Salon Guests

September 2008 – May 2009


Visitors for Visual Artists

  • Nathalie Angles, Director, International Residency Program, Location 1
  • Marco Antonini, Independent Curator
  • Alyson Baker, Executive Director, Socrates Sculpture Park
  • Regine Basha, Independent Curator
  • Sarina Basta, Curator, Sculpture Center
  • Mark Beasley, Curator and Producer, Creative Time
  • Naomi Beckwith, Associate Curator, The Studio Museum in Harlem
  • Sally Berger, Assistant Curator, Department of Film, Museum of Modern Art
  • Josee Bienvenu, Owner and Director, Josee Bienvenu Gallery
  • Rashida Bumbray, Assistant Curator, The Kitchen
  • Patrick Callery, Independent Curator
  • David Cohen, editor and publisher, artcritical.com
  • Lauren Cornell, Executive Director, Rhizome; Adjunct Curator, New Museum
  • Dean Daderko, Independent Curator
  • Eva Diaz, Curator, Art in General
  • Tania Duvergne, Independent Curator and Public Art Consultant
  • Christopher Eamon, Curator, The Kramlich Collection
  • James Fuentes, James Fuentes LLC
  • Rachel Greene, Curator, Art & Advisory
  • Larissa Harris, Curator, Queens Museum of Art
  • Sarvia Jasso, Director, The Project
  • Gianni Jetzer, Director, Swiss Institute
  • Meredith Johnson, Curator, Artists Space; Curator and Producer, Creative Time
  • Miriam Katz, Curatorial Fellow, The Kitchen
  • Joanna Kleinberg, Assistant Curator, The Drawing Center
  • Adam Kleinman, Curator, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
  • Carin Kuoni, Director, Vera List Center for Arts & Politics, The New School
  • Thomas Lax, Curatorial Assistant, The Studio Museum in Harlem
  • Christopher Lew, Manager of Curatorial Affairs, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
  • Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Independent Curator
  • Amy Mackie, Curatorial Assistant, New Museum of Contemporary Art
  • Sina Najafi, Editor-in-Chief, Cabinet Magazine
  • Amy Owen, Director of Exhibitions, Artists Space
  • Edwin Ramoran, Director of Exhibitions and Programs, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art
  • Sara Reisman, Director, Percent for Art, Department of Cultural Affairs, New York City
  • Joao Ribas, Curator, The Drawing Center
  • Nadine Robinson, Artist and Past LMCC Resident
  • Monya Rowe, Monya Rowe Gallery
  • Erica Samuels, Curator, Art & Advisory
  • Amy Smith-Stewart, Owner and Director, Smith-Stewart Gallery
  • Rochelle Steiner, Director, Public Art Fund
  • Herb Tam, Associate Curator, Exit Art
  • Nat Trotman, Assistant Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
  • Eugenie Tsai, John and Barbara Vogelstein Curator of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum
  • Karen Wilkin, Art Historian and Critic
  • Joan Young, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
  • Alex Zachary, Artist Liaison, Gavin Brown's Enterprise

Visitors for Writers

  • Donald Breckenridge, Author; Fiction Editor, The Brooklyn Rail
  • Mick Casale, Assistant Arts Professor, Kanbar Institute of Film & Television at Tisch
  • Sarah Crichton, Publisher, Sarah Crichton Books
  • Susan Daitch, Author; Professor, Hunter College
  • Wayne Koestenbaum, Poet, Critic; Professor, City University of New York Graduate Center
  • David Levi Strauss, Chair, MFA Art Criticism and Writing Department, School of Visual Arts; Scholar, Writer, Critic
  • Valerie Merians, Publisher, Melville House Publishing
  • Ryan Murphy, Poet; Editor, Four Way Books
  • Ezra Sacks, Associate Arts Professor, Executive Director of Writing Studies
  • Martha Southgate, Author; Professor, Brooklyn College MFA Program
  • Jackson Taylor, Associate Director, Creative Writing, The New School
  • Marjorie Welish, Poet, Artist; Professor, Pratt Institute
  • Mac Wellman, Playwright and Professor of Playwriting, Brooklyn College
  • Joanna Yas, Editor, Open City Magazine & Books

Professional Development Workshops

  • Al Bolton, Tax Accountant, Al Bolton Inc.
  • Sergio Muñoz-Sarmiento, Director of Education, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts; Artist and Past LMCC Resident

