Nancy Zastudil a R T S E D I T O R / W R I T E R / C U R a T O R

NANCY ZASTUDIL A R T S E D I T O R / W R I T E R / C U R A T O R

P R O F E S S I O N A L S K I L L S A B O U T Writing and editing I am an experienced arts editor, writer, and curator dedicated to making positive Curating contemporary American art change through philanthropy and entrepreneurship in the arts, seeking employment Privately-endowed foundations in the field of arts editorial leadership. management Archiving, cataloging, and E D U C A T I O N registration Collections management MASTER OF ARTS, CURATORIAL PRACTICE High-level administration California College of the Arts | Degree Received: 2007 Public programs Project development BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS, PAINTING AND DRAWING Advising and consulting The Ohio State University | Degree Received: 2001 Teaching workshops and trainings Minor: Art History Marketing and branding

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"Big picture" systems thinker OWNER/EDITOR Creative, entrepreneurial spirit The Necessarian, LLC | 2014 - Present Reliable and professional Editing services for artists. Excellent time management Collaborator VISUAL ARTS EDITOR Quick learner A rts + Culture Texas | 2016 - 2018 Community-building Self-starter CO-EDITOR Organized Edible New Mexico | 2015, 2016 (Theme: Food as Art) Motivated Passionate about environmental COPYEDITOR and social issues Phillip K. Smith III: 10 Columns Bridge Projects, Los Angeles, CA Forthcoming, Fall 2019

C O N T A C T EDITOR How to Build: a House, a Life, a Future P: +1 575 737 8261 Roesch, Ariane. Atmen Press E: [email protected] Forthcoming, Fall 2019 W: thenecessarian.com

EDITOR How Color Works: Color Theory for the 21st Century S O C I A L Fraser, Pamela. Oxford University Press, 2017

FB: facebook.com/nancy.zastudil CO-EDITOR On the Banks of Bayou City: The Center for Land Use Interpretation in Houston, IG: @thenecessarian Residency and exhibition documentation, interviews, and essays Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston, 2009 C O M M I T T E E S VISUAL ARTS CONTRIBUTOR 2019 Tipping Points for Creatives Books: Advisor The Hustle Economy: Transforming Your Creativity Into a Career Cultural Affairs and Economic Contributor Development, City of Albuquerque Oberholtzer, Jason. Running Press, 2016

2018 Periodicals: Common Field Convening Jury Arts + Culture Texas, 2011 - Present art ltd., 2014 – 2017 2018 Creative Capital Award Evaluator Temporary Art Review, Dec 2012 "Natural Assumptions: the Living Culture Initiative at The Ohio State University" 2017-Present Urban Enhancement Trust Fund Artlies: A Contemporary Art Quarterly, Summer 2010 Exhibition review, The Dissolve, SITE Santa Fe Eighth International Biennial 2000 2017 Exhibition review, In Lieu of Unity, Ballroom Marfa Harpo Foundation Screening Committee …might be good Issue #165, March 2010 2014-2018 Exhibition review, Ruth Claxon, Amy Cutler, and Runa Islam, SITE Santa Fe Downtown Albuquerque Arts & Culture District Coordinating Council SPOT Magazine, Houston Center for Photography, Fall/Winter 2008 – 09 Exhibition review, New American Talent: The Twenty-Third Exhibition, Arthouse At 2014-Present the Jones Center The Feminist Art Project (Rutgers) Regional Coordinator …might be good Issue #96 and #112, April 2008; Nov 2008 Exhibition review, Zoe Crosher: 1 Yr Later, DiverseWorks Art Space; Film and video G R A N T S A N D A W A R D S review, Tapas: A Sampler of Cinema and Media from the Americas, Aurora Picture Show 2017-18 Albuquerque Community Foundation, The FUNd Catalogue Essays: Project funded: Visiting Curator "Working Area," Frederick Hammersley: To Paint without Thinking. The Huntington Series Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA, 2017, Pg. 71-73

