Handle With Care: The Future Of Art Handling

Queer Cultural Center

This panel will explore the future of art handling and the importance of care, organizing and diversity in the art world.

2023 National Queer Arts Festival

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This virtual panel will explore the future of art handling and the importance of care, organizing and diversity in the art world. The conversation will feature Clynton Lowry, Irina Weiss, George Luna-Peña and Art Handlxrs (Marcel Pardo Ariza and Ambrose Trataris), and it will focus on uplifting individual and collective efforts that improve the conditions and sustainability of the industry. Audience members will receive the live stream link one they register for the event.Art Handlxrs* is a group dedicated to the support and growth of BIPOC, queer, non-binary, and trans people, and womxn* in the professional arts industry as preparators, art handlxrs, technicians, fabricators, and other industry support roles. IG: @arthandlxrs Website: https://www.arthandlxrs.com/_﻿_______________________________________________________________________B﻿IOS:Clynton Lowry is an artist based in New York and Los Angeles. He is the creator and editor-in-chief of Art Handler, the first publication to make the behind-the-scenes of the art world its focus. The magazine celebrates the day-to-day grind that makes possible art’s rarefied and glamorous scene. Art Handler’s goal is to uncover the inner workings of labor and logistics in the art world—conversations that are too often buried and ignored. More than just a magazine, Art Handler is building a platform for an expanded consideration of art culture—and the work of producing it. Lowry received his MFA in Painting from Yale School of Art and his BA in English from UC Berkeley. He is also the founder of Jobs.art, an international listings website for the art community. IG: @clyntonlowry/@arthandlermag/@jobs.art_ Websites: http://art-handler.com/ ; https://www.jobs.art/Irina Weiss is a multidisciplinary artist and photographer who has been doing art handling for 10 years. In her artistic practice she explores subcultures of resistance, critiques and analyzes the disparities of capitalism and its effects in western society, she covers topics like immigration, social movements, uprisings and different urban cultural scenes among others. As an art handler she has worked in the most prestigious art fairs in the USA such as Art Basel Miami, Frieze LA, Frieze NY, The Armory Show, Expo Chicago, Fog in San Francisco, Scope Art, etc as well as dozens of the most important fine art galleries, museums and auction houses in the world. She lives and works in NYC. IG: @sugarbombing / @sugarbombingworld / @straycatsigns Websites: http://irinarellanoweissphotography.com George Luna-Peña was born and raised in East Los Angeles, CA. He serves as the Manager of Teen and Pre-Professional Programs at the National Gallery of Art. Before joining the National Gallery, George was the Program Director for the Diversity Apprenticeship Program (DAP) at The Broad art museum in Los Angeles, CA. The DAP, an award-winning and nationally recognized program, provides full-time, paid apprenticeships for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in art handling. Prior, George was the Special Projects Coordinator at Generation Justice (GJ), a youth and media justice organization based in Albuquerque, N.M. At GJ, he worked with youth ages 12-24 to give rise to stories and issues of importance around racial justice, education, communications rights, health, and early childhood development.Marcel Pardo Ariza is a trans visual artist, curator, and art worker that explores the relationship of representation, intergenerational kinship, and queerness through constructed photographs, site-specific installations, and public programming. Ariza is the co-founder of Art Handlxrs* and their work is invested in creating long term interdisciplinary collaborations and opportunities that are non-hierarchical, decentralized, and equitable. They have worked in the civic engagement department at YBCA and served on the Curatorial Council at Southern Exposure. They have exhibited at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Berkeley Art Museum, SFMOMA, San José Institute of Contemporary Art, and SFAC Galleries. They are currently a professor at California College of the Arts. IG: @marcelpardoa Website: www.marcelapardo.com Ambrose Trataris is a conceptual artist based in Oakland, CA. They use sculpture, installation, and performance to enact the physical boundaries used to govern our social behaviors. Trataris is the co-founder of Art Handlxrs* and is dedicated to creating lasting changes for racial, social, and labor equity in partnership with arts organizations. Trataris received their MFA degree from the San Francisco Art Institute, and their BFA degree from San Diego State University. Trataris is the founder of Unrestricted Funds, co-founder of R/SF projects (2016-2019) and has worked as an art handlxr at SFMOMA and many other Bay Area arts organizations. IG: @transhuman404 @unrestrictedfunds Website: http://ambrosetrataris.com/

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