Please join us for a panel of renowned Bay Area curators. Carolina Quintanilla (SOMArts), PJ Gubatina Policarpio (Micki Meng Gallery) and Jonathan Carver Moore (Jonathan Carver Moore Gallery) will be in conversation on October 31st at 1pm at CCA Rayko Campus (428 3rd St. San Francisco, CA). They will present on recent exhibitions and programs, the role of the curator and best practices. Come join us! Curators will be available for questions. This event is open and free to the public.

Carolina Quintanilla is an arts administrator, curator and educator based in Oakland, CA. A graduate of SFSU’s Ethnic Studies MA program, she has applied racial and social justice frameworks to supporting artists and curators as SOMArts’ Gallery Director. In this role, Quintanilla leads the overall management and execution of SOMArts’ curatorial vision, including its exhibitions and public and educational programs. A believer in the power of the arts and storytelling for collective liberation, Quintanilla leads the Curatorial Residency program which centers projects that weave together personal narratives with social commentary. As an educator, curator, and community organizer, 

PJ Gubatina Policarpio’s (he/him) work is committed to advancing art and artists. PJ has over 10 years of experience in museum education, public programming, and art administration, advocating for artists, audiences, and communities of all kinds, previously at The Contemporary Jewish Museum, Queens Museum, The Museum of Modern Art and the Brooklyn Museum, where he was a Fellow in Museum Education in 2012. As the inaugural manager of youth development at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, PJ led transformative initiatives, programs, and partnerships that engaged diverse audiences. He is currently Associate Director at Micki Meng San Francisco. PJ has organized exhibitions and programs internationally bringing together artists, writers, poets, scholars, activists and collectives whose engaged practices challenge power and representation.

Jonathan Carver Moore is the founder and director of Jonathan Carver Moore, a contemporary art gallery that specializes in working with emerging and established artists who are BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and women. As an openly gay Black male gallerist in San Francisco, Jonathan is dedicated to advocating for the arts and is an active member in the Bay Area’s creative community. He is the Development Chair of Root Division and he also serves on the advisory board at Black [Space] Residency. He has also interviewed a plethora of artists such as Zanele Muholi, Javiera Estrade and Lebohang Kganye with his articles being published in Frieze, Juxtapoz and the Nob HIll Gazette. Jonathan attended the George Washington University where he received a Masters in Public Relations and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a minor in Women's Studies.

This event is funded by an endowment gift to support The Deborah and Kenneth Novack Creative Citizens Series at CCA, an annual series of public programs focused on creative activism.