Announcing AEFI's Project Advisors

A distinguished group of leaders in the visual arts and allied fields have agreed to serve as advisors to AEFI’s 12-month research, professional education, and feasibility and planning project: Increasing the Artist-Endowed Foundation Community’s DEAI Capacity to Host BIPOC Internships/Fellowships.

The Project Advisors

Advisors to the Project provide important expertise to inform its development and implementation, as well as the planning and feasibility assessment functions. Please welcome our Project Advisors:


Jade Agua
Chief Learning Officer
USC Race & Equity Center


Myron M. Beasley
Associate Professor of American Studies
Bates College


Deryn Dudley
Vice President, Learning & Engagement
National Arts Strategies


Cheryl Finley
Inaugural Director
Atlanta University Center Art History + Curatorial Studies Collective


Miecha Ranea Forbes
Vice President for People & Culture
The Aspen Institute


Samuel Hoi
President
Maryland Institute College of Art


Lily Hung
Director of Career Development
NYU Tisch School of the Arts


Faron Manuel
Coordinator, Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship and
Mellon Graduate Fellowship in Object-Centered Curatorial Research
High Museum of Art


Steven Nelson
Dean, Centre for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts
NGA


Belinda Madrid Teitel
Former Vice President for Education and Leadership Development
Center for Nonprofit Management


Franklin Sirmans
Director
PĂ©rez Art Museum Miami


Olga Viso
Senior Advisor, Global Partnerships in the Arts
Herberger Institute for Design & the Arts, ASU


Ilk Yasha
Manager
Studio Museum Institute