Performance by Anna Talhami
Photo by: James Chan

At Root Division I acted as the Program Manager for a monthly exhibition series—featuring new visual art, film, and performance works by emerging curators and artists. My contributions included acting as lead project manager for 10-12 exhibitions per year; guiding and coordinating installation processes and production details; creating and managing yearly exhibition production calendars; producing and facilitating events (virtual and live); developing exhibition budgets; distributing contracts and stipends to artists and curators; in-taking 300+ annual open call submissions; collaboratively editing exhibition catalogues; writing and disseminating copy for press, social media, e-newletters, and exhibition catalogues; creating virtual web-based galleries; and acting as the lead administrative liaison with artists, curators, creative partners, as well as with Communications, Development, and Exhibition Installation teammates. My work uplifted the creative practices of 200+ emerging artists every year.

Memorials, Portals, and Other Ways to See In the Dark was my welcome essay for Introductions 2021, an exhibition juried by a team of five Bay Area arts professionals and produced by me, at Root Division in 2021. Catalogue design by Phi Tran and Michael Nguyen.

Root Division Exhibition Catalogues

For each Root Division exhibition catalogue, I supported project management of artists, curators, and the design team; editorial visioning; image selection; writing; interview transcription; developmental editing; and copy editing and final proofreading in collaboration with the team.

“I AM …” was an exhibition curated by Adrianne Ramsey and produced by me, at Root Division in 2021.
Catalogue design by Phi Tran and Michael Nguyen.
Diasporic Futurism was an exhibition curated by Leah King and Juan Carlos Rodríguez Rivera and produced by me at Root Division in 2020 and 2021. Catalogue design by Phi Tran and Michael Nguyen.