# Emerging Curators Institute > Emerging Curators Institute is designed to build the individual practices of emerging curators from diverse backgrounds through an in-depth research, professional development, and presentation program. ## Posts - [Sutures](https://emergingcurators.org/sutures__trashed/): Sutures October 30-January 29, 2022 Minnesota Museum of American Art350 Robert Street NorthSt. Paul, MN 55101 This exhibition will be on view in the Robert Street Window Gallery from Oct 30th through Jan 29th. Additional ProgrammingSeeing New PotentialitiesA conversation between Michael Khuth, Cheryl Mukerji, Prune Phi, Sopheak Sam, and Daniella Thach on Sutures.Zoom hosted by Minnesota Museum of American ArtSaturday, November 13, 202112-1:30pm (Central Time) Sutures, an exhibition that brings together an emerging generation of artists who challenge straightforward ways of looking?at a photograph, a video, a loved one, a collective history, a memory, or oneself?through layered, multimedia artistic practices. […] ## Pages - [Communal Listening Session](https://emergingcurators.org/communal-listening-session/): Reimagine with Us A Virtual Communal Listening Session Saturday, December 6th, 1:00pm – 2:30pm, Central time As part of a collective reimagining of ECI’s core Fellowship program, we will be hosting a public Communal Listening Session on Saturday, December 6th. During this virtual session via Zoom, we will reflect, dream and share ideas on shaping a Fellowship to support emerging creative practices.  A Fellowship that is flexible, sustainable, and responsive within this current moment. During this Session, English and Spanish will be spoken. Automated Captioning will be available. We will take breaks.  For further questions surrounding accessibility, we welcome you […] - [Practice of Access Workshop](https://emergingcurators.org/practice-of-access-workshop/) - [Yearly Emerging Practices](https://emergingcurators.org/yearly-emerging-practices/) - [2025 ReFrame Series](https://emergingcurators.org/2025-reframe-series/): ReFrame 2025-26 Presentations Presentation: as i lay changing Featuring artists: Qamar Yochanan, Paige Oyaleke, and BakiBakiBaki Curated by 2024-25 Fellow folaṣade Location: Fresh Eye Gallery 4238 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55409 On view Friday, January 23 – February 8, 2026 For this exhibition: – Recorded Audio Description tour will be available.– Language will be offered in ASL and English.– Masks will be required for Community Events.– Fresh Eye Gallery is wheelchair accessible.– Two All Gender Restrooms are available.– Care Attendants will be present for events.– Scent free/reduced environment. For more information on access, please email access@emergingcurators.org ReFrame 2025-26 Presentations Presentation: […] - [Voiced Digital Shaping Practice](https://emergingcurators.org/voiced-digital-shaping-practice/) - [Digital Shaping Practice](https://emergingcurators.org/digital-shaping-practice/): To listen to Digital Shaping Practice audio readings, please click here. For viewing Eshay and Josie’s noted access pages, please click on the links below: Eshay Brantley Access Josie Hoffman Access - [Josie Access Page](https://emergingcurators.org/shapingpracticeaccess-josie/): Niimiwin: Bijiinag igo ingii-azhegiiwe gaa-niimi’iding (Everybody Dance: I Recently Returned from a Powow) audio description recordings tracks 1-11 Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5 Track 6 Track 7 Track 8 Track 9 Track10 Track 11 - [Eshay Access Page](https://emergingcurators.org/shapingpracticeaccess-eshay/) - [2024 Fellowship Information](https://emergingcurators.org/2024-fellowship-information/): 2024 Fellowship Information Emerging Curators Institute (ECI) supports emerging curators from diverse backgrounds through a fellowship program consisting of in-depth research, professional development, and presentation. The first of its kind in the region, ECI aims to foster critical dialogue around curatorial practice and provide opportunities for Minnesota-based emerging curators. Since 2018, ECI has awarded a total of 16 fellowships.  