Andrew Suggs
Andrew Suggs is an arts and AIDS worker from Appalachian Tennessee. Their work and research focuses on contemporary art and HIV/AIDS, queer art and artists, performance, disruptive strategies, and photography. Andrew is a curator, writer, and practicing artist. They are currently pursuing at PhD in Art History at the University of Wisconsin Madison.
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Remake Remodel: Self-Organized Artist Spaces
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Convening: August 3, 2013
Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia
A conference co-presented by Vox Populi and Cleopatra’s Greenpoint (Bridget Donahue, Bridget Finn, Colleen Grennan, and Erin Somerville). Alternative, self-organized spaces in Detroit, New York, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh were interviewed to foster a dialogue in the region and identify points of connection and overlap. With a unique focus on organizations, collectives, and alternative models that also stewarded a physical space, the conference tackled issues of programming models, permanency, gentrification, funding, power structures, and geography.
Presenters included Aeron Bergman & Alejandra Salinas (INCA, Detroit); David Dempewolf & Yuka Yokohama (Marginal Utility, Philadelphia); Elyse Derosia & Eric Veit (Bodega, Philadelphia), Bridget Donahue, Bridget Finn, Colleen Grennan, & Erin Somerville (Cleopatra’s, Brooklyn); Lia Gangitano (Participant Inc., New York); Rebecca Mazzei (Trinospheres, Detroit); Elisabeth Subrin (New York); Leslie Stem, Dana Bishop-Root, adn Ruthie Stringer (Transformazium, Pittsburgh); and Martha Wilson (New York).
Supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.
>> Download conference booklet
>> Considering the Alternatives: Andrew Suggs talks with the Pew Center
Image: (header) Self-Organized Artist Spaces: Remake/Remodel break out session with Dana Bishop-Root of Transformazium, Ben Furgal of Magic Pictures, and Dave Kyu of Practice Gallery, 2013.