2017-18 Debra Baxter: 100 Days of Sculpture, July 2015 Fulcrum Fund Central Features Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, NM and Seattle, WA Project funded: Visiting Curator Series Raychael Stine: Chuparosa, Winter 2015 Art Palace, Houston, TX 2017-18 Common Field Project funded: Visiting Curator Series P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E - C U R A T O R I A L

2017 – 18 GALLERY DIRECTOR National Endowment for the Arts, Our Tamarind Institute | Oct 2018 - Present Town Grant Project funded: Research/planning Oversee and coordinate the business operations of the Tamarind Institute phase, ABQ Artist-in-Residence Gallery program Manage on-site gallery and at art fairs/conferences Oversee all gallery functions including, but not limited to, the management and 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 administration of specialized databases, photo files, sales records, and Albuquerque Community Foundation, exhibition details; contact with artists; establishing sales prices in consultation The FUNd with artist and Director, and respond to inquiries regarding all aspects of Project funded: Central Features Tamarind programs Exhibitions and Public Programs Design, write, and oversee the production of printed promotional and educational materials including advertisements, catalogues, brochures, flyers, 2015 and articles for publication Main Street Initiative Facade Squad Identify potential publishing projects Project Funded: Central Features Develop and manage annual operating budget(s) Prepare marketing proposals and program evaluation reports 2014 Develop and expand market by initiating new contacts and maintaining Albuquerque Community Foundation, communication with current clients The FUNd Plan, develop, and organize promotional activities including participation in art Project funded: Show Up Show Down fairs, advertising, and printed materials

G R A N T S A N D A W A R D S (continued) ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR AND ACTING REGISTRAR Frederick Hammersley Foundation | Jan 2012 - Oct 2018 2012 – 2014 Graham Foundation for Advanced Managed artist-endowed private foundation activities, including cash gifts and Studies in the Fine Arts artwork donations, focused on furthering Frederick Hammersley’s artistic legacy Project funded: PLAND, "Boundary through charitable and educational activities Maintenance: Internal Improvement" Managed 5,000+ record database (Artsystems) and artworks in physical inventory Processed object handling (shipping, consignments, loans, donations, purchases) 2012 Drafted and executed contracts, agreements, and policies Creative Capital Tracked financial gifts and artwork donations to museums, universities, and other Grantee finalist, PLAND organizations Coordinated with sole representative gallery L.A. Louver (Venice, CA) on image 2011 requests and archival information for exhibitions and related publications The McCune Foundation Led public tours of Foundation and managed day-to-day administrative needs Discretionary funds grant, PLAND Registrar duties included monitoring and recording artwork condition, provenance, and storage; implemented filing and other organizational systems; managed 2011 archives, images, and loan requests Edwards Mother Earth Foundation Operations grant, PLAND OWNER/DIRECTOR Central Features Contemporary Art | Sept 2014 - June 2018 2010 The Idea Fund Curated six to eight exhibitions per year Project funded: Phase One of Presented public events with local and visiting artists PLAND Led workshops built on nationally-recognized curriculum Collaborated with local partners on marketing and promotion for city-wide C E R T I F I C A T I O N S programs Managed all operational aspects of the gallery including finances (sales, grant 2018 Seminar on Strategy for Artist writing, and fundraising), marketing and promotion, and facilities Endowed Foundation Leaders, Aspen Managed the build-out and budget of an 850 sq. ft. storefront space in 2012, Institute followed by a relocation to and build-out of a 2,500 sq. ft. space in 2015

2018 Visionary Practice, Southwestern College and New Earth ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Institute The Lightning Field, Dia Art Foundation | Jan 2012 - May 2016

