Melissa Hackmann has been keeping sketchbooks for as long as she can remember. With a background in graphic design, writing and sketching out ideas was how she worked out her thoughts on a project. Several sketchbooks later she began to make them herself and fill...
Victoria Anstead’s work in the art world is driven by a passion and dedication to share the power, potential and joy of art–in its most subjective, sublime sense and its financial aspect as well. For more than twenty years, Victoria has expertly guided collectors through...
Jon Feinstein is a curator, photographer, the Co-Founder of Humble Arts Foundation, and Manager of Marketing and Partnerships at Shutterstock. Jon has curated numerous exhibitions, most recently including Aneta Bartos’ “Boys” at the Carlton Arms Hotel, and “31 Women in Art Photography” at Hasted Kraetleur;...
Mickalene Thomas was born in New Jersey in 1971. Thomas earned her MFA from Yale University, and holds a BFA from Pratt Institute. In 2002-‐2003 she participated in the Artist-‐in-‐Residence program at the Studio Museum in Harlem and in 2011 she was a resident at...
Farrah Lafontant joined Brooklyn Arts Council in April 2015 as the Community Initiative Associate. As an art enthusiast and Brooklyn native who is actively involved in her community of East New York, the joining of the Creative Coalitions team couldn’t be more ideal. Her work...
Rujeko Hockley joined the Brooklyn Museum in 2012 as Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art. Her interests include modern and contemporary art, with a particular focus on conceptual and other avant-garde practices, social movements, and the African diaspora. She comes to the Brooklyn Museum from San...
Jodi Moise, Director of The Fine Art Program and Collection at Montefiore Einstein: "The Fine Art Program has met with great success and garnered a wealth of positive feedback. Data has shown that art makes a difference impacting stress and pain levels, thereby reducing length...
Leenda Bonilla is an interdisciplinary artist integrating visual arts with interactive performance and creative placemaking.Born in NYC and raised in the Bronx and Puerto Rico, she balances her art practice as an arts/cultural producer and advocate. As an administrator, her work plays a pivotal role in...
Photographer and New Yorker, filmmaker of Swedish / Eritrean origin, Malin Fezehai works between America, Africa and Europe. Her career began in her home country, Sweden, before moving to New York to attend the International Center of Photography. Her work focuses on migrant communities around...
Valerio Bindi defines himself as the Anti-Director of Crack !, a historic festival of comics and printed arts that since 2004 has seen the free and free participation of hundreds of artists of all ages from all over the world. Architect, illustrator, author of comics...