In 2024, up to 4 Fellowships will be awarded. What follows offers further information about the fellowship, and is also available in the submission form. Alternative formats (such as an audio or pdf version of this document) can be available by […] - [Reflections: Communal Conversations with the 2023-24 Fellows](https://emergingcurators.org/reflections-communal-conversations-with-the-2023-24-fellows/): Saturday, December 16, 2023 from 11:30am-1:30pm Location:331 Space/ Rosy Simas Dance (Northrup King Building[NKB])1500 Jackson Street, NE.Minneapolis, MN 55413 This event is free and open to the public. Accessibility Attendants will be available at the main entrance on Jackson Street to support navigating the building. American Sign Language (ASL) Interpretation and Audio description will be integrated within the event. Masking is requested, with masks available and social distancing in place. Manual Wheelchairs will be available for usage. Sensory friendly and relaxed. We ask that all refrain from wearing heavily scented products. As ECI evolves in supporting accessibility for D/deaf and disabled […] - [Currents: Adaptation, Brilliance, and Joy](https://emergingcurators.org/currents-adaptation-brilliance-and-joy/): December 7, 2023 – February 25, 2024 Accessibility Out of care for our community and those living with chronic or terminal illnesses, please wear a mask in the galleries on Fridays from December 7, 2023 – February 25, 2024. High-quality masks will be offered to those who are in attendance. For guidance on getting to the M, check out this video. To make arrangements or for further assistance surrounding access, please call the M at (651) 797-2571 or email info@mmaa.org. Emerging Curators Institute is committed to supporting accessibility for D/deaf, disabled and neurodiverse communities. We welcome those with questions surrounding […] - [Inventadas](https://emergingcurators.org/inventadas/): September 23 – November 17, 2023 Opening Reception and Performance PremiereSaturday, September 23rd, 3-4pmAt 3:30pm Keila Anali Saucedo’s video performance Miedo Adentro premieres. Additionally the gallery will be open until 8pm for visitors to view the exhibition. Inventadas is a multimedia exhibition curated by Alondra M. Garza, a 2022-23 Emerging Curators Institute (ECI) Fellow, presented in partnership with Franconia Sculpture Park. Inventadas features Minnesota-based women, trans, and non-binary Latinx interdisciplinary artists who are addressing issues tied to gender and resistance. The artists include Maria Cristina (Tina) Tavera (she/her), Candida Gonzalez (they/them), Grover Hogan (they/them), Ivonne Yañez (she/her), and Keila Anali Saucedo (they/them). […] - [Saturday Morning and the Faces We Remember ](https://emergingcurators.org/saturday-morning-and-the-faces-we-remember/): September 16 – September 30, 2023 Opening Reception and ConversationSaturday, September 16, from 5-9pmEvent includes Za’Nia Coleman in conversation with Tia Simone Gardner and Ego Ahaiwe Sowinski. (7:30pm) Programming:Friday, September 29, starting at 7pmPublic Functionary will host a joint artist/curator conversation with Za’Nia Coleman and Yasmin Yassin as part of Twin Cities Art Week programming. Public Functionary#144 (PF Main Gallery)Northrup King Building 1500 Jackson Street NEMinneapolis, MN 55413 Curated by Za’Nia Coleman, Saturday Mornings and The Faces We Remember, is an entry into the legacy and impact of Hollywood Studio of Dance, known by the purple awning on Broadway & Penn in […] - [Open Dialogue: Tara Aisha Willis, Barak adé Soleil, and 2023-24 ECI Fellows](https://emergingcurators.org/open-dialogue-tara-aisha-willis/): May 27, 2023Hosted online via Zoom Join us for an open dialogue with Barak adé Soleil, new Director of Emerging Curators Institute (ECI), Tara Aisha Willis, Curator of Performance and Public Practice at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), and members of the 2023-24 Fellowship cohort: Nance Musinguzi and Makeda “Keda” Tadesse. Together they will discuss curatorial practice focused on intersectionality, care, and accessibility.  This virtual event is free and open to the public. Please register to receive a zoom link to join the dialogue.   Accessibility: ASL Interpretation Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) Breaks will occur within the event […] - [Archive I: Diverged Origins](https://emergingcurators.org/archive-i-diverged-origins/): July 13, 2023—August 31, 2023 Opening Reception:Thursday, July 13, 5-8 p.mNewStudio Gallery Programming:Curators Discussion with Raíz Symbiotisk and Emerging Curators Institute Director Barak adé SoleilThursday, August 24, 5-7pmNewStudio Gallery NewStudio Gallery and Emerging Curators Institute are pleased to host Raíz Symbiotisk’s first exhibition, “Archive I: Diverged Origins.” Raíz Symbiotisk is a Minneapolis-based curatorial collective founded by Pamela Vázquez Torres (she/her/hers) and Emma Wood (they/them/hen), recipients of the 2022-2023 