September 2007 – May 2008

Visitors for Visual Arts

  • Yasser Aggour, Artist and Past LMCC Resident
  • Nathalie Angles, Director, International Residency Program, Location One
  • Sarina Basta, Curator, Sculpture Center
  • Naomi Beckwith, Assistant Curator, The Studio Museum in Harlem
  • Josee Bienvenu, Owner, Josee Bienvenu Gallery
  • Phong Bui, Publisher, Brooklyn Rail; Curatorial Advisor, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
  • Patrick Callery, Independent Curator
  • Dean Daderko, Independent Curator
  • Joshua Decter, Independent Curator; Director, Master of Public Art Studies Program, University of Southern California
  • Tom Duncan, Independent Curator; Registrar, Gagosian Gallery
  • Elvis Fuentes, Curator, El Museo Del Barrio
  • Massimiliano Gioni, Director of Special Projects, The New Museum of Contemporary Art
  • Holly Greenfield, Director, Josee Bienvenu Gallery
  • Anthony Huberman, Chief Curator, Contemporary Art Museum - St. Louis
  • Kemi Ilesanmi, Associate Director of Grants and Services, Creative Capital
  • Gianni Jetzer, Director, Swiss Institute
  • Tina Kukielski, Senior Curatorial Assistant, The Whitney Museum of American Art
  • Thomas Lax, Curatorial Assistant, The Studio Museum in Harlem
  • Brett Littman, Executive Director, The Drawing Center
  • Barbara London, Associate Curator, Department of Film and Video, Museum of Modern Art
  • Natalia Mager-Sacasa, Director, Lurhing Augustine Gallery
  • Tumelo Mosaka, Assistant Curator, Brooklyn Museum
  • Jason Murison, Gallery Manager, Friedrich Petzel Gallery
  • Kristina Newman-Scott, Director of Visual Arts, Real Art Ways
  • Sarah Oppenheimer, Artist and Past LMCC Resident
  • Erin Riley-Lopez, Assistant Curator, The Bronx Museum
  • Amy Smith-Stewart, Owner and Director, Smith-Stewart Gallery
  • Herb Tam, Associate Curator, Exit Art

Visitors for Writers

  • Susan Daitch, Author; Professor, Hunter College Stacey D'Erasmo, Author; Assistant Professor, Columbia University
  • Paula Fox, Author
  • Wayne Koestenbaum, Poet, Critic; Professor, City University of New York Graduate Center
  • Binnie Kirshenbaum, Author; Professor, Columbia University
  • Ryan Murphy, Poet; Editor, Four Way Books
  • Christopher Stackhouse, Writer and Artist
  • Buzz Poole, Managing Editor, Mark Batty Publisher
  • Ann Rittenberg, President, Ann Rittenberg Literary Agency, Inc.
  • Erika Storella, Agent, The Gernert Company
  • Jackson Taylor, Associate Director, Creative Writing, The New School
  • Marjorie Welish, Poet, Artist; Professor, Pratt Institute

Professional Development Workshops

  • Sergio Muñoz-Sarmiento, Director of Education, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts; Artist and Past LMCC Resident
  • Adam Natale, Director of Member Services, Fractured Atlas
  • Susan Lee, EA, CFP

September 2006 – May 2007

Visitors for Visual Artists

  • Patrick Callery, Independent Curator
  • Franklin Evans, Artist and Past LMCC Resident
  • Liz Dimmitt, Co-Founder, Gumshoe
  • Tracey Nodler, Co-Founder, Gumshoe
  • Christopher K. Ho, Artist and Past LMCC Resident
  • Susan Harris, Independent Curator
  • Scott Hug, Artist and Past LMCC Resident
  • Nato Thompson, Curator, MASS MoCA
  • Elisabeth Akkerman, Curator, The Francis J. Greenburger Collection
  • Nathalie Angles, Director, International Residency Program, Location One
  • Sally Berger, Assistant Curator, Department of Film and Media, Museum of Modern Art
  • Clarissa Dalrymple, Independent Curator
  • Amy Davila, Director, David Zwirner
  • Richard Flood, Chief Curator, New Museum of Contemporary Art
  • Kathleen Goncharov, Independent Curator
  • Laura Hoptman, Curator, New Museum of Contemporary Art
  • Karen Jones, Independent Curator; Critic
  • Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Independent Curator
  • Laura Mackall, Director, Andrea Rosen Gallery
  • Robert Manley, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Christie's
  • Doug Maxwell, Independent Curator
  • Veronica Mijelshon, Independent Curator
  • Jason Murison, Director, PPOW
  • Daisy Nam, Individual Development Coordinator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
  • Jonathan Neil, Senior Art Consultant and Writer, Boyd Level
  • Graham Parker, Artist and Past LMCC Resident
  • Joao Ribas, Curator, The Drawing Center
  • Mari Spirito, Director, 303 Gallery
  • Michael Steinberg, Director, Michael Steinberg Fine Art
  • Eugenie Tsai, Director of Curatorial Affairs, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
  • Lydia Yee, Senior Curator, Bronx Museum of the Arts

