In Conversation


Throughout this initiative, Latela Curatorial has held space digitally to curate conversations and studio visits with artists for the public at large. Below is a list of Zoom Artist Talks from our archives, videos are available upon request.

2021

11/15: Hood Talk Moderated by Fabiola Rondon Delgado, Independent Curator and Experience Developer at the Anacostia Community Museum ~ featuring Ayo Figueroa, Ashley Tillery, Erin Douglas, Clare Elliott and Shae McCoy 

11/8: Investigating Identity Moderated by Heather Hakimzadeh, Curator at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) ~ featuring Jessica Wachter, Kelly Chuning, Michelle Hartney (Corpus Callosum) and Minna Philips 

11/1: Staging Sculpture Moderated by Helen Criales, Art Consultant and Curator at Latela Curatorial ~ featuring Elisa Adams, Noel Kassewitz and Stephanie Mercedes

10/25: Setting Boundaries Moderated by Lisa Dorin, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Curator of Contemporary Art at the Williams College Museum of Art ~ featuring Anne Hanger, Mariana Ramos Ortiz, Nava Gidanian-Kagan and Sobia Ahmad

10/18: Invocations Moderated by Leah Kuttruff, analyst for Christie’s 20th and 21st Century Art department ~ featuring Nastassja E. Swift, Lee Nowell-Wilson and Kate Fitzpatrick

10/11: Cut a Figure Moderated by Hall Rockefeller, Art critic, Writer, Lecturer, and Founder/Director of Less than Half and Less than Half Salon ~ featuring Deborah Grayson, Christl Stringer and Rose Jaffe

2020

11/29: Urban Femininity in Context Moderated by Marta Staudinger, Director of Latela Curatorial ~ featuring Blythe King, Kristin Adair & (Noir) Selena Jackson

11/24: Defining Accuracy through Photography Moderated by Gary Ryan, Executive Director of the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art ~ featuring Eve White, Jean Weicher & Mehves Lelic

11/22: Surrendering to the Creative Process Moderated by Zoë Charlton, Fine Artist, Co-Director/Curator of 'sindikit and Associate Professor Department of Art at American University ~ featuring Annie Broderick & Marta Staudinger

11/19: The Psyche, Intuitive Practice & Cosmic Phenomena Moderated by Allison Nance, Arts Director at Culture House DC ~ featuring Janet Wittenberg, Marlowe Emerson, Nora Maccoby & Projected Reflections (Kathy A Williams)

11/17: Art Uplifts the Spirit Moderated by Mollie Berger Salah, Curatorial Assistant for prints and drawings at the National Gallery of Art ~ featuring Aliana Grace Bailey, Barbara Januszkiewicz, Christine Olmstead & Heather Lynn

11/15: The Importance of Art Collections Moderated by Rebecca Fasman, Curator at the Kinsey Institute ~ featuring Alexandra Arata, Jordann Wine, Katie Pumphrey & Susan Hostetler

11/12: Artists as Activists Moderated by Betsy Johnson, Assistant Curator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden ~ featuring Noel Kassewitz, Phaan Howng, Rex Delafkaran, Rosa Ines Vera, Sobia Ahmad & Stephanie Mercedes

11/10: Art Against the System Moderated by Helen Criales, Curator & Art Consultant at Latela Curatorial ~ featuring Carina Tenaglia, Janet Tran & Kim Rice

11/5: Memorializing Moments: From Nature's Course to Man's Manipulation Moderated by Leslie Mounaime, Curator of Exhibitions at the Torpedo Factory Art Center & Director of Target Gallery ~ featuring Jenny Freestone, Julia Clouser, Helen Diana Criales & Mahsa R Fard

11/1: Breaking the Code Moderated by Caitlin Berry, Owner of Caitlin Berry Fine Arts ~ featuring Kay Fuller, Madison Bolls, Martina Sestakova & Miriam Awad Murray

10/29: Interpretive Spaces Moderated by Lesley Lundgren Director of Exhibitions at Strathmore ~ featuring Clare Winslow, Emon Surakitkoson, Kate Fitzpatrick & Nicole Ida Fossi

10/27: Fluidity of Light & Time Moderated by Lily Siegel Executive Director of Hamiltonian Artists ~ featuring Amber Eve Anderson,Elaine Jeffrey & Sue Wrbican

10/25: The Girlhood Gaze Moderated by Ginny Treanor, Associate Curator at National Museum of Women in the Arts ~ featuring ANDiLAND, Lex Marie & Sarah Renzi Sanders

10/22: Decoding Ancestries: Culture & Lineage Moderated by Nathalie von Veh, Independent Curator / Storyteller and Regrants Manager at WPA ~ featuring Jackie Milad, Laila Abdul Hadi Jadallah, Lina Alattar & Nina Q. Allen

10/20: Memory as Nurturer Moderated by Vesela Sretenovic, Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Phillips Collection ~ featuring CASIMIRA, Ceci Cole McInturff, Madeline A. Stratton & Melissa Preston Jessell

10/18: Transformation: Hyperrealism & Movement Across Media Moderated by Meghan Masius, Latela Curatorial Artist Advisor & Studio Manager for Adam Pendleton ~ featuring Alexandra N Sherman, Brie Hayden, Erin Pedati, Maryam Rassapour, Sarah Jamison

10/15: Inhabiting Flesh Moderated by Helen Criales, Latela Curatorial Art Consultant & Curator ~ featuring Amy Hughes Braden, Anna U Davis, Behnaz Babazadeh, Michelle Lisa Herman & Mina Jafari

10/13: Materiality Moderated by Marta Staudinger, Latela Curatorial Director ~ featuring Anne Hanger, Dany Green, P D Klein, Sara Dittrich & Sarah J. Hull

10/11: VIP Preview Sneak peek of the exhibition and four exclusive artist talks featuring: Aliana Grace Bailey, Anna U Davis, Jackie Milad & Sue Wrbican