Emerging Curators Institute’s Fellowship. “Archive I: Diverged Origins,” revolves around symbolisms extracted from fungi as a concept, or “fungal threads” such as origins, grief, transcendence, symbiosis, community, remediation, and regeneration. The exhibition […] - [Atautchikun | wâhkôtamowin: A Curatorial Talk by Kablusiak](https://emergingcurators.org/atautchikun-wahkotamowin-a-curatorial-talk-by-kablusiak/): Atautchikun | wâhkôtamowin: A Curatorial Talk by Kablusiak February 1, 2023All My Relations Gallery1414 East Franklin Avenue #1Minneapolis, MN 55404 In partnership with All My Relations Gallery and FD13 residency for the arts. Inuit have always engaged in and responded to contemporary dialogues, media, and technologies. Stereotypical conventions around Inuit art since contact—i.e. works depicting traditional Inuit activities and scenes of northern animals—have created a false canon of Inuit art that does not take into account or represent the contemporaneity, breadth, or depth of Inuit culture, nor their art forms. This curatorial talk will speak to Inuit art histories, presents […] - [Job Opportunities](https://emergingcurators.org/jobs/): Program Director .75 FTE (estimated 30 hours/week)$45,000 Applications due by September 30, 2022.Interviews to take place weekdays October 17—26. Anticipated start date November 2022. Founded in 2018, the Emerging Curators Institute (ECI) is a groundbreaking initiative designed to build the individual practices of emerging curators—emphasizing women, gender-non-conforming, and BIPOC curators—through a collaborative and in-depth research, professional development, mentorship, and exhibition program. ECI supports curatorial careers by providing extended access to learning resources outside of traditional academic channels, creating connections to a national professional network, and supporting exhibition production at Minnesota venues.  Now in its third fellowship cycle, ECI has awarded 14 fellowships […] - [Shifting Curatorial Values](https://emergingcurators.org/shifting-curatorial-values/): Shifting Curatorial Values Thursday, November 4, 20216-7:30pm (Central)Hosted via?Zoom Lumi Tan will discuss how curating performance has shifted her curatorial practice in exhibitions and beyond. How do practices of slowness, vulnerability, and unpredictability influence exhibitions?  How can performance create space for different value systems in institutions? About the SpeakerLumi Tan?is Senior Curator at The Kitchen in New York, where she has organized exhibitions and produced performances with artists across disciplines and generations since 2010. Most recently, Tan has worked with Kevin Beasley, Lex Brown, Jibade-Khalil Huffman, Baseera Khan, Autumn Knight, and Kenneth Tam. Prior to The Kitchen, Tan was Guest […] - [Sutures](https://emergingcurators.org/sutures/): Sutures October 30, 2021-February 20, 2022 Minnesota Museum of American Art350 Robert Street NorthSt. Paul, MN 55101 This exhibition will be on view in the Robert Street Window Gallery from Oct 30th through Jan 29th. Additional ProgrammingSeeing New PotentialitiesA conversation between Suriya Khuth, Cheryl Mukerji, Prune Phi, Sopheak Sam, and Daniella Thach on Sutures.Zoom hosted by Minnesota Museum of American ArtSaturday, November 13, 202112-1:30pm (Central Time) Sutures, an exhibition that brings together an emerging generation of artists who challenge straightforward ways of looking at a photograph, a video, a loved one, a collective history, a memory, or oneself through layered, […] - [Curating and Commoning](https://emergingcurators.org/curating-and-commoning/): Curating and Commoning: The gallery as a porous space Tuesday, October 26, 20216-7:30pm (Central)Hosted via Zoom Denise Ryner will discuss how she develops her collaborative curatorial practice to reflect the contexts of site and communities within the space of the exhibition. About the SpeakerDenise Ryner is the Director/Curator at Or Gallery, Vancouver (2017-present). She’s also an associate curator in collaboration with Anselm Franke at the Visual Arts and Film Department of Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin. Her curatorial, research and writing interests include place-as-agent in exhibition–making and the cultural production of transnational counterflows of the 19th and 20th centuries. […] - [bisakaabiiyang (returning to ourselves)](https://emergingcurators.org/bisakaabiiyang-returning-to-ourselves/): bisakaabiiyang (returning to ourselves) October 14-December 11, 2021 All My Relations Arts1414 Franklin