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art:21 staff Susan Sollins, Executive Director Migs Wright, Producer Eve-Laure Moros Ortega, Managing Director Sara Simonson, Managing Director Wesley Miller, Associate Curator Jessica Hamlin, Director of Education & Public Programs Kelly Shindler, Director of Special Projects Marc Mayer, Manager of Education and Public Programs Joe Fusaro, Senior Education Advisor Jonathan Munar, Web Manager Nick Ravich, Director of Production Katherine Payne, Development Associate staff biographies Susan Sollins, Executive Director Susan Sollins, Executive Producer and Curator of "Art:21 - Art in the Twenty-First Century," has been well known in the field of contemporary art for more than 30 years for her innovations in public programming and museum education, and as a curator. In addition to her work for many art institutions as a curator and consultant, Sollins is the co-founder and Executive Director Emerita of Independent Curators International (ICI), a nonprofit organization that develops, organizes, and circulates traveling exhibitions of contemporary art presenting a broad range of recent trends and aesthetic concerns to viewers nationwide and abroad. During her 21-year tenure, ICI’s 75 exhibitions featuring more than 1,700 artists were seen at more than 360 institutions and alternative spaces in the US, Europe, Canada, and Mexico. Sollins was formerly the Visual Arts Consultant for Thirteen/WNET’s Emmy and Peabody Award-winning arts magazine City Arts; serves on the Boards of the MacDowell Colony and ICI; and has been a panelist for the NEA, NYSCA, and New York’s Percent for Art program. Early in her career, Sollins was the Curator of Education (Chief, Museum Programs) at the Smithsonian’s American Art Museum, and Curator of its Discovery Gallery, which showcased contemporary art. In her private life, as the wife of the late composer Earle Brown she has been actively involved in the world of contemporary music for many years. Migs Wright, Producer Since joining Art21 in 1997, Migs Wright has worked on many facets of the Art21 organization. In addition to her role as Producer of the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" television series, Wright also serves as President of the Art21 Board of Trustees. Her husband, Bing Wright, is a photographer; they have two sons. Eve-Laure Moros Ortega, Managing Director Eve-Laure Moros Ortega, Series Producer of the "Art:21 - Art in the Twenty-First Century" television series, has worked in film and television for more than 15 years on documentaries and independent feature films. Prior to her work on Art in the Twenty-First Century she worked on projects with Oscar-winning directors Deborah Dickson and Bill Fertik , MacArthur Fellow Yvonne Rainer, Amir Naderi, and Curious Pictures, among others. Moros Ortega holds a B.A. in Political Science and Art History from Barnard College, where she was awarded honors for her work on postmodern art, and an M.A. in Cinema Studies from New York University. She has been a panelist for NYSCA, and is also the Producer/Director of Made in Thailand, a documentary about women factory workers in Thailand who are struggling to form labor unions. Made in Thailand, funded by the Soros Open Society Institute, the Jerome Foundation, and others, was nominated by the International Documentary Association as best documentary short, and is currently distributed by Women Make Movies, as well as through a grassroots outreach campaign funded by the Paul Robeson Fund. Sara Simonson, Managing Director Sara Simonson launched her career at Art21 as a summer intern following her graduation from Stanford University with a B.A. in Art History and Film Studies. She has held staff positions in production and development. During a hiatus from Art21, Simonson earned her M.B.A. at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, where she focused on entertainment and media strategy. While living in Los Angeles, Simonson worked on primetime network television series including 24, Friday Night Lights, and Shark at Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Television. Simonson has studied film and video production at the New School and New York University, and her short films and visual art have been included in juried exhibitions at Stanford. She received the Lorenz Eitner Award in Art and Art History at Stanford, and was a John and Edith Titley Fellow at UCLA Anderson. Wesley Miller, Associate Curator Wesley Miller is the Associate Curator at Art21, where since 1999 he has played an integral role in shaping all five seasons of the "Art:21—Art in the Twenty-First Century," biennial television series on PBS — from pre-production to filming to post-production. Since 2008, Miller has also produced the year-round "Art:21—Exclusive" series of online videos. He received a B.A. in Philosophy and Art from Sarah Lawrence College (2000) and an M.F.A. in Sculpture from Yale University (2002). He has also been a resident artist at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and the Pilchuck Glass School. Prior to joining Art21 in New York, Miller worked at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston. Jessica