Appraisal Studies in Art program at the Rhode Island School of Design. Cade Tompkins Projects has exhibited gallery artists at Master Drawings New York 2018, 2020, and 2022; Art in an Airstream during the IFPDA Print Fair 2016; SPRING/BREAK Art Show (2016-2023); and the E/AB Fair (2006-2013) and the forthcoming IFPDA Fair 2024 in New York. Cade Tompkins is a member of the International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA); Candidate Member of the American Society of Appraisers (ASA); ArtTable, the national professional organization advancing leadership of women in the visual arts; and a sustaining member of the Association of Print Scholars (APS). Gallery Services include Curation of Corporate and Private Collections, Fine Art Appraisals, Installation, Placement and Framing Consultation.

Susana Smith Bautista, Ph.D., is the Associate Vice President and Chief Curator of the AltaMed Art Collection at AltaMed Health Services. She is an art historian, curator, and museum leader for over 25 years with the Mexican Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, USC Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, and LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes. She has been an independent consultant for strategic museum projects around the United States, she worked as an art critic while living in Greece, and was an independent curator with a focus on Chicano/a, Latino/a, and Mexican art. Dr. Bautista obtained her doctorate degree in Communication and her Master’s degree in Art History/Museum Studies, both from the University of Southern California. She has taught in universities, published extensively, lectured around the world on the topic of museums, and served on the Board of Directors for the American Alliance of Museums.

National | Philadelphia, PA | Artist-Led Tour of Chelsey Luster's "Finding Home" Philadelphia
2023-10-10 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Vox Populi Gallery, 319 N. 11th Street, 3rd Floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107
Join ArtTable for an artist talk and exhibition tour with Chelsey Luster! Luster’s immersive solo exhibition “Finding Home” at Vox Populi Gallery tells the stories of their models’ safe spaces through mixed-media paintings, text, and film. Each model’s individual story informs the creation of these imaginative havens that come together to form a physical safe space. The exhibition acts as a place of healing for black and queer people and the respective communities. Luster highlights their identity and perspective through the luminescence of black skin with fluorescent undertones and the vibrance of queerness through shimmering overlays of glitter. Other materials, such oil and acrylic paints, fabric, glue, market on paper, wood panels, found objects, and canvas, come together to materialize these idyllic realms.
“At the beginning of my practice, I focused on self-portraiture and explored the lack of security and safety as a Queer Black woman through depictions of unsettling bathroom scenes in “The American Bathroom” series. This body of work critiqued our failed incarceration system and the unhinged violence I experienced along with others in my community through large-scale erie-colored oil paintings on wooden panels. I developed creative programming and community building with other Queer, Women, and Black-led organizations and community leaders through talks, fellowships, and residencies that allowed me to collaborate on performances and discussions on Black and Queerness with regards to self-autonomy, community discussions, and collage workshops that welcomed people of all artistic backgrounds to create work that explored identity. Through this work, I shared the universal feeling of wanting to feel safe with individuals of all backgrounds. Through the relationships formed and stories I heard during the creation of “The American Bathroom” series, I knew that our stories could not end with trauma and violence. I discovered that creating a sacred space within myself and others in my community leads to healing, peace, and safety. This inspired my current project “Finding Home.” “
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Image: Chelsey Luster. Luster, 20″ x 30″, 2023

Chelsey Luster is a Philadelphia-based visual artist and educator from Baltimore, Maryland. Luster’s visual art work explores the complexities of safe spaces in Queer and Black culture through mixed medium paintings and installations. Luster is a Vox Populi member and has been awarded the Mural Arts 2022 Black Artists Fellowship and the 2021 Center for Emerging Artists fellowship. Luster is the Exhibition Manager at Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens and has independently curated multiple art exhibitions with art institutions in Philadelphia including IceBox Project Space, Da Vinci Art Alliance, William Way LGBT+ Center, and the Center for Emerging Visual Artists. Luster holds a BFA in Painting and Drawing from the Temple University’s Tyler School of Art.

*WAITING LIST* | Guided Tour of "Judy Chicago: Herstory" at the New Museum
2023-10-13 16:30 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | The New Museum, 235 Bowery, New York, New York, 10002, United States
Judy Chicago is scheduled to make a cameo appearance for ArtTable members at an exclusive tour of “Judy Chicago: Herstory”! This comprehensive exhibition celebrates Judy Chicago’s iconic six-decade career. It showcases the diversity of her artistic contributions, spanning a wide range of media including painting, sculpture, installation, drawing, textiles, photography, stained glass, needlework, and printmaking. This multi-faceted approach reflects Chicago’s versatility as an artist and her commitment to pushing the boundaries of traditional artistic practices.

The “City of Ladies” exhibition-within-the-exhibition is a unique concept that brings together artworks and archival materials from more than eighty artists, writers, and thinkers. This juxtaposition allows visitors to explore the connections and dialogues between Chicago’s work and the creative contributions of other women throughout history.“Judy Chicago: Herstory” is curated by Massimiliano Gioni, Edlis Neeson Artistic Director, Gary Carrion-Murayari, Kraus Family Senior Curator, Margot Norton, Chief Curator, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (former Allen and Lola Goldring Senior Curator at the New Museum), and Madeline Weisburg, Assistant Curator.

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ArtTable Members – $35

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This program is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

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Featured Image: Judy Chicago, Through the Flower 2, 1973. Sprayed acrylic on canvas, 60 x 60 in (152.4 x 152.4 cm). Collection Diane Gelon. © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Donald Woodman/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.Artist photo (below): Judy Chicago 2023 by Donald Woodman.

About the Artist

Judy Chicago‘s contributions to feminist art and her exploration of women’s history and culture have left a lasting legacy in the art world, inspiring generations of artists and pushing the boundaries of traditional artistic practices for over sixty years.

Chicago’s work has been exhibited in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. Throughout her career, Chicago has remained steadfast in her commitment to the power of art as a vehicle for intellectual transformation and social change and to women’s right to engage in the highest level of art production. She has become a symbol for people everywhere, known and respected as an artist, writer, teacher, feminist and humanist whose work and life are models for an enlarged definition of art, an expanded role for the artist, and women’s right to freedom of expression. In 2018 Chicago was named both one of Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” and a 2018 “Most Influential Artist” by Artsy Magazine. In 2019, she received the Visionary Woman award from the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.

Her work is in the collections of the British Museum, Moderna Museet (Stockholm), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), National Gallery (Washington DC), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Hammer Museum, Getty Trust and Getty Research Institute, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Art Institute of Chicago, The Nevada Museum of Art, The M. H. de Young Memorial Museum and over twenty-five university art museums such as Brandeis, Cornell, Harvard, Illinois, Michigan, UCLA, Canterbury (New Zealand) and Cambridge (UK). judychicago.com
