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DESCRIPTION:The Cornish College of the Arts Art Department is proud to pres
 ent the sixth lecture of our 2025-2026 Visiting Artist Program. Please joi
 n us at the Raisbeck Auditorium on Friday\, February 27th at 11:30am for a
  chance to hear from the renowned currator and 2026 Neddy Artist Award Nat
 ional Juror\, Daisy Nam.\n\n \n\nABOUT THE ARTIST\nDaisy Nam is the Zlot F
 amily Director and Chief Curator of the Wattis Institute for Contemporary 
 Arts in San Francisco. Her curatorial work often engages urgent cultural q
 uestions like the current research program at the Wattis exploring the the
 me of labor through a series of\nexhibitions\, public events\, and artist-
 driven projects.\n\n \n\nPreviously\, Nam served as director and curator o
 f Ballroom Marfa\, a contemporary art space in West Texas dedicated to sup
 porting artists through residencies\, commissions\, and exhibitions. There
 \, she organized exhibitions including STEADY: Michelle Lopez and Ester Pa
 rtegàs\, Tongues of Fire\, Ecstatic Land\, and solo projects with Guadalu
 pe Maravilla\, Kenneth Tam and Donna Huanca\, among others. Earlier roles 
 include assistant director at Harvard’s Carpenter Center for the Visual 
 Arts and assistant director of public programs at Columbia University’s 
 School of the Arts\, where she produced seasons of talks\, screenings\, an
 d performances.\n\n \n\nCuratorial residencies and fellowships include: Ma
 rcia Tucker Senior Research Fellow at the New Museum\, New York\; Bellas A
 rtes\, Bataan\, Philippines\; Surf Point in York\, Maine\; Gwangju Biennal
 e Foundation\, Korea. She holds a master's degree in Curatorial and Critic
 al Studies from Columbia University and a bachelor's degree in Art History
  and Cinema Studies from New York University. She co-edited Best! Letters 
 from Asian Americans in the Arts\, and serves on the board of Voices in Co
 ntemporary Art.\n\n \n\n \n\nABOUT THE NEDDY\n\nThe Neddy Artist Award is 
 one of the most generous and longest-running awards for visual artists in 
 the State of Washington\, now providing two awards of $30\,000\, and six o
 f $3\,000\, to artists living and working in the Puget Sound region.\n\n \
 n\nOur program began in 1996 and is funded by the Behnke Foundation as a t
 ribute to the life and work of Seattle painter and teacher Robert E. [Ned]
  Behnke (1948-1989). In 2011\, Cornish College of the Arts gained stewards
 hip of the Neddy\, and we are thrilled to now be entering our thirtieth ye
 ar as a part of Seattle University!\n\n \n\nCornish prepares its students 
 to contribute to society as artists\, citizens\, and innovators\, and the 
 Neddy is a beacon of this mission. We especially thank Ned’s mother\, Sa
 lly Skinner Behnke\, in memoriam\, for spearheading this vital program to 
 Cornish as part of her legacy\, continuing the investment of her grandmoth
 er in the founding of the College.
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LOCATION:Raisbeck Auditorium
SUMMARY:Daisy Nam: Visiting Artist Lecture
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 ecture
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