Hamlin, Director of Education & Public Programs Jessica Hamlin has spent the past twelve years talking about, thinking about, teaching and writing about contemporary art and its potential as a pedagogical resource. As an art educator, Jessica has spent time in museums, galleries, non-profit arts organizations and schools connecting the art of our time to students, teachers and public audiences. Previous to joining Art21, Jessica led education programs at the non-profit gallery Art In General, the community-based Saturday Art School at Pratt Institute, and participated in a comprehensive planning and assessment process with the Boston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, examining school and community-based arts programs in the Boston Public Schools. Jessica is also an adjunct faculty member at New York University where she completed her Masters degree in Art Education. Kelly Shindler, Director of Special Projects Kelly Shindler graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Before joining Art21 in 2003, she worked at the Shorts International Film Festival, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), as well as on a number of programs showcasing new and archival Central and Eastern European cinema. Outside of Art21, Shindler has curated film and video for Australia Cinematheque, Scandinavia House, the Sequences Festival in Reykjavik, CineWomen NY, and others. She is also a writer and the co-founder/curator of the Package Deals film series, whose programs have been seen in cinemas, artspaces, and film festivals in over thirty cities around the world. Marc Mayer, Manager of Education and Public Programs Marc Mayer joined the staff of Art21 in May of 2008. Mayer has spent the last four years working in museum education, serving both youth and adult audiences. He was associate educator at the New Museum, integrating contemporary art into the high school curriculum. Previously he held a twelve-month internship in the education department at the Museum of Modern Art, assisting with adult and academic programs. He also worked for three years at a not-for-profit using new technology to bring mentors to underserved youth in New York City. Mayer earned his B.A. from Wesleyan University in American Studies concentrating in visual culture. Joe Fusaro, Senior Education Advisor Joe Fusaro received his Masters Degree in Education from the City University of New York and his Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts from Hofstra University. He is an exhibiting artist, educator, and the Visual Arts Chair for the Nyack Public Schools in New York since 2003. Prior to his work in Nyack, he was a teacher and staff developer in the New York City school system for 13 years. Fusaro is currently an adjunct instructor for New York University's Graduate Program in Art and Arts Professions, certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, and has led staff development workshops in contemporary art education for the New York State Art Teachers Association and the National Art Education Association over the past five years. His recent exhibitions include solo shows at Kickstart Gallery in New York City, the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the Garnerville Arts Center in New York. Fusaro also served as the summer artist-in-residence at Massachusetts College during 2005 and 2006. Jonathan Munar, Web Manager Jonathan Munar joined Art21 in August 2008, bringing seven years of experience in working with technology in an art environment. In various roles throughout his career at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jonathan was deeply involved in all aspects of maintaining and advancing the museum's Web and new media initiatives, including the technical, the managerial, and the conceptual. Jonathan is very excited to be a part of the Art21 team, and is looking forward to help strengthen an already impressive and respected Web presence for the organization. Jonathan holds a B.A. in computer science from Fordham University. Nick Ravich, Director of Production Upon graduating from the Massachusetts College of Art in 1997, Ravich worked with filmmaker Errol Morris as a researcher, starting a ten-year career in documentary film and television production. Since that time, he has worked for various broadcast companies including the Discovery Channel, History Channel, and Comcast. Ravich has also worked on a number of award-winning PBS-broadcast arts and culture productions. Ravich worked as a researcher for Blackside’s "I’ll Make Me a World," and as a production coordinator for WGBH-TV’s "Greater Boston Arts." Katherine Payne, Development Associate Katherine Payne attended the Monterey Academy of Oceanographic Sciences (MAOS) in Monterey and studied at the University of California, Berkeley majoring in Art Practice. During her time in the Bay Area she gained valuable experience as an intern at Gallery Paule Anglim and the Richmond Art Center, and developed an interest in nonprofit community art spaces. Prior to joining Art21, she worked as a Corporate Art Consultant at MFI Art Company. |
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