Alumni News

2008 Graduates

Kavie Barnes, Curatorial Coordinator & Assistant to the Chief Curator, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY

Sarah Bock, Gallery Associate, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY

Sarah Burger, Membership Manager, Museum of the City of New York

Francesca Conte, Art Market Researcher, Financial Products, Artnet Worldwide Inc., New York, NY

Liana Egelman, Gallery & Exhibition Coordinator, Steven Klein Studio, New York, NY

Lisa Friedman, Assistant Director, Magnan Projects, New York, NY

Tracey Friedman, Curatorial Assistant, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY

Ali Gitlow, Publicist, Prestel Publishing, New York, NY. Freelance writer for the magazines Tokion, XLR8R, and BPM, and online at Flavorpill.com.

Christena Gunther, Education Programs Assistant, Access Coordination, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Cheryl Hageman, Special Projects, MTA Arts for Transit

Gabrielle Hiatt, Studio Manager, Vito Acconci and Acconci Studio

Melissa Klein née Allen, Curatorial Assistant, The Jewish Museum

Rosa Langley, Development Associate, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA

Hilary Lee, Development Associate, James & Janie Washington Foundation, Seattle, WA
and Curatorial & Information Research Assistant, Sara Little Turnbull Legacy Project, Seattle, WA

Larisa Marossine, Co-Founder and Co-Director of Center for Collective Wealth, an online project space which focuses on a broad spectrum of cultural practice. She recently relocated to Melbourne, Australia.

Jennifer McTague, Project Technician/Printer, The Fabric Workshop & Museum, Philadelphia, PA

Piper Overbaugh née Scalzi, Curatorial & Sales Assistant, Portico, New York, NY

Erin Pearson, Gallery Associate, Zwirner & Wirth, New York, NY

Ryann Pointon, Senior Development Associate, Office for Parent Relations and University Development, New York University

Kyla Porter, Gallery Associate, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Jane Stevens née Phillips, Director of Development, School of Art, Yale University

Sylvia Renner, Assistant to the Director, International Programs, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Joshua Troy Seidman, recently launched his own consulting business, Caviar 20, specializing in 20th Century furniture, design, and decorative arts.

Kristin Svorinic, Marketing & Development Manager, Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York University

Liam van Loenen, Registrar & Sales Associate, Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY

Christina Vassallo, Founder & Head Curator, Random Number, LLC, Brooklyn, NY

Jennifer Weinar, Development Coordinator, Studio Museum in Harlem, NY

Zhanhui Yu, President, Qiange Group, Beijing, China

Burcu Yuksel, Assistant Director, Derek Johns Ltd., London, UK

Recent Updates

Michele Quinn, ’00, is the director of the MGM Mirage art program in Las Vegas, NV. The program provides a fresh look at Las Vegas as a creative and cultural center. Such artists as Maya Lin, Henry Moore, and Frank Stella will be installed in the 76-acre CityCenter that MGM Mirage is constructing on the Las Vegas Strip. The center will open next year with a 4,500 room hotel-casino, residential towers and a 500,000 square foot retail district. For more information and images please visit: http://www.nytimes.com/design.

Caroline Piela-Cohen, ’03, organized the War and Peace: Art and Cultural Heritage Law in the 21st Century, March 4, 2008 at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York, NY. The conference examined the pressing issue of looting cultural sites; how it is being managed and its widespread impact on issues of cultural property and national identity. Please visit: http://www.cardozo.yu.edu for further information and highlights from the conference.

Janet Phelps, ’93, curated the recent show at DiverseWorks Art Space in Houston, Texas entitled "Solution" including works by Jeffrey Gibson, Christopher K. Ho, Nina Katchadourian, and Michael Waugh.

Gallery Eighty in Singapore, owned by Gayathri Nahappan,’06, hosted the exhibition Privacy, an exhibition of young emerging Korean artists curated by Hong-chul Byun, ’06. The exhibition ran from May3-31, 2008 and commenced with an acknowledgement by Mr. Lee Jong-Kook Deputy Chief of Mission, Minister and Consul General, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, and a performance by the Hwaum Chamber Orchestra. For more information please visit: www.galleryeighty.com

Claire Sexton, ’07, is the Communications Coordinator for Art in General, New York. To find out more about Art in General’s latest projects please visit www.artingeneral.org

Katie Hollander, ’96, is the Deputy Director for Creative Time, New York. Katie has had 15 years experience in the nonprofit community and has served in such roles as the Director of Development at the Support Center for Nonprofit Management, New York, and Executive Director at ArtTable, New York.

Luis Cancel, ’87 has been appointed head of the Department of Cultural Affairs in San Francisco by the city’s mayor, Gavin Newsom. Mr. Cancel is a New York based artist who has been executive director of the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center an artists’ studio and performance space, since 2005.

