Monday, April 14
9:00 AM- 1:00 PM
BRIC
647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
Presented in collaboration with A.I.R. Gallery
The American Federation of Arts (AFA) is excited to present Artviews: Gender, Sexuality, and Cultural Norms, a thought-provoking symposium exploring gender, identity, and equity in the arts. This event, part of AFA’s Artviews series, will bring together artists, curators, scholars, and arts professionals to discuss the evolving landscape of representation in the art world.
Through engaging panels and networking opportunities, participants will have the chance to rethink the historical label of “woman artist” in today’s intersectional landscape, examine the impact of American culture and policies on art careers, and address barriers to gallery representation and access to the art mark.
This symposium is free and open to the public with registration.
For questions and additional information, please contact events@amfedarts.org.
About the panelists:
Molly Gochman
Molly Gochman, an artist and activist deeply engaged in social practice, focuses on activating spaces for profound collective experiences. Her practice encompasses a diverse range of mediums including photography, sound, installation, and sculpture. Through these mediums, she often challenges and subverts conventional material boundaries to foster interaction, play, exploration, and meaningful dialogue. Gochman frequently explores concepts encompassing human connection, environment, and community, rooted in the belief that life’s experiences shape us. Guided by the concept that “life leathers us,” her works not only aim to aesthetize but also reflect the passage of time through weather, wear, and change. Her practice continues to evolve with a desire to actively engage participants, inspire meaningful dialogues, find commonality, and discover shared human experiences. She has exhibited her work at The Ukrainian Museum, New York; NYC Parks Art in the Parks; NADA House, New York; Lincoln Center, New York; Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston; Diverse Works, Houston; Chashama, New York; Sara Roney Gallery, Sydney; Grace Farms, New Canaan; Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston; Zilkha Hall, Houston; Elsewhere, Greensboro and other traditional and non-traditional exhibition spaces. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture from Guilford College. Originally from Texas, Molly is currently based in New York.
Florence Lynch
Florence Lynch is a New York-based art dealer and the Senior Director at Jenkins Johnson Gallery, which has locations in both San Francisco and New York. In her role, she liaises with the gallery’s roster of both emerging and established artists and introduces new talents to the program. Lynch represents the gallery at relevant global events and travels regularly to support institutional and client development while maximizing business opportunities in new markets.
Lynch previously served as the Director of Sales and Public Relations at Elizabeth Dee in New York; followed by the position of Senior Director at Marc Straus Gallery. She was co-owner of Lynch Tham, a contemporary art gallery established in 2013 on the Lower East Side. Furthermore, Lynch is the founder of the Florence Lynch Gallery, an internationally recognized contemporary art gallery that was formerly located in New York’s Chelsea gallery district. With over 20 years of experience in the art world, she has also worked as an independent curator, critic, and lecturer.
Lynch has conducted interviews and authored essays on notable figures including Quentin Tarantino, David Lynch, Jenny Holzer, David Hammons, Nan Goldin, and Robert Longo.
She has held adjunct positions at Teachers College, Columbia University in the ARAD Master’s Program teaching Principles and Practices in the Visual Arts, as well as in the School of Graduate Studies at the Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, in the Art Market Department. Her memberships and community involvements include Arts Council Member for Madison Square Park Conservancy, being a member of the A.I.R Advisory Board, participating in the Advisory Council of the Alumni Association of the NY Studio School, and being a member of ARTTABLE, The Leadership Organization for Professional Women in the Visual Arts.
Lisa Kim
Lisa Kim is the inaugural director of the Ford Foundation Gallery, an exhibition space within the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice in New York City. Since 2018, she has led the development of the gallery’s exhibitions and public engagement programs to advance the mission and values of the Ford Foundation. Prior to her appointment at the Ford Foundation, she was director of cultural affairs at Two Trees Management Company, a real estate development firm in Brooklyn, NY. There she fostered artistic and creative community development through overseeing the company’s arts philanthropy and public art initiatives, producing the annual DUMBO Arts Festival from 2011 to 2014, and managing the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program. Lisa served as the director of the New York City Percent for Art Program from 2006 to 2008, supporting the commissioning and installation of public artworks, and for 12 years she oversaw the exhibitions, collections, construction, and expansion for Gagosian Gallery in New York. Lisa holds a Bachelor of Arts in Art History with a concentration in Visual Arts from Barnard College and a Master of Industrial Design from Pratt Institute. She serves on the advisory board of A.I.R. Gallery and is a member of the board of directors of ICOM-US.
Alison Croney Moses
Alison Croney Moses (b. 1983) is a Boston based artist primarily working in wood, investigating craft, community, identity, and motherhood. Her work is in the collections of the Detroit Institute of the Arts, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Rose Art Museums, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. She is a recipient of the 2022 USA Fellowship in Craft, and 2023 Boston Artadia Award, a finalist of the 2024 LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize and the recipient of the 2024 Black Mountain College International Artist Prize. She was named one of the 2023 WBUR 10 Makers and is currently one of the Triennial Accelerator Artists for the 2025 Boston Public Art Triennial. Alison holds an MA in Sustainable Business & Communities from Goddard College, and a BFA in Furniture Design from Rhode Island School of Design.
Dr. Ksenia M. Soboleva
Dr. Ksenia M. Soboleva is a New York based writer and art historian specializing in queer art and culture. She holds a PhD from the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU. Her writings have appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, BOMB, Ursula Magazine, Artforum, frieze, and Hyperallergic. She has contributed to numerous artist monographs and exhibition catalogues, including Chitra Ganesh (2024), Robert Indiana: The Sweet Mystery (2024), and Fire Island: A Century of Art (forthcoming). Previously, Soboleva was a Vilcek Curatorial Fellow at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, and an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Gender and LGBTQ+ History at the New-York Historical. She is the recipient of the 2022 Baxter St. Camera Club’s Guest Curatorial Initiative, and the 2025 Dora Maar House Fellowship. She is currently completing her book manuscript “What Happens After: Art, AIDS, and Lesbian Histories” and co-editing the first monograph on TRIAL BALLOON, a lesbian-run gallery and project space active in the early 1990s, forthcoming with Karma.
Dr. Katharine J. Wright
Katharine J. Wright is a curator and scholar of modern and contemporary art based in New York City. She specializes in pre- and post-war American art, with a focus on design, alternative media, public art, and photography. For more than twenty years, Katharine has conducted research, organized educational programs, and held curatorial roles at major art museums including the Morgan Library and Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She has curated exhibitions across the United States, Europe, and Latin America, featuring artists such as Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Marta Chilindron, George Lois, Sol LeWitt, Dan Flavin and many more. Dr. Wright received her BA from Williams College and her MA and PhD from The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. Her research and writing has been published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thames & Hudson, Yale University Press, caa.reviews, and Ridiculosa.
Public programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. These programs are also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. We are also grateful for the generous support of Berkley Asset Protection, Huntington Block, Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation, and the American Chai Trust.