AvenueMinneapolis, MN 55404 Additional ProgrammingOpening ReceptionThursday, Ocober 14th, 20216-8pm. Closing Reception – Fluid Futurism: A Virtual Conversation with Adrienne Huard and Coyote ParkThursday, December 9th, 20216pm The Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI) and All My Relations Arts is pleased to present biskaabiiyang (returning to ourselves) a group exhibition curated by 2020-2021 Emerging Curators Institute Fellow Juleana Enright. The exhibition investigates Indigenous Futurisms and the interconnectedness of nows through video installation, interactive gaming, mixed medium, digital illustrations and visual works. Featured artists: Santo Aveiro-Ojeda, Sequoia Hauck, Reyna Hernandez, Elizabeth LaPensée, Coyote Park, and Summer-Harmony Twenish. Biskaabiiyang is an Anishinaabeg word […] - [After, Other, and Before](https://emergingcurators.org/after-other-and-before/): After, Other, and Before September 25 – December 31, 2021 Franconia Sculpture Park, Mardag Gallery29836 St. Croix TrailShafer, MN 55074Additional Programming:Virtual Dinner & Discussion: Kehayr Brown-RansawStreamed via Facebook LiveTuesday, September 21, 20216pm (Central Time) Opening ReceptionSaturday, September 25, 20214-6pm Dinner and Discussion: Kehayr Brown-Ransaw, Timothy Manalo, Nico Sardina, Beau Tate, Kieran TverbakkStreamed via Facebook LiveTuesday, November 9, 20216pm (Central Time) After, Other, and Before? is a group exhibition curated by Emerging Curators Institute Fellow and 2021 Franconia Fellow,? Kehayr Brown-Ransaw. This exhibition presents works by diasporic artists that confronts, challenges, reconciles, and recontextualizes the settler colonial identity and “other” identity marker placed […] - [Curating Change](https://emergingcurators.org/curating-change/): Curating Change September 28, 20216-7:30pm (CST) Hosted via Zoom. Join us for a conversation with two curatorial leaders—Amy Sadao and Ginger Shulick Porcella—who bring an unwavering commitment to diversity and equity in the art world. In their careers, Sadao and Shulick Porcella have directed organizations that foreground communities, support radical artistic practice from the margins, and serve as beacons of hope in our trying times. In this dialogue, they will discuss their previous roles, the work they are doing today, and how they hope to continue moving the conversation of field-wide transformation forward. About the Speakers Amy Sadao received her BFA from […] - [To Look Back and Wonder](https://emergingcurators.org/to-look-back-and-wonder/): To Look Back and Wonder June 23, 2021Zoom hosted by The Minnesota Museum of American Art6:00–7:30 pm As museums around the world contemplate their continued relevance, curators Sally Frater and Dr. Kelli Morgan take a look back over their careers to-date as museum professionals who have worked to make institutions more equitable. In this conversation, the two seasoned curators will discuss how they would advise their younger selves on navigating the often toxic environments of art museums. Sally Frater holds an Honours BA in Studio Art from the University of Guelph and an MA in Contemporary Art from The University of Manchester/Sotheby’s Institute of Art. Curatorially she […] - [Flores Oscuras](https://emergingcurators.org/flores-oscuras/): Flores Oscuras Horror Show October 31st & November 1stThe Robert’s Lot & Community Garden2948 Chicago Ave. S. Minneapolis, MNDoors open at 5:30pmFREE to the publicLimited seating, bringing one’s own chair or blanket recommended. In hopes of providing the best COVID-19 practices event will be capped at 50 people. Curated by Xochi de La Luna, Flores Oscuras is a show dedicated as a platform for Black, Brown and Indigenous folks to express their lived or imagined horrors in hopes of providing catharsis for artists and audience alike.Artists were invited to share their take on horror in any format they so choose. […] - [2020-21 Juror Statement](https://emergingcurators.org/2020juror-statement/): Collectively written byAlison Bergblom Johnson, Alexandra Buffalohead, Keisha Williams. Dear ECI Community, In an effort to provide more transparency, we as the 2020 jurors for the Emerging Curators Institute’s (ECI) Fellowship would like to share a statement about our jurying and selection process for the second year of emerging curators. First and foremost, we acknowledge the immense influence that white privilege has on the arts and cultural sector as a whole and more specifically within the curatorial field. We would also like to acknowledge the reality of