Kelly Bennett is the Mass Cultural Council’s exhibition curator and a program officer. She coordinates the statewide Artists Fellowship Program in choreography, crafts, drawing/printmaking, painting, photography, and sculpture/installation/new genres, and organizes exhibitions of fellows’ work with museums, galleries, and art centers. She coauthors MCC’s ArtSake blog, which highlights artists’ work and posts exhibition opportunities. She has served as a juror and guest speaker for colleges, universities, museums, nonprofit art centers, and private foundations throughout New England. She received her MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University and her BFA in painting from the Massachusetts College of Art. She is a painter of coastal New England and supports climate science and environmental protections.
Lisa Crossman, Ph.D., is an art historian and Curator at the Fitchburg Art Museum. As Curator, she oversees changing exhibitions of work by contemporary New England artists and those featured in the permanent collection. Prior to FAM, she worked with the Cultural Agents Initiative at Harvard University, edited and wrote for Big Red & Shiny, and taught at Middlebury College and St. Michael’s College. Her doctoral work and later professional experiences have bolstered her continued efforts to support contemporary artists and create links among art museums, universities, and community partners.
Carol Fabricant is the curatorial assistant at the Currier Museum of Art, where she works on a wide variety of projects and exhibitions in the contemporary and American art, including the museum’s recently launched Artist-in-Residence program. Most recently, working with both the director of collections and exhibitions and the curator of contemporary art, she has served as the assistant curator for the museum’s fall 2019 exhibitions, The Shakers and the Modern World: A Collaboration with Canterbury Shaker Village and We Are For Freedoms. Carol has previously held roles at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She received her master’s degree in the history of art and architecture from Boston University.
Gina Fraone is the current Director of Lanoue Gallery in Boston’s SoWa Arts District. She has worked as a professional art consultant, gallery director, and exhibitions curator for well over a decade, building both private art collections and sourcing for public art spaces. Prior to joining Lanoue Gallery, Gina spent four years running a contemporary art gallery on the Bowery in Manhattan, where she curated numerous exhibitions with both mid-career and emerging artists. She has been a course instructor for both the Sotheby’s Institute of Art and for “Looking Together” courses at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She holds an MA in Art History and Museum Studies from Tufts University.
Katherine French serves as parttime Gallery Director for Catamount Arts, northern New England’s largest independent art center. Previously, she was the Director of the Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University. Her curatorial work focuses on an exploration of contemporary expressionism with such exhibitions as Joan Snyder, A Painting Survey; and most recently Eric Aho: Toward A Bright Opening. Over the course of her active professional career, French received an award for curatorial excellence from the New England chapter of the International Association of Art Critics, named Best Curator of Locally Made Art at the Boston Art Awards, and was recognized as a Distinguished Alumna by Boston University.
Lydia Gordon is the associate curator for exhibitions and research at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA. Gordon is the coordinating curator for Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle, and contributor to the multi-author scholarly publication, featuring her essay “History Forward: Jacob Lawrence and Contemporary Art.” She previously curated Hans Hofmann: The Nature of Abstraction and Vanessa Platacis: Taking Place. Gordon also serves as an adjunct professor of Modern Art History at Montserrat College of Art. She earned her BA in art administration from Simmons College in 2010 and her dual MA in art history, theory and criticism, art administration and policy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2017.
Darci Hanna is Assistant Curator at the MassArt Art Museum (MAAM), the contemporary art museum at Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) in Boston, MA, the nation’s first independent public art college. Since joining MassArt’s curatorial team in 2007, Hanna has helped curate and produce over 50 exhibitions as well as many free public programs. Hanna coordinates the Museum’s visiting artist program and is passionate about bringing diverse voices to campus. Her broad curatorial interests overlap with many non-fine art disciplines, including science and technology, and her projects often explore the newest directions in contemporary art across the globe. Hanna completed undergraduate degrees in Studio Art, Art History, and Spanish at the University of Kansas and a graduate degree in Art History from Williams College.
Caitee Hoglund is currently Gallery Director at the 13FOREST Gallery in Arlington, MA. She joined 13FOREST after completing a Masters in Art History and Museum Studies at Tufts University. While in graduate school Caitee focused on curating and a diverse range of contemporary arts, from tattoos to comics. Before moving to New England, she worked at Lawrence University’s art gallery in Wisconsin. Caitee is excited to be a part of the local arts community of Boston.
Brian Hone is a Boston-based arts professional, cultural producer, and designer who believes in the power of art to bring people together and to make life more enjoyable. In his current role as Manager of Studio Projects with the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, he transforms museum spaces through interactivity, curiosity, creativity, and collaboration and works to restore continuity between art and everyday life. Brian began his museum career with the Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati, Ohio. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting and a Bachelor of Science in education from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) and a Master of Liberal Arts in museum studies from Harvard University, Extension School (Cambridge, MA). Brian is an active participant and leader in the Boston arts ecosystem. He was recently appointed to the Boston Art Commission and looks forward to beginning his five-year term as a Commissioner in the coming months; founded in 1890, the BAC advocates for public art in Boston’s civic spaces and oversees the city of Boston’s art collection. Additionally, he is a member of the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus.
