Gloria Sutton is Associate Professor of Contemporary Art History and New Media at Northeastern University in Boston. Her scholarship analyzes the ways durational media have shaped the reception of visual art since the 1960s. She received her doctorate from the University of California Los Angeles and has been a fellow at the Getty Research Institute…. Read more »
Kate Lewis is the Agnes Gund Chief Conservator at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Previously she held the position of Media Conservator at MoMA, focusing on the conservation of audio, performance, software, video and film-based works, and from 2005-2013 acted as Time-based Media Conservator at Tate in London. Lewis holds an M.A. in the… Read more »
Ursula Davila-Villa is the co-founder of Davila-Villa & Stothart (DVS). DVS focuses on supporting the artistic legacies of artists and families whose work has been historically marginalized or considered unconventional. Her previous roles include being a Partner at Alexander Gray Associates gallery from 2012 to 2017 and Associate Curator of Latin American Art at The… Read more »
Hannah M. Yoo is curator of public programs at the Fowler Museum at UCLA. A curator, educator, and cultural programmer with over a decade of experience, her practice is rooted in care-centered and equity-driven approaches that prioritize sustained relationships, community collaboration, and dialogic public engagement—often amplifying underrepresented voices and fostering cross-cultural understanding. Previously, she served as assistant… Read more »
Tessa Shultz is a cultural strategist guided by the belief that artists reshape the world by reshaping what we know. She currently serves as Senior Manager of Outreach & Engagement for Special Collections at the National Geographic Society, where she leads relational stewardship strategy. Previously, Tessa managed the largest community loans initiative at the National… Read more »
Haley Moyse Fenning is a researcher and advocate dedicated to ensuring equitable access to the work and ideas of contemporary artists. Moyse Fenning is completing her PhD at the University of Sussex, where her research centers on evaluating and improving museum practices to bring overlooked artist narratives to new audiences. She holds an MA in… Read more »
Eddy Colloton is media conservator and consultant working with art museums to preserve time-based media artworks since 2011. Colloton received his MA degree from the Moving Image Archiving and Preservation program at New York University in May 2016. Colloton has previously worked as Project Conservator of Time-Based Media for the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Assistant Conservator at the Denver Art… Read more »
Jennifer Hickey is the Paintings Conservator for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. A specialist in the study and treatment of 20th and 21st century paintings, she has previously held positions at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Joan Mitchell Foundation, and the National Gallery of Art, among others. Jennifer’s research has focused… Read more »
Robin Li is a historian and writer, working on a book project currently titled, “How We Remember & Other Stories.” Recently, Robin completed the first phase of an oral history project for the University of Washington Women’s Center documenting the lives and impact of Asian American women activists in Seattle over the last forty years. Prior to this, she… Read more »
Michelle Barger is the Director of Conservation at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art where she oversees conservators with expertise in paintings, paper, objects, photography and electronic media. Developing models of care for contemporary art is of particular interest to her – especially when integrating the role of living artists. Unorthodox approaches to art… Read more »
Jen Mergel is a nationally respected Boston-based contemporary art curator and leader who invites creative exploration of her hometown’s histories to reimagine its potential futures. An alum of Harvard, Bard’s Center for Curatorial Studies, and the Center for Curatorial Leadership, she has organized more than 50 exhibitions for museum, academic, and outdoor venues. Her recent… Read more »
Sonia Almeida is an artist working in Boston and a Fine Arts Assistant Professor at Brandeis University. A through-line in her practice is the artist’s investigation into the ways that language is learned, shared, and adapted through processes of fragmentation and multiplicity. The duality of meaning, communication on the verge of breakdown, resuscitated through context, and the… Read more »