Appetite for Construction
In 2021, I was invited by the Senior Curator at the Contemporary Arts Center to curate an installatiaion as part of the exhibition Artist-Run Spaces, coorganized by the CAC and Wavepool.
For my contribution to the exhibition, I conducted archival research on the history of artist-run project spaces in Cincinnati dating back to the 1970s, with a focus on the exhibition and performance ephemera generated by each project.
My research focused on four artist-run projects: C.A.G.E., or Cincinnati Artists’ Group Effort (1978–1994); semantics (1992–2015); DiLeia Contemporary (1996–2001), and Publico (2003–2008).
Read the essay.
In 2021, I was invited by the Senior Curator at the Contemporary Arts Center to curate an installatiaion as part of the exhibition Artist-Run Spaces, coorganized by the CAC and Wavepool.
For my contribution to the exhibition, I conducted archival research on the history of artist-run project spaces in Cincinnati dating back to the 1970s, with a focus on the exhibition and performance ephemera generated by each project.
My research focused on four artist-run projects: C.A.G.E., or Cincinnati Artists’ Group Effort (1978–1994); semantics (1992–2015); DiLeia Contemporary (1996–2001), and Publico (2003–2008).
Read the essay.
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Cincinnati Art Book Fair
In 2017 I founded the Cincinnati Art Book Fair as an outgrowth of a smaller fair I had been organizing for several years called Limited Press.
With the Cincinnati Art Book Fair I perform multilple roles, including design, event production, installation, and commmunications/outreach.
None of this would be possible without my co-director and a small rotating cast of collaborators. Together, we welcome over 30 artists’ projects and 1000 visitors over the course of two days for an art fair, readings, film screenings, and exhibitions.
In 2017 I founded the Cincinnati Art Book Fair as an outgrowth of a smaller fair I had been organizing for several years called Limited Press.
With the Cincinnati Art Book Fair I perform multilple roles, including design, event production, installation, and commmunications/outreach.
None of this would be possible without my co-director and a small rotating cast of collaborators. Together, we welcome over 30 artists’ projects and 1000 visitors over the course of two days for an art fair, readings, film screenings, and exhibitions.
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