Managed all aspects of guest visits including reservations, correspondence, B I B L I O G R A P H Y calendar, and logistics Provided information for and maintained communication with potential donors, Wells, Melody. “Creative Spotlight – visitors, and other interested patrons Nancy Zastudil,” March 7, 2016. Liaised with Dia Art Foundation staff and artwork caretakers Streamlined reservations process Conde, Clarke. “Exposures: Nancy Zastudil at Central Features CO-FOUNDER/CO-DIRECTOR Contemporary Art,” PLAND | Jan 2012 - May 2016 March 11, 2016. Collaboratively directed, managed, and produced residencies, educational Scott, Damon. “Gallery Putting Its programming, institutional partnerships, and on-site construction of off-grid Foot Down in Albuquerque,” July 29, artist residency program 2014. Acted as Development Director and Curator Primary manager of budgets and fiscal sponsorship, lead grant writer, Irwin, Matthew. “Opening a Gallery in coordinator of agricultural pursuits, and website developer a Contemporary Art Desert,” Hyperallergic, Oct 24, 2014. COORDINATOR (TAOS PROJECTS) Cunningham, Liz, ed. Remarkable ISEA2012: Machine Wilderness Albuquerque | April 2011 - Sept 2012 Women of Taos, June 2013 Acquired, coordinated, promoted, and presented Taos art and culture Koenig, Abby. “Pamela Fraser at the organizational partnerships, artist residencies, special projects and events for Blaffer; It's Funny Ha-ha But Also “ISEA2012 Taos Day” under the ISEA2012 theme “Machine Wilderness" Not,” Houston Press, May 31, 2013. Fostered and confirmed major partnerships between ISEA2012 host city of Albuquerque and the town of Taos Sbarge, Suzanne and Andrea Polli, Organized transportation along the Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Taos arts corridor eds. “Power:Gridlocked,” Machine Secured funding for local projects and related events Wilderness: 18th International Partnered with the Taos Department of Tourism, plus local and regional media, Symposium on Electronic Arts. Santa on marketing, advertising, and promotion Fe: Radius Books, 2012.

B I B L I O G R A P H Y ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR (continued) Univ. of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts | Aug 2007 - April 2010

Hooper, Rachel. “Sustainable Directed, managed, and produced multi-faceted, interdisciplinary, Practice: Nancy Zastudil,” Feb 24, collaborative programs at the Center including the visual, performing, and 2012. literary arts Worked alongside the Director in accordance with the Center’s mission to “Becoming PLAND,” Temporary Art conceptualize, develop, and implement new public/city-wide and campus- Review, May 10, 2012. based programming and events, artist commissions and residencies, academic arts curriculum, and student scholarships Dwyer, Bryce, ed. “How to Start with Co-managed and maintained administrative and programming budget Nothing,”Phonebook 3 Chicago: Developed and executed marketing, promotion, and public relation strategies InCubate, 2011. for all programs Drafted and edited press releases and other marketing content “PLAND: Practice Liberating Art Worked alongside University department heads, faculty, and instructors Through Necessary Dislocation,” Cultivated and maintained partnerships with local and national arts and Proximity, Chicago, vol. 7, Spring cultural organizations 2010. Supervised support staff and work study students, delegating responsibilities as needed Organized and managed artists’ travel, accommodations, installation, de- P R E S E N T A T I O N S installation, and organizational needs Dosshaus in Conversation, Maintained website and social networking accounts Sept 25, 2016 Interviewer for The Paseo Taos, NM I N D E P E N D E N T L Y C U R A T E D E X H I B I T I O N S Curator’s Talk, Sept 26, 2015 Knew Normal, Aug 29 – Oct 31, 2015 The Paseo 516 ARTS, Albuquerque, NM Taos, NM An exhibition of recent works from established and emerging contemporary artists who use paintings, drawings, photography, sculpture and wearable art Fieldwork, March 15 – 17, 2012 to bear witness to the moments when environments, including the body, PLAND presentation become more difficult or awkward to inhabit for reasons generally attributed to Conference climate change. Marfa, TX Show Up Show Down, 2014 – 2015 Hand in Glove, Oct 23, 2011 Pop-up exhibitions in vacant storefront, Albuquerque, NM PLAND presentation Show Up Show Down was a short-term exhibition series that staged world- Conference changing art through visiting artist presentations and brief photography Chicago, IL exhibitions. It featured exceptional artists who use the built environment to impact contemporary life in a variety of beneficial ways. PechaKucha 20x20, Oct 6, 2011 ISEA2012: Machine Wilderness Raychael Stine: my little dust, Sept 5 – Oct 31, 2014 Taos, NM Inpost Artspace, Outpost Performance Space, Albuquerque, NM An exhibition of Stine’s paintings that make visible—literally, picture— Southern Methodist University, Taos, experiences, memories, and the passing of time. NM, Sept 20 – 21, 2011 PLAND: a seminar The Fourth Dimension was Ha-Ha, in Other Words, That it is Laughter, Graduate Studio June 1 – Aug 19, 2013, Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston, Pamela Fraser’s first solo museum exhibition. Paintings of the complexity and The Land Heritage Institute general lack of consensus on what color is – i.e. where it resides, how it Sept 2 – 4, 2011 operates, its relative significance. The Necessarian and PLAND presentation Slab in temporary space, June 18 – 25, 2010 Land as Lab Symposium Co-curator, the temporary space, Houston, TX San Antonio, TX Projected image installation that elaborates on the idea of the slab itself and the temporal relationships that exist between an artwork and its location— Open Engagement Conference, both physically and conceptually. May 13 – 15, 2011 PLAND: Hosting and Residency Paper Trail, Feb 4 – March 7, 2009 Portland, OR Co-curator, University of Illinois Chicago, Gallery400, Chicago, IL Exhibition of historical material from Chicago's original Rainbow Coalition, Bad at Sports, Feb 15, 2011 visual reproductions of the Barack Obama presidential campaign, language of PLAND radio interview the newly formed Rainbow Coalition Council of Elders, and publications from Episode 285 contemporary initiatives that re-engage with the principal of grassroots Chicago, IL political organizing and cross-cultural solidarity. MARY STATZER 1126 South Ash Avenue, Tempe, AZ 85281 Tel 602.717.2826 | [email protected]

