How to conduct a studio visit
Speaker(s):
Larry Ossei-Mensah
Diana Nawi
Moderated by Oolite Arts Director of Programming Laura Marsh
Skills is back with another “How to” led by independent curators Larry Ossei-Mensah and Diana Nawi moderated by Oolite Art’s Director of Programming Laura Marsh. Both curators will talk about best practices on how to conduct an engaging studio visit (both in-person and virtually); what questions to ask, how best to structure a visit and the “Dos” and “Don’ts”.
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Speakers
Larry Ossei-Mensah uses contemporary art as a vehicle to redefine how we see ourselves and the world around us. The Ghanaian-American curator and cultural critic has organized exhibitions and programs at commercial and nonprofit spaces around the globe from New York City to Rome featuring artists such as Firelei Baez, Allison Janae Hamilton, Brendan Fernades, Ebony G. Patterson, Glenn Kaino, and Stanley Whitney to name a few. Moreover, Ossei-Mensah has actively documented cultural happenings featuring the most dynamic visual artists working today such as Derrick Adams, Mickalene Thomas, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Federico Solmi, and Kehinde Wiley.
A native of The Bronx, Ossei-Mensah is also the co-founder of ARTNOIR, a 501(c)(3) and global collective of culturalists who design multimodal experiences aimed to engage this generation’s dynamic and diverse creative class. ARTNOIR endeavors to celebrate the artistry and creativity by Black and Brown artists around the world via virtual and in person experiences. Ossei-Mensah is a contributor to the first ever Ghanaian Pavilion for the 2019 Venice Biennial with an essay on the work of visual artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.
Diana Nawi is an independent curator based in Los Angeles and the Co-Artistic Director of Prospect.5, New Orleans, opening in fall 2021. Most recently, she organized Mark Bradford: Los Angeles at the Long Museum, Shanghai, and Michael Rakowitz: Dispute between the Tamarisk and the Date Palm at REDCAT, Los Angeles. Nawi previously served as Associate Curator at Pérez Art Museum Miami where she organized exhibitions with artists including John Dunkley, Iman Issa, Bouchra Khalili, Shana Lutker, Nari Ward, and LOS JAICHACKERS (Eamon Ore Giron and Julio Cesar Morales). Her writing has appeared in publications for the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, MOCA GA, Marrakech Biennial, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Museum Villa Stuck, National Gallery of Jamaica, New Museum, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Studio Museum of Harlem, among others.
Date/Time
Wed, Sept. 30, 2020
6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT
Zoom Webinar
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Resources
Access our list of resources and take aways to prepare for your next studio visit HERE.