Tour with Association of Women Art Dealers (AWAD)
Date & Time:
Friday, September 8, 2023
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location:
Booksmart Fair @ Art on Paper (straight ahead upon entering Pier 36)
#AWADVisits: Kat Griefen of Accola Griefen Fine Art, Founding Member of the Association of Women Art Dealers (AWAD), will lead this insiders’ tour that investigates pieces presented by women gallerists. The tour will cover five AWAD member galleries as well as other women and women-identifying gallerists. AWAD gallerists are Accola Griefen, J. Reinhart Gallery, Garvey | Simon, Spence Gallery, and Kathryn Markel Fine Arts.
Space is limited, please RSVP here.
Kat Griefen is an educator, curator and art dealer. Since 2011 she has been the co-director and co-owner of Accola Griefen Fine Art with Kristen Accola. From 2006 until 2011 Ms. Griefen was the Director of A.I.R. Gallery, the longest running gallery dedicated to women and non-binary artists. She was a Lecturer in Women & Gender Studies at Rutgers University for over a decade and is currently a CUNY faculty member in Gallery and Museum Studies. In 2017 she received the President’s Award for Art and Activism from the Women’s Caucus for the Arts, College Art Association. Ms. Griefen is a Board Member of ArtTable and a National Committee Member of the Feminist Art Project.