EDUCATION PhD 2015, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona MFA 1992, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona BFA 1988, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Adjunct Instructor, Art History, 9/15 – 12/16 University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona The History of Photography: 1839 to the Present, online (Fall 2015 - Fall 2016) • Instructed 125 students in online environment. • Implemented a combination of conventional course materials and recent technology, including film, video, museum websites, Flickr, and customized online exhibitions. • Supervised graduate student assistants. Introduction to Photographic Concepts (Fall 2015) • Devised curriculum and lectures for in-person lecture course. • Reached out to first generation and ESL students needing additional assistance.

Author and Editor, 9/11 – 8/15 The Photographic Object 1970, University of California Press, 2016. • Wrote proposal, hired and directed contributors, located images, sought permissions from copyright holders, prepared manuscript, responded to peer reviews, oversaw design, editing, and indexing. • Authored two chapters, “Case Study: Photography into Sculpture” and “Peter Bunnell’s Photography as Printmaking and Photography into Sculpture: Photography and Medium Specificity at MoMA circa 1970,” and eighteen interviews with artists and Peter Bunnell.

Adjunct Instructor, Art History, 1/11 – 5/11 University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona The History of Photography: 1839 to the Present (Spring 2011) • In person lecture course. Introduced students to museums and held class at the Center for Creative Photography, led exhibition tours and print viewings.

Adjunct Instructor, Art History, 8/10 – 12/10 Scottsdale Community College, Scottsdale, Arizona Art Appreciation (Fall 2010) • Developed curriculum that introduced a diverse population of non-art majors to sophisticated concepts in contemporary art.

MUSEUM EXPERIENCE Curator of Prints and Photographs, 8/17 – present University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico • Organize exhibitions that serve the university community and beyond, focusing on social practice, the environment and land arts, art and technology, as well as Native American and Latin American art. • Organize exhibitions from the permanent collection of more than 30,000 objects, including prints, drawings, photographs, painting, and sculpture from the 15th century to the present. • Oversee acquisitions program.