Kate Kostoupolous is the Director of Chase Young Gallery. She received her BA in Writing and Literature at Emerson, MA in Arts Administration at Savannah College of Art, and a Masters of Music from Cleveland Institute of Music. Her experiences as both a performer and arts administrator have provided her a unique and comprehensive perspective on various aspects of art. Her interest in education, innovation, and preservation led her to pursue her passion in promoting visual art on a larger scale in various art galleries. She became co-owner with Jane Young at Chase Young Gallery in 2016 and continues to be a valued resource not only for both emerging and established artists but also for beginners and experienced art buyers and collectors.
Christine O’Donnell, the Owner and Gallery Manager of Beacon Gallery, opened Beacon Gallery in Boston, Massachusetts after over a decade spent living and working in Paris, Hong Kong, and Singapore. While living abroad, Christine honed her eye for art in museums and galleries and also befriended local artists. Christine has juried many shows around the Boston area for galleries, art associations, and museums. She is also a member of the Newton Cultural Council, which distributes over $30,000 in grants annually. Christine has a master’s degree from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts and a bachelor’s degree from College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Marjorie Rawle is an emerging curator based in Greater Boston and is currently the Terrana Curatorial Fellow at the Fitchburg Art Museum (FAM). At FAM, she has worked on exhibitions such as Daniela Rivera: Labored Landscapes (where hand meets ground), Jo Sandman: The Photographic Work, and After Spiritualism: Loss and Transcendence in Contemporary Art. She earned her MA in art history from Tulane University in 2019, with a focus on postwar and contemporary American art, and earned her BA in art history from the College of Charleston in 2016. Marjorie has held curatorial, editorial, and nonprofit management positions in New Orleans, LA at the New Orleans Museum of Art, Antenna Gallery, and Pelican Bomb and in Charleston, SC at Redux Contemporary Art Center, Art Mag, and Robert Lange Studios.
Jessica Roscio joined the Danforth Art Museum in 2011 and has been Curator since 2015. She is also currently serving as the Interim Director. Selected exhibitions include The Memory Palace: Domesticity, Objects, and the Interior, Beautiful Decay, Dressed, Populuxe, Family Circle, Barbara Swan: Reflected Self, and Lois Tarlow: Material Vocabulary. Prior to the Danforth, Roscio held positions at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She taught courses at Emerson College and Suffolk University and is a regular contributor to Aspect Initiative, an online gallery focusing on contemporary photography in New England. Roscio has an MA in Art History from the University at Buffalo and a Ph.D. in American Studies, with a focus on the History of Photography, from Boston University.
Caitlin Julia Rubin is the Associate Curator at the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University. She received her BA in Art History from the University of Chicago and an MA in Art History from the University of Texas, Austin.
Curtis Speer is the founder of CUSP GALLERY, a fine art photography gallery in the heart of Provincetown, MA which opened in 2017. The focus of Curtis Speer’s own artwork is Visual Storytelling. Through the lens of a camera, Curtis is drawn to capturing changing perspectives. Previously, he worked as a prop & set stylist and design director for some of the best people in the field of design and visual display; Neiman Marcus, Williams-Sonoma, and Nike. Additionally, his images from the concentration camp, Theresienstadt, have been included in the permanent collection of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
J. Sybylla Smith is an independent curator and Fine Photography Consultant. She had curated, implemented and marketed 27 exhibits featuring over 110 international artists with subjects covering fashion, social documentary, portraiture, and landscape utilizing photography, mixed media, film and performance. Additionally, she had the pleasure of working as an adjunct professor, thesis advisor and guest lecturer with the School of Visual Arts, Harvard University, Emerson College, Emmanuel College and Tufts Museum School of the Fine Arts.
Leah Triplett Harrington is a curator, writer, and editor. She is Assistant Curator for Now + There and founding editor of publication and platform The Rib. Her writing has most recently appeared in The Rib as well as WBUR’s The Artery, Flash Art, Hyperallergic, and The Brooklyn Rail. In 2017, she was a finalist for the Rabkin Prize for Arts Journalism.
Howard Yezerski was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He grew up in Nashua, NH and graduated from The University of New Hampshire in 1964 with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science. He completed his military service in Italy which introduced him to art. He opened his first gallery in 1968 in Andover, Massachusetts. He relocated to Boston in 1988 and expanded his roster of artists to include such notable figures as John Coplans. He has been operating in the current South End location since 2008 and has exhibited the work of such outstanding artists as Lalla Essaydi, Chris Killip, Rona Pondick, and John O’Reilly.