PEI December Curatorial Roundtable: The Curator-in-Residence

Ana Paula Cohen, 2009-2010 Curator-in-Residence at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College
In conversation with Kate Fowle, Executive Director, iCI (Independent Curators International)
Cultural institutions frequently make resources available for artist-in-residence programs. These programs can be found across the globe, bringing institutions opportunities to increase diversity and further build a creative atmosphere. However, those same institutions seldom develop similar models to bring in international curators. As Curators-in-Residence become acquainted with the dialogues of the local network, new curatorial perspectives may culminate in exhibitions not normally produced in the region. Residency programs can serve as tools that open up communities, build contacts with new practitioners, and promote further research in emergent practices. Speakers' bios below.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009 3-5 PM,

Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative, The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage1608 Walnut Street

Space is limited so please respond to Daniel Fuller, PEI Senior Program Specialist,via email at dfuller@pcah.us, or by phone at 267-350-4932, by December 1st.

Ana Paula Cohen
2009-2010 Curator-in-Residence at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College Ana Paula Cohen (São Paulo, 1975) is an independent curator, editor and writer. She was the adjunct curator of the 28th Bienal de São Paulo – “In living contact” (Oct-Dec 2008), and the co-editor of the publications related to the project. Cohen has co-curated the project Encuentro Internacional de Medellín 07 (Jan-June 2007, Medellín, Colombia), in which she created, in collaboration with other artists and curators, a new center for contemporary art – La Casa del Encuentro. Within the framework of the Encuentro, she curated an exhibition on Cildo Meireles’ work, at the Museo de Antioquia. Since 2006, she has initiated and is part of the editorial team for the newsletter of Mabe Bethonico’s project museumuseu. Since 2004, she co-founded and has been the curator of the project istmo – flexible archive , in São Paulo.

Kate Fowle
Executive Director of iCI (Independent Curators International)Fowle was most recently International Curator at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing. There she played a key role in developing the first year of exhibitions, commissions and public programming. Prior to her time in Beijing, Fowle spent six years in San Francisco at the California College of the Arts, where she was the director of the MA Program in Curatorial Practice, which she founded in 2002 with Ralph Rugoff, (iCI curator for Shoot the Family ). During her tenure as program director Fowle built extensive international networks, bringing over 100 artists, curators and writers from places as diverse as Chiang Mai, Paris, São Paulo, Johannesburg, Copenhagen, Beijing, Vilnius, Frankfurt, Tokyo, London, and Mexico City, to share their knowledge and expertise through lectures, round-table discussions, symposia and an annual journal.