Arts Leadership Praxis
Cultivating the leaders and visionaries of tomorrow
2026 Arts Leadership Praxis Participants. (Left to right): Destinee Filmore, Grace Deveney, Delphine Sims, Mia Matthias, Annissa Malvoisin, Camille Brown, Jadine Collingwood, and Michael J.Ewing. Photo: Ackime Snow
The Arts Leadership Praxis is an annual six-month program which provides professional development and cohort-building opportunities to cultural professionals of color and those deeply invested in Black cultural production. Designed with the long-term goal of redressing inequities in arts institutions, the Arts Leadership Praxis is conceived specifically to support people with approximately five to ten years of experience in curatorial, education, or public programming positions in museums and draws from the Museum’s mission longstanding commitment to cultivating the leaders and visionaries of tomorrow.
The Participants are selected through nomination by experts in the field and an application process.
Participants in the 2026 Arts Leadership Praxis class
- Camille Brown, Associate Curator, the Phillips Collection
- Jadine Collingwood, Pamela Alper Associate Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
- Grace Deveney, David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg Associate Curator of Photography and Media, Art Institute of Chicago
- Michael J. Ewing, Associate Curator, Frist Art Museum
- Destinee Filmore, Assistant Curator of Twentieth-Century American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Annissa Malvoisin, Associate Curator of African Art, Brooklyn Museum; Affiliated Faculty, Bard Graduate Center
- Mia Matthias, Assistant Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, the Museum of Modern Art
- Delphine Sims, Assistant Curator in the Department of Photography, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
(Left to right): Camille Brown, Michael J. Ewing, Jadine Collingwood, Grace Deveney, Mia Matthias, Annissa Malvoisin, Delphine Sims, Destinee Filmore. Photo: Ackime Snow
Participants in the 2025 Arts Leadership Praxis class
- Kendyll Gross, Assistant Curator, Newcomb Art Museum
- Naiomy Guerrero, Museum Specialist in History, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Taylor Jasper, Susan and Rob White Assistant Curator of Visual Arts, Walker Art Center
- Dhyandra Lawson, Andy Song Associate Curator, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- David Lisbon, Curatorial Assistant, Whitney Museum of American Art
- Devin Malone, Director of Public Programs and Community Engagement, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
- Ade Omotosho, The Nancy and Tim Hanley Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, Dallas Museum of Art
- Antoinette Roberts, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, Baltimore Museum of Art
Studio Museum in Harlem Arts Leadership Praxis 2025 Cohort at the Studio Museum’s Headquarters. From left to right: David Lisbon, Devin Malone, Taylor Jasper, Naiomy Guerrero, Dhyandra Lawson, Ade Omotosho, Kendyll Gross, and Antoinette Roberts. Photo: Justin French
Participants in the 2024 Arts Leadership Praxis class
- Dejá Belardo, Assistant Curator, The Shed
- Meredith Breech, Associate Director of Exhibitions, Fotografiska
- Carla Forbes, Curatorial Assistant, Brooklyn Museum
- Margarita Lila Rosa, Independant Curator
- Jenée-Daria Strand, Assistant Curator, Public Art Fund
- Tsige Tafesse, Curatorial Fellow, The Kitchen; Program Manager, Processing Foundation
- Gee Wesley, Curatorial Assistant, MoMA
- Imani Williford, Curatorial Assistant, Brooklyn Museum
From Left to Right: Dejá Belardo, Margarita Lila Rosa, Tsige Tafesse, Carla Forbes, Meredith Breech, Gee Wesley, Imani Williford, and Jenée-Daria Strand. Photo: Naima Green