ALLISON PETERS QUINN
Director of Exhibition & Residency Programs, Hyde Park Art Center
Allison Peters Quinn is a curator and writer based in Chicago. Her work over the past ten years has been focused on projects that address intersections between art, public space, and civically-minded practices. Her essays have appeared in art anthologies including Service Media: Is it Public Art or Art in Public Space (2013), and The Artists Run Chicago Digest (2009) in addition to artists’ monographic publications on Cándida Alvarez, Susan Giles, and Jefferson Pinder. Allison has served as juror for national art organizations including the Artadia Award, and Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, among others. She has organized significant exhibitions for emerging and established contemporary artists such as Bibiana Suarez, Theaster Gates, and Karen Reimer. Awarded the Ramapo College Curatorial Prize, she studied a MA at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College. Quinn is currently the Director of Exhibition & Residency Programs at Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago).
Reviewing Thursday, September 19