Jane Kojima, ’07, Communications and Development Manager of the DUMBO Business Improvement District, and Emily Colasacco, ’07, Program Director of the Department of Transportation Temporary Art Program, have collaborated for the DOT’s first temporary art program in DUMBO, NY. The program was unveiled with the colorful mural “Nature Matching Systems.” The program is aimed to enliven neighborhood through commissioning local artists and working with business improvement districts and local community organizations.

Sandhini Poddar, ’03 joined the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in April, 2007 as the institution’s first Assistant Curator of Asian Art. She is providing curatorial support to the acclaimed Cai Guo-Qiang show, I Want to Believe, that opened February 2008. In October 2008 she will curate a commissioned project by Anish Kapoor for the Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, and also looks forward to curating the tentatively titled American Art and the East, set to open in February 2009.

Kris Lewis, is a Senior Proposal Writer in the Institutional Advancement Department at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. She writes and manages all foundation and government grants to garner funds for the college's academic programs, gallery, artists and designers in residence, scholarships, and community engagement programs. She also continues to work freelance with artists and managing public art projects.

Other Positions and Projects

Carolyn Bolt, ’92, Senior Director of Development & External Relations, Little Flower Children & Family Services of New York

Jung-Hae Chae,’05, Manager of Fund Development, Jersey City Museum, NJ

Emily Colasacco, ’07, Program Director, Urban Art Program, Division of Planning and Sustainability, NYC Department of Transportation

Liz Dimmitt, ’05, Chief Operating Officer, IndexAtlas Group, New York, NY; Curator, Gawker Artists; Co-founder, Gumshoe.com

Erin Dodd, ’06, Director of Major Gifts, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

Miho Doi, ’03, Gallery Manager, Tokyo Gallery+BTAP, Tokyo, Japan

Tamesin Dyas, ’05, Development Associate, Bogliasco Foundation, New York, NY

Shiri Efrati, ’05, Founder/Advisor, EBH Fine Art Advisory. Resides in Israel

Lauren Eldred, ’06, Director of Operations & External Affairs, Cliqk, New York, NY

Susan Eley, ’91, Founder, Susan Eley Fine Art, New York, NY

Stefanie Fedor,’07, Assistant Director, Katzen Arts Center, American University, Washington D.C.

Rachel Feinberg, ’06, Director of Publicity, Forum Gallery, New York, NY

Nicole Frost, ’96, Chief of the Web Team, The World Bank, Washington, D.C.

Tracy Fugami, ’02, Director of Education, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA

Ali Goldstein, ’06, Associate Director of Alumni & Constituent Relations, NY Regional Office for the University of Chicago

Dana Gildenhorn, ’03, Exhibitions Officer, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Tammy Heller, ’05, Associate Marketing Director, LTB Media USA, New York

Stephanie Howe, ’06, Director of Administration, Artists Space, New York, NY

Leslie Ballard Hull, ’05, Board Member of Glasstire.com and the Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX and Co-Founder, EBH Fine Art Advisory.

Hannah Hayden, ’05, Junior Specialist, Photographs, Bloomsbury Auctions, New York, NY

Heidi Ihrig, ’06, Development Officer, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Brooke Mellen, ’06, Registrar, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY


Rebecca Mirsky, ’06, Director, Sue Scott Gallery, New York, NY

Janice Monger, ’05, Manager of Administration & Visitor Services, Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY

Gayathri Nahappan, ’06, Director, Gallery 8, Singapore

Barry Neuman, ’84, Director & Art Dealer, Modern Culture, New York, NY

Tracy Nolder, ’05, Director, David Zwiner Gallery and Co-founder, Gumshoe.com

Anna O'Donnell née Frey, ’05, Director of Development, Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Vanessa Quinn, ’04, Gallery Manager, J.J. Lally & Co, Oriental Art, New York, NY

Erica Raven, ’00, Director of Institutional Giving, Tenement Museum, New York, NY

Brett Rollins, ’03, Director of Development, Creative Time, New York, NY

Lesley Kurtz Schiftic, ’95, Director of Development, SOPAC | South Orange Performing Arts Center, South Orange, NJ

Anne Collins Smith, ’98, Curator of Collections, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, GA

Laura Tencza St. Clair, ’99, Project Manager, New York Projects, New York, NY

Deborah Straussman, ’05, Assistant Registrar for Outgoing Loans and Temporary Exhibitions, The New York Public Library

Jessica Sucher, ’03, Manager of Public Programs, Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY

Alex Tapnio, ’00, Senior Manager, National Programs Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, Inc. The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, New York, NY

Shinya Watanabe, ’04, Independent Curator, New York, NY

Ayesha Williams, ’06, Director, Kent Gallery, New York, NY