FORUM 2019
noun: forum; plural noun: forums; plural noun: fora
1. a place, meeting, or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged.
in 2019 Forum expanded to a 10-month mentorship residency program designed for those that wish to build a career in the contemporary visual arts but lack a prolonged experience with professional art world activities. This empowering program is designed as a practical guide to navigating the art world via Q&A sessions with successful professionals (artists, curators, critics and gallerists), culminating with an exhibition, in Gallery Two of the Torrance Art Museum, with the program’s participants. The artists will show their work, the curators will select which works, the writers will write essays for the catalog and gallerists will run the opening and PR for it.
The “graduation” exhibition of the 14 Forum 2019 cohorts was called Adjacent, Adjacent and ran from Saturday, Dec 7 - Saturday, Dec 21 and many members of the cohort will continue forward as the art collective Museum Adjacent.
THANK YOU TO OUR 2019 GUEST PROFESSIONAL SPEAKERS:
Carl Baratta
Shana Nys Dambrot
Tulsa Kinney
Sean Noyce
Jason Ramos
Alma Ruiz
Kristine Shoemaker
Chris Trueman
Hamza Walker
Alison Woods
Mario Y’Barra Jnr
Congratulations to OUR 2019 FORUM PARTICIPANTS
Henderson Blumer
Kim Garcia
Kim Marra
Larissa Nickel
Molly Schulman
Joshua Vasquez
Devion Law & Joshua Ross
H. Leslie Foster II
Sharon Levy
Hagop Najarian
Dakota Noo
Christina Shurts
Surge Witrön
January 26, 2019
Deadline for applications at 11:59 PM.
February 2, 2019
Notification were sent to candidates to attend ‘interview’ presentation.
February 16, 2019
‘Interview’ presentations were given by candidates.
February 21, 2019
Notifications were sent to selected finalists cohort to confirm their inclusion.
First trimester
March 2
Introductions: A brief introduction of your art activities and interests to date by all participants. Very short (maybe 2 to 3 minutes). This will followed by a discussion of the program led by TAM staff with time for a Q&A session.
Please bring a pot luck item.
April 13
Visiting guests to provide personal story of their career and answer Q&A.
May 4
Visiting guests to provide personal story of their career and answer Q&A.
second trimester 2019
June 1
Camping trip and group social
July 6
Visiting guests to provide personal story of their career and answer Q&A.
August 3
Visiting guests to provide personal story of their career and answer Q&A.
third Trimester 2019
September 7
Visiting guests to provide personal story of their career and answer Q&A.
October 12
Building investment – swapping skills (artwork for writing, etc). How to be pro-active (pop-ups, etc), running a collective and other advice.
November 2
Prep session for museum exhibition of FORUM participants. A planning session for the December event with allocated roles and responsibilities.
December 7
The ‘graduation’ event, an exhibition organized by all participants, in the main gallery of TAM to open on Saturday December 7, 6-9pm. This will run through December 21.