Episode 908: Rachel Adams and the Bemis Art Center

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We sit down with curator Rachel Adams to talk about institutional evolution, artists as infrastructure, and how curatorial practice shifts between museums and biennials. Rachel reflects on working with artists like Cauleen Smith, Liz Magic Laser, and Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, the power of slow curation, and why she’s drawn to hybrid spaces that defy the market.

Along the way: phantom titles, artist contracts, Minneapolis moments, and a manifesto in a box of ice cream bars.

Cauleen Smith                cauleensmith.com

Liz Magic Laser                lizmagiclaser.com

Beatriz Santiago Muñoz              lima.art

Candice Hopkins            indigenousnewyork.org

Nato Thompson              https://www.natothompson.com/about

Christina Vassallo          columbusmuseum.org

Sarah Schultz                   mplsart.com

Alison Hearst                    themodern.org

Andrea Andersson         riversinstitute.org

Franklin Sirmans            pamm.org

Mary Jane Jacob              https://never-the-same.org/interviews/mary-jane-jacob/

Independent Curators International (ICI)            curatorsintl.org

 image: Asad Raza, Orientation, 2022. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Field Studio.

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Christopher Hudgens

Operations Manager at Bad at Sports

Christopher Hudgens is the Operations Manager for BaS and works in various other capacities for other organizations in the Chicago Art & Culture scene. Most recently as Business Operations Manager for the Bridge Art Fair and currently an advocate for all things art & technology.

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