Visitors for Writers

  • AM Homes, Novelist
  • Wayne Koestenbaum, Poet,Critic; Professor, City University of New York Graduate Center
  • Robert Polito, Writer; Director, Creative Writing, The New School
  • Lynne Tillman, Novelist, Short Story Writer, Cultural Critic

Professional Development Workshops

  • Sergio Muñoz-Sarmiento, Director of Education, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts; Artist and Past LMCC Resident
  • Elena Paul, Executive Director, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
  • Kay Takeda, Director of Grants and Services, LMCC

November 2005 – May 2006

Visitors for Visual Artists

  • Dan Cameron, Curator, The New Museum of Contemporary Art
  • Matthew Higgs, Director and Chief Curator, White Columns
  • Roselee Goldberg, Founding Director and Curator, Performa
  • Louky Keijsers, Curator and Director, LMAKprojects
  • Christine Kim, Curator, The Studio Museum in Harlem
  • Anne Pasternak, President and Artistic Director, Creative Time
  • Kang Sung-Eun, Curator, Korean Arts Council
  • Austin Thomas, Artist and Past LMCC Resident
  • Tanja Weingartner, Director, James Nicholson Gallery

Visitors for Writers

  • Lynne Tillman, Novelist, short story writer, and cultural critic
  • Marjorie Welish, Poet and Artist

May – November 2005

Visitors for Visual Artists

  • Arthur Danto, Art Critic, The Nation
  • Nina Katchadourian, Artist
  • Peter Eeley, Curator, Creative Time
  • Sina Najafi, Editor-in-Chief, Cabinet Magazine
  • Sara Reisman, Independent Curator
  • Sue Spaid, Independent Curator
  • Simon Watson, Curator, Downtown Arts Projects

Discussion: Site Matters: A Talk with LMCC’s World Trade Center Resident Artists at The Museum of the City of New York

  • Lois Dodd, Artist and Past LMCC Resident
  • Yvonne Jaquette, Artist and Past LMCC Resident
  • Linda Nochlin, Art Historian, Lila Acheson Wallace Professor of Modern Art, New York University, Institute of Fine Arts (Moderator)
  • John Pilson, Artist and Past LMCC Resident

November 2004 – May 2005

Visitors for Visual Artists

  • Paco Cao, Artist
  • Lytle Shaw, Poet and Curator
  • Akram Zaarti, Artist
  • Patrick Callery, Independent Curator
  • Louky Keijsers, Curator and Director, LMAK Projects
  • Lea Rekow, Founder, Gigantic ArtSpace

Discussion: Artists Around Town

  • Yoko Inoue, Artist and Past Henry Street Settlement/Abrons Art Center Resident
  • Dave McKenzie, Artist and Past Studio Museum in Harlem Resident
  • Shelly Silver, Artist and Past LMCC Resident

June – October 2004

Visitors for Visual Artists

  • Patrick Callery, Independent Curator
  • Pablo Helguera, Artist

Discussion: Paris Residency 2002-2003

  • Yasser Aggour, Artist and LMCC Paris Resident
  • Matthew Bakkom, Artist and LMCC Paris Resident
  • Andrea Ray, Artist and LMCC Paris Resident

Discussion: Jamaica Flux

  • Heng-Gil Han, Curator of Visual Arts, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning
  • Christopher K. Ho, Artist; Curator, Jamaica Flux
  • Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Independent Curator; Curator, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning
  • Melvin Marshall, Curator, Jamaica Flux
  • Edwin Ramoran, Director and Curator, Longwood Arts Project
  • Sara Reisman, Assistant Curator, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning

Look & Listen »

Slideshows, Interviews, & Videos

John Burnside

Poems & Pints: John Burnside

John Burnside read selections from his “desirably scarce” collection, The Hunt in the Forest.

Meena Alexander

Poems & Pints: Meena Alexander

Meena Alexander read selections from her most recent collection Quickly Changing River as well as a few newer as-yet-unpublished pieces.

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