colorism and the privileges that come with it. Historically and in the present […] - [Burn Something](https://emergingcurators.org/burn-something/): Burn Something On view on the exterior of the Family Partnership1527 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55407 Collaborating inaugural Emerging Curators Institute fellows Adrienne Doyle and Gabby Coll present B​urn Something,​ a public art exhibition now on view on the new Family Partnership building on the corner of East Lake Street and Bloomington Avenue South (on the southeast corner). The exhibition features work from seven local Black, Indigenous, and POC femme, gender non-conforming, and trans artists. It is an expansion of the DIY publication, ​Burn Something Zine,​ which Doyle founded and produced between 2014 and 2016. ​Burn Something Zine ​was […] - [Emerging Curators Institute Response for George Floyd](https://emergingcurators.org/eci-george-floyd/): “There is no politics without art, and no art without politics. Revolutionary movements all over the world have been for the poorer, if they tried to exist, without writers, poets, painters, musicians, photographers and filmmakers who were sympathetic to their cause, and were able to portray it to mass and sophisticated audiences alike. Art is what drives populism. It draws people nearer with its emotion and humanism.” -Excerpt from The Black Consciousness Reader It is with a heavy heart that we are reaching out to our Black, Indigenous, and community members of color today. We are all reeling from the […] - [Press](https://emergingcurators.org/press/): Press Minnesota Women’s Press, December 27, 2023, “Art Is Work: Grover Hogan Talks With Drew Maude-Griffin” Star Tribune, December 12, 2023, “Critics’ picks: The 16 best things to do and see in the Twin Cities this week” MPR News, September 22, 2023, “Dance as Archive — a new exhibition honors a north Minneapolis dance school” Star Tribune, September 15, 2023, “10 must-see Twin Cities art exhibitions coming fall 2023“ MPR News, March 9, 2023, “Artist Za’Nia Coleman on making space for ‘Black millennial thought’“ MPR News, February 28, 2023, ”’Where power resides’ — Flipping privilege in the art curator paradigm” […] - [Curating Beyond Exhibition](https://emergingcurators.org/curating-beyond-exhibition/): Curating Beyond Exhibition This event was postponed to a later date. (Original Date) March 15, 2020Fresh Oysters Performance Research512 E 24th St, Minneapolis, MN 55404 Join us for a conversation with Abrons Arts Center’s Director of Programming Ali Rosa-Salas and the Walker Art Center’s Mellon Interdisciplinary Fellow Allie Tepper on what it means to curate in addition to, outside of, and beyond exhibitions. Rosa-Salas and Tepper will explore their wide-ranging practices covering not only the curation of exhibitions, but also performances, public programs, magazines, and more. Ali Rosa-Salas is the Director of Programming at Abrons Arts Center/Henry Street Settlement in […] - [We Are New Again](https://emergingcurators.org/we-are-new-again/): We Are New Again This exhibition was postponed to a later date. (Original Dates) March 16 – May 21, 2020Marsden-Gustafsen Gallery at Film North550 Vandalia St., Suite 120, St. Paul, MN 55114 We Are New Again, explores the relationship between home, lineage, and ritual. Curated by Amirah Ellison, the exhibition features artwork by Ayana Lance, Candice Davis, and Kehayr Brown. For the artists, the creative process is a visualization of racial trauma as a means of filling in the gaps left behind by buried histories. For Ellison, the curatorial process is an invitation to bear witness to the work, through the […] - [Curating As Healing](https://emergingcurators.org/curating-as-healing/): Curating As Healing Sunday, April 19Zoom hosted by the Minnesota Museum of American Art1pm-2pm (CST) Join Emerging Curators Institute (ECI) and the Minnesota Museum of American Art to hear a presentation, conversation, and Q&A with New York-based Black Feminist Queer cultural/memory worker, Cara Page, and 2019-2020 ECI fellows via Zoom. This virtual gathering marks the culmination of the first year of the fellowship with reflections on fostering curation as a practice of giving and receiving care. Cara will enter into this topic through discussions of generational, collective, and individual trauma and social justice and memory work as pathways to healing. […] - [Revitalizing Symbols](https://emergingcurators.org/revitalizing-symbols/): Revitalizing Symbols January 10 – February 14, 2020Artistry1800 