PEOPLE
Staff
Allison Freedman Weisberg
Executive Director & Founder
Gee Wesley
Program Director
Jackie Chang
Director of Engagement
Raven Stubbs
Assembly Program Manager
Alexa Smithwrick
Communications Coordinator
Rachel Prasad, Intern
Advisory Board
Recess’s Advisory Board is composed of a small group of gallerists, curators, artists, and academics who are all leaders in the field of contemporary art. Members of this group each sit on a subcommittee that provides direct support to Recess artists. Advisory Board members conduct studio visits with our Session artists, sit on our selection panel, and provide advice to Recess staff and Board of Directors.
Cecilia Alemani, Donald R. Mullen, Jr Curator & Director of High Line Art
Howie Chen, Executive Director and Curator, Dispatch; Artist, New Humans
Katie Dixon, Executive Director, Powerhouse Brooklyn
Deana Haggag, President & CEO, United States Artists
Corin Hewitt, Professor of Sculpture at Virginia Commonwealth University; Artist, Recess
Rujeko Hockley, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art
Ruba Katrib, Curator, Sculpture Center
Prem Krishnamurthy, Founder/Curator, P!
Thomas Lax, Associate Curator, MoMA
Jessica Lynne, Co-founder and Editor, ARTS.BLACK
Peter J. Russo, Director, Triple Canopy
William Smith, Associate Editor, Art in America; Senior Editor, Triple Canopy
Mika Tajima, Artist, New Humans
Lumi Tan, Curator, The Kitchen
Board of Directors
Chair: DéLana R.A. Dameron, Founder, Black Art Futures Fund
Vice Chair: Yayoi Shionoiri, Senior Counsel, Artsy
Treasurer: Jacob W. Buchdahl, Attorney, Susman Godfrey LLP
Secretary: Rachel Bedard, MD, Geriatric and Palliative Care Specialist, NYC Department of Corrections
Directors:
Joeonna Bellorado-Samuels, Director, Jack Shainman Gallery; Director, For Freedoms
Kimberly Drew, Social Media Manager, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Artist, Recess
Kelsey Hall, Associate, Brown Harris Stevens; Artist, Recess
Heather Hubbs, Executive Director, New Art Dealers Alliance
Jan Postma, CFO, Museum of Modern Art
Jacolby Satterwhite, Artist
Ex-officio
Allison Weisberg, Executive Director & Founder, Recess
2018 Artist Review Panel
In an effort to decentralize visual authority and prize a diversity of critical perspectives, Recess invites a panel consisting of former Session artists, leaders from the contemporary arts community, curators, and arts practitioners with programming experience to review applications.
Howie Chen, Executive Director and Co-founder, Dispatch; Artist
Brendan Fernandes, Former Session Artist
Ruba Katrib, Curator, MoMA PS1
Nontsikelelo Mutiti, Former Session Artist
Mika Tajima, Artist
Diya Vij, Co-Director, Public Artists in Residence, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
Supporters
Recess gratefully acknowledges our generous supporters. Recess receives support from our Board of Directors as well as a passionate group of individuals who give from $10-$25,000.
Foundation, Corporate & Government Funders:
Alloy Development, LLC
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Bloomberg LP Philanthropy
The Greenwich Collection
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
Jewish Communal Fund
The New York State Council on the Arts
The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
The Odyssey Fund
The Salomon Foundation
The Shapiro-Silverberg Foundation
The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation
The Silverweed Foundation
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation
In-kind support and community partners:
Adorama
Brand X Editions
Chatham Imports, Inc.
Crop Organic Vodka
Farmer’s Botanical Organic Gin
Materials for the Arts & The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
Michter’s Whiskey
Pegasus Productions
Pioneer Works
Raiola Company
Rucola
Six Point Brewery
The Green Grape
Tuffo
Uprinting