Mills College Art Lecture Series: Jackie Im

Jackie Im: "Specific Objects without Specific Form"
September 28, 2016
7:00 PM, Danforth Lecture Hall

Jackie Im the co-founder and director of Et al. and Et al. etc. in San Francisco and curator of the inaugural exhibition Intro (The Writing is on the Wall) at Mills College’s new gallery Slide Space 123. She will speak about her curatorial process, why curators should take risks, and what it means to be an exhibition space in the Bay Area.

Im is a curator, writer, and editor based in Oakland, CA. She is the co-founder and Director of Et al. and Et al. etc. in San Francisco, alongside Aaron Harbour. She also currently serves as the Associate Curator at the San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries and as a Senior Editor at Art Practical. She has organized exhibitions at the Wattis Institute of Contemporary Art, Queens Nails, The Lab, Important Projects, Royal NoneSuch Gallery, and MacArthur B Arthur. Her writing has appeared in Fillip Magazine, Art Practical, Curiously Direct, SFAQ, and various exhibition catalogues. She holds a BA in Art History from Mills College and a MA in Curatorial Practice from California College of the Arts.