Collaborators & Colleagues

Darsie Alexander

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Darsie Alexander is the chief curator at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN. She is responsible for the curatorial vision of a museum that has long been an international standard-bearer, particularly when it comes to multidisciplinary programming. Notable among her recent exhibitions is Dance Works I: Merce Cunningham/Robert Rauschenberg (2011). She is currently working on an upcoming museum-wide exhibition titled Undisciplined. She recently served as a Center exhibitions panelist in 2013.

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Walker Art Center website

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Paul Evans: Crossing Boundaries and Crafting Modernism

The first comprehensive survey of Paul Evans' work will document the artist's critical role in the mid-century American studio furniture movement.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Cesar Garcia

Cesar Garcia is the founding director and chief curator of the Mistake Room, Los Angeles. A curator, writer and educator, Garcia formerly served as the associate director and senior curator of LAXART.

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ICA: Jason Rhoades, Four Roads

The first major American museum exhibition of the work of this exceptional artist. Jason Rhoades lived and worked in Los Angeles; however his art has been little seen in the United States until now.

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Rosine 2.0: Futures + Histories of Collective Care Exhibition

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Grants & Grantees

Monument Lab: A Citywide Public Art and History Exhibition

"What is an appropriate monument for the current city of Philadelphia?" Five temporary public artworks, created by artists including Mel Chin, Emeka Ogboh, Kaitlin Pomerantz, Kara Crombe, and Alexander Rosenberg, along with on-site "laboratories" for public feedback considered this question and notions of monumentality within the civic sphere.

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Ulysses Jenkins: Without Your Interpretation at Hammer Museum

The Hammer Museum presents Ulysses Jenkins: Without Your Interpretation, the first major retrospective exhibition of the work of pioneering video artist Ulysses Jenkins, following its original presentation at The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Center-Funded Projects from Madhusmita Bora, Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture, Orchestra 2001, Penn Museum in The New York Times, NPR, Hyperallergic & More

A number of Center grantees have recently garnered national and regional media attention for their performances and exhibitions.

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Janine Antoni

Janine Antoni creates work in performance art, sculpture, and photography.

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Framing Fraktur

This exhibition of contemporary art by seven artists serves as the complement to another exhibition of the library's outstanding collection of Fraktur: Pennsylvania German folk artworks from the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Astria Suparak

Astria Suparak is an independent curator and former director and curator of Carnegie Mellon University's Miller Gallery.

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Pew Fellows News: James Ijames Wins Kesselring Prize, Susan Lankin-Watts Premieres Soul Songs: Inspiring Women of Klezmer, Alex Da Corte’s Carnegie International Installation Featured in ARTNEWS, and More

In October, our Pew Fellows news roundup includes a Bessie Award and Kesselring Prize, the premiere of a new musical composition, artists on tour around the country, and more. See the latest updates in our news roundup below.

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Pew Fellows News: Camae Ayewa Receives Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant, Melissa Ho Mounts Exhibition at Smithsonian, Tayarisha Poe Screens Film at Sundance

Catch up on this month’s Pew Fellows news, including the latest recognition, new works, and press coverage.

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Barnes Lecture: Aruna D’Souza on “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?”

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Questions of Practice: Francis Kéré on Creating Architecture that “Serves Humanity”

Francis Kéré on why the purpose of architecture is to “serve humanity.”

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Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview With Visual Artist Quentin Morris

For more than 50 years, visual artist Quentin Morris has been creating monochromatic paintings and works on paper that explore the possibilities of the color black. He talks about the early moments that shaped his career, starting with trips to the Philadelphia Museum of Art with his father, and how Philadelphia has transformed in his time as an artist.

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Artist Talk with Rick Lowe, Emily Chow Bluck, and Aletheia Shin: Consumption: A Project On Pearl Street

Asian Arts Initiative hosts a talk featuring Rick Lowe, Emily Chow Bluck, and Aletheia Shin—the team behind the ongoing Center-funded Consumption: A Project on Pearl Street conceived by Rick Lowe.

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The Barnes Foundation: Shonibare in Context

Princeton University Associate Professor Chika Okeke-Agulu discusses Shonibare's work within the context of contemporary and historical African art.

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Pool: A Social History of Segregation Exhibition

Fund for the Water Works presents Pool: A Social History of Segregation, a multidisciplinary exhibition exploring the history and present-day implications of segregated swimming pools in America.

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Milford Graves: A Mind-Body Deal Opening Reception

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Awaken ______: An Experimental Exhibit Prototype B

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