THE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM

CURATORIAL: THROUGH CURATORIAL PROJECTS IN FY25, THE STUDIO MUSEUM PRESENTED EXHIBITIONS THAT EMBODIED OUR COMMITMENT TO CHAMPIONING ARTISTS OF AFRICAN DESCENT AND OFFERED FRESH PERSPECTIVES ON CONTEMPORARY ART FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. THE MUSEUM REMAINS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE CONTEMPORARY ART WORLD THROUGH ITS DETERMINATION TO SHARE A DIVERSE ARRAY OF ARTISTS' PERSPECTIVES, MEDIA, AND CONTENT. THE STUDIO MUSEUM'S ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM PROVIDED THREE EMERGING ARTISTS CRITICAL EARLY-CAREER SUPPORT INCLUDING MENTORSHIP FROM MUSEUM STAFF, A STIPEND, AND A CULMINATING EXHIBITION. THROUGH THE EXPANSION OF THE PERMANENT COLLECTION AND ARCHIVAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, CURATORIAL PROJECTS SERVED AS A SPRINGBOARD TO ACTIVATE DIALOGUE BETWEEN CURATORS, ARTISTS, AND LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCES. MUCH OF FY25 WAS SPENT ON PREPARING FOR THE OPENING OF OUR NEW BUILDING IN NOVEMBER 2025. THE CURATORIAL TEAM FINALIZED CHECKLISTS, DIDACTICS, AND PRODUCTION FOR OVER A DOZEN EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS AND BEGAN INSTALLATION. THE DEPARTMENT ALSO SENT TWO PUBLICATIONS TO PRINT, THE FIRST COLLECTION HANDBOOK IN FIFTEEN YEARS AND THE FIRST EXHIBITION CATALOGUE FOR THE ARTIST TOM LLOYD AND BEGAN WORKING ON TWO OTHER PUBLICATIONS, ON THE ARTIST MAVIS PUSEY AND ON THE MUSEUM'S HISTORY, BOTH OF WHICH WILL COME OUT IN FY27. FROM MAY TO OCTOBER 2024, THROUGH OUR MULTI-YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, WE PRESENTED PROJECTS: TADSKI, WHICH FEATURED THE ARTIST'S EXPANSIVE UNBOUND BOOK, AVE PRETA MISTICA / MYSTICAL BLACK BIRD (2022), IN DIALOGUE WITH A MONUMENTAL WALL DRAWING AND A SET OF SCULPTURES MADE IN RESPONSE TO THE GALLERY SPACE. PASS CARRY HOLD: STUDIO MUSEUM ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE 2023-24 FEATURED THE WORK OF THIS COHORT CREATED WHILE IN RESIDENCE AND WAS ON VIEW SEPTEMBER 2024 / FEBRUARY 2025 AT MOMA PS1. BETWEEN MATTER AND MEMORY: EXPANDING THE WALLS 2023 (AUGUST 2023 / JULY 2024) AND SOMETHING IN THE WATER: EXPANDING THE WALLS 2024 (JULY 2024 / JULY 2025), THE EXHIBITIONS FOR OUR SIGNATURE TEEN PROGRAM, EXPANDING THE WALLS: MAKING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PHOTOGRAPHY, HISTORY, AND COMMUNITY, WERE ON VIEW ONLINE, AND THE HARLEM POSTCARDS SERIES ALSO CONTINUED IN ITS ONLINE FORMAT.

COLLECTION MANAGEMENT: IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CURATORIAL TEAM, COLLECTION MANAGEMENT ALSO SPENT MOST OF FY25 PREPARING FOR THE NOVEMBER 2025 BUILDING OPENING, PROVIDING LABOR AND LOGISTICS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE INAUGURAL EXHIBITIONS INCLUDING TOM LLOYD, FROM NOW: A COLLECTION IN CONTEXT, AND TO BE A PLACE, IN ADDITION TO NEWLY-COMMISSIONED WORKS BY CAMILLE NORMENT, CHRISTOPHER MYERS AND KAPWANI KIWANGA. COLLECTION MANAGEMENT ALSO CONTINUED ITS LONG-TERM PROJECT OF INVENTORYING WORKS, PHOTOGRAPHING THEM, CONDUCTING CONDITION REPORTS, AND SHIPPING OBJECTS TO CONSERVATORS AND FRAMERS. THIS ENABLED THE TEAM TO CONSERVE AND RESTORE VULNERABLE WORKS IN THE COLLECTION.