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Founding Board Member and Education Chair, 5/09 – 5/13 InFocus, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona • Contributed to mission statement and objectives for new volunteer group, which provides financial support for photography exhibitions, publications, programs, staff, and grants for photographers. • Planned and implemented approximately eight public and private programs per year.

Research Assistant, 8/05 – 12/09 (as needed during date range) Curatorial Intern, 8/06 – 5/07 Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson • Conducted exhibition and publication research for two travelling exhibitions. • Conducted print viewings and led exhibition tours for students and the public. • Catalogued fine prints and wrote condition reports for works in the collection.

Curatorial Assistant, Departments of Modern & Contemporary Art and Latin American Art, 7/98 – 7/05 Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona • Organized two exhibitions as curator: Defining Moments: The Judy and Sidney Zuber Collection of Latin American Photography and The Revolution in Print: Russian Political Posters from the Elinor Fagan Collection. • Edited and coordinated two in-house exhibition catalogues per year. • Coordinated numerous exhibitions and rotations of the permanent collection, prepared budgets, maintained checklists, and assisted with exhibition design and layout. • Researched, wrote, and edited didactic labels for collection and exhibitions. • Gave one or two public gallery talks or docent training lectures per year. • Worked closely with support organizations for contemporary and Latin American art. • Assisted with auction fundraiser by soliciting artwork for donation, organizing volunteers, and overseeing installation. Proceeds were $140,000 in 2005.

ARTIST AND GALLERY EXPERIENCE Collaborative Printer, 1/95 – 12/98 Armstrong Prior, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona • Created fine prints in collaboration with locally and nationally recognized artists and taught workshops.

Founder and Director of Studio Operations & Gallery Exhibitions, 3/94 – 5/96 Flight Zone Studios, Phoenix, Arizona • Recruited tenants, oversaw building renovation and maintenance. • Organized and promoted two exhibitions per year.

Studio Manager and Collaborative Printer, 5/92 – 3/94 Segura Publishing Company, Tempe, Arizona, segura.com (now Segura Arts Studio, University of Notre Dame) • Collaborated with nationally recognized artists, including Mark Klett, Buzz Spector, William Wegman, Francis Whitehead and Patssi Valdez to produce limited edition fine prints. • Managed assistants and oversaw project budgets.

ARTICLES AND CATALOGUE ENTRIES • “Redux, Rediscovered Books and Writings: The Extended Document,” Aperture (Fall 2014), p. 27. • “Mary Statzer on Photography into Sculpture, New York, 1970,” Aperture (Winter 2013), p. 52-3. • Defining Moments: The Judy and Sidney Zuber Collection of Latin American Photography. Phoenix Art Museum, 2004. • Phoenix Art Museum Collection Highlights. New York: Abrams, 2002. Statzer | 3

PAPERS, GALLERY TALKS, AND GUEST LECTURES (SELECTED) • “Photo Sculpture from the 1960s and 1970s,” Hauser & Wirth, New York, NY, June 2014. • “Robert Heinecken & Photography into Sculpture,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, May 2013. • “Imaging the Social World: An Overview of Social Documentary Photography,” Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ, October 2011. • “The New New Topographics: Why Create Exhibitions about Exhibitions?” Division of Art History, University of Arizona, March 2010. • “Contextualizing the Exhibition Exposing Time: Photography’s Ability to Record the Interaction of Time and Change,” Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ, March 2010. • “Ralph Gibson and Lustrum Press, 1970 -1985,” Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, August 2007. • “Flor Garduño: Photographs,” Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ, July 2006.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS College Art Association Focus Society for Photographic Education

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Portfolio reviewer, Review Santa Fe, 2017 and 2018 Fellowship selection panelist, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 2017 Scholarship award panelist, School of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 2004 and 2005 Project grants panelist, Tempe Art Commission, Tempe, Arizona, 2003 Public art panelist, Phoenix Arts Commission, Phoenix, Arizona, 1997, 1999, and 2002 Board member, Artlink, Phoenix, Arizona, 1995 and 1996