W. Old Shakopee Road, Bloomington, MN 55431 Opening Reception:Friday, January 10 | 6-8pm Panel Discussion:Tuesday, January 28 | 7pm Curated by Alexandra Buffalohead, the exhibition Revitalizing Symbols will feature artwork by Indigenous North American Artists who incorporate revitalization in their practices through different mediums. The title of the exhibition reflects artists who, through their identity, are reviving traditions through language, land, and art for First Nations North American people. This exhibition features the artwork of Andrea Carlson, Jim Denomie, Jaida Grey Eagle, Haley Greenfeather English, Nicholas Galanin, Briand Morrison, George Morrison, Chholing Taha, Jonathan […] - [Adrienne Doyle](https://emergingcurators.org/adrienne-doyle/): Adrienne Doyle 2019/20 Emerging Curators Institute Fellow. How will your fellowship with Emerging Curators Institute further your practice?This fellowship has already put me into contact with guest curators and artists of color who’re doing important work and exploring topics and methods of making that I would like to dive deeper into in my own practice. I am learning that the kind of curating I want to do is about building genuine relationships and listening for the passion, curiosity, and through-line, and I’m seeing some of this in the way Burn Something Zine was created and directed. I am learning more […] - [Gabby Coll](https://emergingcurators.org/gabby-coll/): Gabby Coll 2019/20 Emerging Curators Institute Fellow. How did you meet each other? What interested you in a collaborative project together?We “met” when I started working at JXTA, in May 2018, but quickly realized we had gone to elementary/middle school together! We found out we were both interested in applying to the program through our mutual colleague and friend, Tia Simone-Gardner. She actually suggested to me that we think about applying together, if it was something the program would allow. Once Adrienne and I started talking, we realized that we were excited about similar things, and that there was some […] - [Alexandra Buffalohead](https://emergingcurators.org/alexandra-buffalohead/): Alexandra Buffalohead 2019/20 Emerging Curators Institute Fellow. I noticed you’re not only a curator, but also a designer, artist, and musician. What are you looking forward to most with your curatorial project?I am looking forward to the moment when everything comes together. At the moment, this project is becoming a little climactic, with many possibilities, and directions of inspiration. I want to be inclusive as much as I am able to be. My mentor, Michelle, has reminded me that having different curatorial ideas is good. She also advised me that instead of feeling pressured in a negative way, I should feel […] - [Xochi de la Luna](https://emergingcurators.org/xochi-de-la-luna/): Xochi de la Luna 2019/20 Emerging Curators Institute Fellow. What does horror mean to you?Personally, I think horror is a multifaceted enigma because depending on where I’m at in life, what is weighing on my heart and mind, and where I’m living. It is ever changing. A lot of the time it is the unknown. Most immediately, horror to me is the oppressive seasonal depression that has onset a lot sooner than usual and only augmented the depression I feel year-round. Horror is the overwhelming feeling that there will never be a way out of the underground maze of life-ruining […] - [Information Session](https://emergingcurators.org/information-session/): Information Session January 11Hosted on Zoom6-7:30pm This event is for anyone considering applying to the Emerging Curators Institute fellowship program who has questions about the program or the application process. The purpose of this event is to share more about the program, how to apply and to answer your questions. The event is entirely optional and you are not required to attend in order to apply to the fellowship. A recorded video is available here: https://vimeo.com/665687126 - [Collective Curating](https://emergingcurators.org/collective-curating/): Collective Curating September 28, 2019The Minnesota Museum of American Art1-4pm An afternoon-long event facilitated by Emerging Curators Institute (ECI) highlighting visionary local and national curators who are actively working to share power, build relationships, and engage communities through collaborative curatorial approaches. The event will showcase back-to-back talks by artist, activist, and curator A.L. Steiner,  and writer, activist, and curator Chanida Phaengdara Potter. It will conclude with a short