Houston Finalists Named for Sixth Round of Artadia Awards, Winners To Be Announced at TX Contemporary Art Fair Oct. 19
Panelists Michelle White, Curator at The Menil Collection; Margot Norton, Curatorial Associate at the New Museum, New York; and N. Dash, a New York artist, named have selected ten finalists finalists out of over 200 applications received for the sixth cycle of Artadia Awards in Houston. Michael Bise, Jillian Conrad, Bill Davenport, Francesca Fuchs, Jang [...]
Claire Ruud Interviews New Artadia Director Carolyn Ramo
Carolyn Ramo, Artadia’s new director, spent the last 12 years of her career in the New York gallery world, first at Nicole Klagsbrun, then as a production director at David Zwirner, and most recently as a partner at Taxter & Spengemann. When they brought her on board at T&S, Kelly Taxter explained, “Carolyn brings a [...]
Carolyn Ramo Named New Artadia Director
Former New York gallerist Carolyn Ramo has been named as the new head of Artadia, “the fund for art and dialog” as of July 24. The fund, founded by philanthropist Chris Vroom in 1999 has focused on distributing cash and career development savvy among artists in secondary centers like Houston and Chicago. In 2009, Artadia [...]
Artadia gets Houston Endowment Money, Kanner Steps Down
Artadia, “the fund for art and dialog” has just announced a big multi-year grant from the Houston Endowment for its upcoming programs. In other Artadia news, longtime executive director Lila Kanner will step down. A search for her replacement is underway.
Artspace Market: Artadia’s Vroom Takes a Stab at Online Art Sales with DailyCandy.com’s Catherine Levene
Artadia founder Christopher Vroom has a new idea to mix art and business: get museums and nonprofits to clear the art cluttering their back rooms and gift shops and put it online, where it can be traded for much-needed cash! Artspace Market, the new venture’s website already features work by Mary Heilman, Chuck Close, Jonas [...]
Art Ecologies Houston/Chicago
Allison Peters Quinn, Director of Exhibitions at the Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago will be in Houston Wednesday, and will discuss the Arts Ecologies in Houston and Chicago at Diverseworks with and Sasha Dela, Co-founder & Co-director of SKYDIVE and Diane Barber, Diverseworks’ director. Wednesday, April 13, 6:30pm. It’s all part of Artadia’s project [...]