Alumni
Since the first class graduated in 2005, 64 students have completed the Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice. Here is a partial list of their career successes.
Careers
Grace K. Anderson, curator of exhibitions, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach
Jaime Austin, curator and director of programs, ZERO1: The Art and Technology Network and lead curator, ZERO1 San Jose Biennial
Petrushka Bazin, program manager, The Laundromat Project, New York
Mike Bianco, associate curator, The Ballroom, Marfa, and founding director/curator, The Waypoint, Marfa
Mirjana Blankenship, curator, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
Tanner Borskey, assistant archivist, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco
Jessica Brier, photography department assistant, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Nicole Cromartie, coordinator of museum interpretation, High Museum of Art, Atlanta
Erin Elder, gallery director, Tamarind Institute at University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Courtenay Finn, curator, Art in General, New York
Chris Fitzpatrick, director, Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerp
Erin Fletcher, residency coordinator, Kentucky Foundation for Women's Hopscotch House, Louisville
Emily Gonzalez, curatorial associate, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Anna Gritz, assistant curator, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Clare Haggarty, civic art collections manager, Los Angeles County Arts Commission
Amanda Hunt, associate curator, LA><ART, Los Angeles
Meredith Johnson, curator and producer: consulting program, Creative Time, New York
Kristin Korolowicz, curatorial fellow, Bass Museum of Art, Miami
Cara Megan Lewis, curator, Cara & Cabezas Contemporary, Kansas City
Nancy Meyer, curatorial associate, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
María Elena Ortiz, curator of contemporary arts, Sala de Arte Publico Siqueiros, Mexico City
Joseph del Pesco, program director, Artnow International Foundation, San Francisco
Kate Phillimore, independent curator and coeditor, Golden Guns Investigations Publications, London
Lee Plested, director, The Apartment, Vancouver
Dina Pugh, codirector, Triple Base Gallery, San Francisco
Aldo Sanchez, director of visual arts, music, and literature, Mexican Cultural Institute of New York
Sarah Robayo Sheridan, director of exhibitions and publications, Mercer Union, Toronto
Arden Sherman, gallery manager, Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles
Jessica Silverman, owner/director, Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Joanna Szupinska, Marjorie Susman Curatorial Fellow, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Zoe Taleporos, program associate, public art program, San Francisco Arts Commission
Anu Vikram, curator, Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California Berkeley
Xiaoyu Weng, program coordinator, Asian Contemporary Arts Consortium, San Francisco
Nancy Zastudil, program manager, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, Houston
Tanya Zimbardo, assistant curator of media arts, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Curatorial Projects
Our alumni have curated exhibitions at numerous museums and galleries worldwide, including
Art2102, Los Angeles
Artists Space, New York
Belkin Gallery, Vancouver
de Young Art Center, San Francisco
DuSable Museum of African American History, Chicago
Gallery of Contemporary Art and Design, Puebla, Mexico
Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
MU, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
MUCA Roma, Mexico City
Nelson Gallery, Davis, California
The Oakland Museum of California
Queen's Nails Projects, San Francisco
Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden
San Francisco Cinematheque
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Shotgun Review, San Francisco
Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Soap Factory, Minneapolis
Triple Base, San Francisco
Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre, Canada
White Box, New York
Works, San Jose
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Internships
Internships at museums, nonprofit galleries, private collections, and festivals allow our students to gain work experience and professional connections while they are still in school. In the last three years they have interned at
ART2102, Los Angeles
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
Deitch Projects, New York
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany
Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California
IKON Gallery, Birmingham, England
inSite, San Diego
Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
Kadist Foundation, Paris
Kramlich Collection, San Francisco
The Lab, San Francisco
LAXart, Los Angeles
New Langton Arts, San Francisco
Pier 24, San Francisco
Printed Matter, New York
Richard L. Nelson Gallery, Davis, California
San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Shanghai Biennale
Serpentine Gallery, London
Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa, California
South London Gallery
Southern Exposure, San Francisco
TART, San Francisco
White Box, New York
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Zero One and ISEA, San Jose
Awards
Our alumni have received the following prestigious awards and fellowships:
101 Curatorial Fellow, ArtNow/CCA Wattis Institute for the Contemporary Arts, San Francisco (2009, 2010, 2011)
Curatorial Fellowship for the Diversity of Arts, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2006, 2007)
Curator in Residence, Banff Centre, Canada (2006)
Curatorial Award from the Chicana Latina Foundation, Burlingame, California (2005)
Curatorial Fellow, The Kitchen, New York (2009)
Vicki and Kent Logan Merit Graduate Scholarship, San Francisco (2003–5)
JUMEX Collection Grant, Mexico City (2003–5)
National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), Mexico City (2003–5)
Young Curators Invitational, FIAC/Fondation d’entreprise Ricard (2009)
Young Curators’ Residency, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (2006, 2010)