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Inaugurated in 2003, The Nesnandy + Schwartz Visiting Curator (formerly Critics)
Series connects artists living in Northeast Ohio with nationally-recognized critics
and curators from across the country. The program aims to provide artists in the
region with professional exposure and thoughtful critical feedback from accomplished
art world professionals. It also serves to introduce Visiting Curators/Critics to the
wealth of art in Northeast Ohio. In addition to conducting private studio visits,
Visiting Curators/Critics deliver a public lecture on a current topic of their choice.
Twice a year, MOCA selects a notable contemporary art curator and solicits applications
from artists in the region for this program. These applications are forwarded to the
Visiting Curator, who reviews them and selects four or five artists with whom she/he
would like to have studio visits during a two-day period. Artists are notified of the
curator's decision via email, phone, or mail. Studio visits last approximately one-hour
with no set agenda. To provide further engagement, MOCA has hosts a private reception for
the Visiting Curator and all artists who have applied to that season's program.
Open Submission Process
The Visiting Critic conducts studio visits with artists during two consecutive days.
The Visiting Critic personally selects those artists whose studios he/she would like to
visit. During these critiques, artists can expect to receive professional advice and
critical feedback from Visiting Critics. Applicants must live in the Northeast Ohio
region (Cuyahoga County and its contiguous counties). Enrolled students must have completed
at least one year of MFA study to apply to this program.
Previous Nesnadny + Schwartz Visiting Critics/Curators
Shamim Momin (fall 2003)
Dominic Molon (winter/spring 2003)
James Elaine (fall 2004)
Amada Cruz (winter/spring 2005)
David Pagel (fall 2005)
Valerie Cassel-Oliver (winter/spring 2006)
Katy Siegel (fall 2006)
Eleanor Heartney (winter/spring 2007)
Dan Cameron (fall 2007)
Gregory Volk (winter/spring 2008)
Douglas Dreishpoon (fall 2008)
Raphaela Platow (winter/spring 2009)
Laura Hoptman (fall 2009)
Ian Berry (summer 2010)
Franklin Sirmans (fall 2010)
Mary Ceruti (winter/spring 2011)
Fall Submission Deadline
October 3, 2011
Interested artists should submit the following:
 No more than 10 slides or digital files
(please organize digital files in a PowerPoint or Adobe slideshow format, if possible)
Artist Bio or Resume with home address, email address, and preferred phone number
Artist Statement of no more than 500 words
Any relevant press regarding the work
Self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of the materials
Regretfully, proposals not fitting the above requirements or those
received after the deadline will not be considered. Electronic submissions will not be accepted.
Submissions
Electronic or late submissions will not be accepted.
MOCA Cleveland
Attn: Nesnadny + Schwartz Visiting Curators Program
8501 Carnegie Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44106
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Fall 2011 Visiting Curator Anne Ellegood
Application Deadline October 3, 2011
Studio Visits October 17 and 18, 2011
Public Lecture
MOCA Cleveland Commons Area
Monday, October 17, 2011 6:30 pm
About Anne Ellegood
From refocusing the critical lens on contemporary sculpture to identifying some of the most relevant emerging artists working now, Anne Ellegood is among the foremost curatorial voices speaking today. Join Ellegood, Senior Curator at the Hammer Museum (Los Angeles), as she discusses some of her most exciting recent and upcoming projects, including organizing Australian artist Hany Armanious's 2011 Venice Biennale exhibition as well as curating the 2012 LA Biennial.
Since 2009, Anne Ellegood has served as the Senior Curator at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles where she oversees the Hammer Projects, a series of experimental installations and exhibitions primarily by emerging artists. In 2011, Ellegood co-organized the Hammer Invitational, All of this and nothing, and in 2012, she will co-curate the L.A. Biennale along with Ali Subotnick and the LA><ART team
Prior to her post at the Hammer Museum, Ellegood was Curator of Contemporary Art at the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden in Washington DC where she organized numerous exhibitions including The Uncertainty of Objects and Ideas: Recent Sculpture (2006) and Realisms, the second in a two-part exhibition, The Cinema Effect: Reality, Illusion, and the Moving Image, which examined the overlap between reality and fiction in film and video works dating from 1990. Ellegood also worked as the New York-based Curator for Peter Norton’s collection of over 2400 works of international contemporary art and as the Associate Curator at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York from 1998-2003.
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