CURATOR’S BIO

Near Sighted-Far Out is curated by Nicole J. Caruth, a freelance writer and curator based in Brooklyn. She holds an MA from the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, and earned a Bachelor’s in art history at San Francisco State University. A regular blogger for Art21, her writing has been published by the Studio Museum in Harlem, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Archives and Museum Informatics, and Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture. Forthcoming projects include the exhibition Burning Down the House: Building the Feminist Collection at the Brooklyn Museum. Caruth was the Museum’s Manager of Interpretive Materials from 2005-2008.

Multidisciplinary artist, Maya Suess, is assistant curator for the festival. Her work in performance art, theatre, cabaret and installation has been shown at local and international venues.