roundtable discussion between the two curators and Esther Callahan, the Curatorial Affairs Fellow at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia). A.L. Steiner’s practice is a highly collaborative one, focused through, as she notes, “the sensibility of a skeptical queer ecofeminist androgyne.” Her […] - [Artist-Centered Curatorial Practice](https://emergingcurators.org/artist-centered-curatorial-practice/): Artist-Centered Curatorial Practice August 28, 2019The White Page6:30-8:30pm Curators Lynnette Miranda and Tricia Heuring discuss their practice of building and maintaining relationships with artists. The Emerging Curators Institute presents a conversation between Lynnette Miranda (Independent Curator; Chicago, IL) and Tricia Heuring (Curator, Public Functionary; Minneapolis, MN), who will discuss the importance of centering human relationships in curatorial work. From meeting artists and collaborators, developing and maintaining relationships, and working with others using an ethic that, as Lynnette states, “values people over production.” Lynnette Miranda is an art worker, curator, and writer, who is passionate about fostering and cultivating artist communities. She […] - [Curating as Artistic Practice](https://emergingcurators.org/curating-as-artistic-practice/): Curating as Artistic Practice July 21, 2019Weisman Art Museum11–4 pm Led by Minnesota art practitioners, this workshop will be dedicated to creative work that merges curatorial and art practices, discussing systems that support expanded concepts of art practice and the ethical implications of doing (or not doing) this work. The workshop will inspire artists and organizers in the Twin Cities to change conversations around valuing and validating artistic and curatorial work to incorporate new integrative practices in their projects and bring new practitioners—with an emphasis on women and people of color—to an evolving curatorial field. Guest Speakers Sally FraterIndependent Curator […] - [Fellows](https://emergingcurators.org/fellows/): 2024-25 Fellows Folaṣade Adesanya Folaṣade Adesanya (they/she) is a blooming neuro/quirky agender poet and curator. Their practice is an ongoing self-study and co-creative process with their ancestors and spirit guides. She has been published with Hair+Nails and The Kitchen, and is currently crafting her first poetry collection: sacred is the place you touch. Folaṣade is a co-creator with STUDIO ART GRIME DESTROY and founder of The Black Syllabus. She is also an aspiring flower farmer and beekeeper. She was born and raised in the Bay Area, currently based in Minneapolis with her cat Parsley. Penny Kagigebi Penny Kagigebi (she/her), White […] - [Mentors](https://emergingcurators.org/mentors/): Raven Davis is an Anishinaabe, 2-Spirit, multidisciplinary artist, curator, educator, mediator, and human rights speaker whose mother is from Treaty Four, Manitoba. Davis was born and raised in Michi Saagig Territory, Toronto, Ontario. Davis weaves their passions for land-based and archival research, with calls to action, movement and sound healing, and works embodied by lived and intergenerational experience. A parent of three sons, Davis works within the mediums of performance, movement, visual arts, and sound/media. Davis fuses narratives of colonization, race, gender, disability, abolition, pleasure, and 2-Spirit/Indigiqueer identity in their work.Mentored: Penny Kagigebi and Mentors Circle Taylor Jasper is Assistant […] - [Staff](https://emergingcurators.org/staff/): Barak adé Soleil Director Barak adé Soleil (they + he) is an award-winning artist, independent curator and noted consultant who has contributed to the contemporary art scene since 1991. Barak’s progressive practice speaks to the expanse of blackness as it intersects with disability and queer culture.  Extensive traveling throughout their career offered opportunities to cultivate meaningful exchanges with diverse communities, as well as witness, support and participate in powerful artmaking across North and South America, Europe, and West Africa.  