Join MCA Denver for a series of three evening programs that explore the multitude of career and professional opportunities within the realm of visual arts, museums, entertainment, and community engagement. Hear from folks in the Denver arts community as they share their inspiration, path to their current work, and reflect on what brought them there. There will be three 15-minute presentations by arts professionals, followed by community booths and informal chats for participants to gain more insights into various careers and future pathways!
Session Details:
Interested in a career in visual arts? Maybe art history, curation, museum studies, visual arts, and beyond? Come to hear and meet various professionals in the arts industry at MCA Denver’s first annual Career in the Arts program for teens and young adults. There will be three 15-minute presentations by arts professionals, followed by community booths and informal chats for participants to gain more insights into various careers and future pathways here in Denver.
Free parking is available at North High School.
The Speakers:
Emily Bullard (on museum education, Clyfford Still Museum)
Emily has been an educator at the Clyfford Still Museum for nearly 10 years. In her current role, she manages school and teacher programs and supervises the part-time museum educator team. Emily has a background in art history (BGS, University of Kansas) and curriculum and instruction (MA, University of Denver) and over a decade of experience facilitating arts experiences in informal and formal education settings.
Ilan Gutin (on visual art & programming, PlatteForum)
Illan(he/him) received his BA in Studio Arts in Printmaking from the University of Maryland in 2008, and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) in Printmedia in 2014. He is an interdisciplinary artist, and extensive world traveler, and has used his experiences abroad to help shape his studio practice. Formalism, the ephemerality of light, place, and the wonder of looking are recurring themes in his work. Before moving to Denver in 2020, Ilan was a faculty member in the Fiber and Material Studies Department at SAIC and was also the Co-Founder and Co-Director of Fernwey Gallery in Chicago. Currently, he is the Curator and Engagement Director at PlatteForum, a Co-Director of Friend of a Friend Gallery, and is also a Board Member of Tilt West.
Leilani Lynch (on curation, MCA Denver)
Leilani is Associate Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Her recently organized exhibitions include Movements Toward Freedom, Gala Porras-Kim: A Hand in Nature, Steven J. Yazzie: Meandered, and Ken Gun Min: The Lost Paradise. Prior to joining MCA Denver, Leilani most recently served as Curator at The Bass, Miami Beach. There she curated numerous solo and group exhibitions with artists including Jamilah Sabur, Cara Despain, Naama Tsabar, Mika Rottenberg, Karen Rifas, and Aaron Curry, in addition to co-organizing exhibitions with Adrián Villar Rojas, Haegue Yang, Pascale Marthine Tayou, and Paola Pivi. She holds a BA in Art History from University of California, Berkeley and an MAS in Curating from Zurich University of the Arts.
Community Booths:
Union Hall
Clyfford Still Museum
Denver Art Museum
Platte Forum
MCA Denver
Art Students League
Art Garage
Biennial of the Americas
CU Denver College of Arts & Media
MCA Members
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