Barak has served as Artistic Director of Tangled Art + Disability in Toronto, Director of Programs for Threewalls in Chicago, and […] - [My account](https://emergingcurators.org/my-account/) - [Checkout](https://emergingcurators.org/checkout/) - [Partners](https://emergingcurators.org/partners/): We are grateful for the collaborators and supporters who make our program possible. Funding Partners Knight Foundation This project is funded by John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of its Knight Arts Challenge. The Challenge funds ideas that engage and enrich St. Paul through the arts. Metro Regional Arts CouncilThis activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. Minnesota State Arts BoardThis activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the […] - [Events](https://emergingcurators.org/events/): All Events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. Please join us. You are welcome to sign up to our email list to receive the most up to date information. Community Events Please join us on Saturday, December 27th for an unveiling and celebration of 2024-25  Emerging Curators Institute Fellow Sati Varghese Mac’s online exhibition CULTURE WEAPON at Red Eye Theater.   There will be a sharing of this new exhibition, discussion, and time for the community to ask questions about this culminating fellowship project.  For this event: – Masks are required– High quality masks will be available– ASL […] - [Donate](https://emergingcurators.org/donate/): Donation Amount $ Checkout Donations: Emerging Curators Institute welcomes all levels of contributions, alongside program support and unique sponsorship opportunities. Select a support level that reflects your interests or contact us at info@emergingcurators.org for sponsorship or gift opportunities. Your donation fuels and inspires diverse and dynamic arts programing in the Twin Cities. Access to the arts has become increasingly critical and your contribution provides: free public programming; opportunities to connect with a range of experiences; resources for up and coming emerging curators. Your investment makes this and so much more possible! $3,000 FellowProvide direct support to one of our four […] - [Readings](https://emergingcurators.org/readings/): We welcome your participation in program content through this selection of texts. Here’s what we’re reading: ECI Interview Series 1 For the ECI Interview Series, each of the fellows selects a curator to interview whose practice they want to investigate further. This collection of interviews was conducted by the 2020-21 cohort of fellows in 2021. Revolutionary Curators Throughout History: Jack Forrest, “The Legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois’s ‘The Exhibit of American Negroes,'” Nightingale via Medium.com, November 14, 2018 Allison Berg, “Access for All: Naima Keith,” Cultured Magazine, July 7, 2019 Feminista Jones, “Writing Truth to Power,” The Crisis Magazine, December […] - [About](https://emergingcurators.org/about/): About Emerging Curators Institute (ECI) was founded by Jehra Patrick, an artist and curator practicing in Minneapolis, MN. In 2016, Jehra initiated conversations with artists, thinkers and curators to better understand gaps in the arts ecosystem, and learned of barriers for emerging curators; particularly those who were BIPOC, women, LGBTQIA+ and gender non-confirming. Emerging Curators Institute’s fellowship program was launched in 2019 in response to these conversations. “The future of curation is really working with people, building relationships and valuing artists as equals, rather than subjects.” – Jehra Patrick Based in the Twin Cities, ECI is a groundbreaking initiative designed […] - [Privacy Policy](https://emergingcurators.org/privacy-policy/): Who we are Our website address is: https://emergingcurators.org. What personal data we collect and why we collect it Comments When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor?s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the […] - [News](https://emergingcurators.org/news/) - [Home](https://emergingcurators.org/): ReFrame Fellowship Presentation – as i lay changing ReFrame Fellowship Presentation – Unwritten Life Stories, Recorded by the Hands of Silence ReFrame Fellowship Presentation – Culture Weapon Communal Listening Session / Sesiones Comunitarias de Escucha ReFrame / ReFormular Shaping Practice Publication is now available online. Click here. Josie Hoffman’s Fellowship Exhibition Niimiwin: Bijiinag igo ingii-azhegiiwe gaa-niimi’iding opening Thursday, November 7th, 2024 Makeda “Keda” Tadesse’s Fellowship Exhibition Adera, Lije; Adera Lijen: a promise to protect opening Saturday, July 27th, 2024 _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Eshay Brantley’s Fellowship Exhibition Ode to my Umi Opening June 11th, 2024 WELCOME our 2024-25 Fellows With much appreciation to […] ## Products - [Donation](https://emergingcurators.org/product/donation/): This is the donation [comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)