Cicely Sweed
Cicely J. Sweed is an independent curator, writer, entrepreneur and educator. She is founder and principal consultant at Art_Social_Enterprise Studio (ÀSEstudio), a social practice firm that works with clients to curate exhibitions and events that philanthropically support arts education and creative enterprise initiatives.
Her projects have included: Juried Annual 2012 (Guest Curator), ProArts Gallery; Inner City Advisors (ICA) 11th Annual Business Reception (2011); Transformative Visions 2011, OneLife Institute; 2 x 2 Solos: Elisheva Biernoff, ProArts Gallery (2010); Metamorphosis: Works by AbbaYahudah, CIIS (2010); Geo-Frequencies: Eco-Arts In Action, San Francisco Green Festival (2009); Mi Tierra, Mi Corazon: A Diasporic Offering To The Ancestors (2009); Salma Arastu: Lyrical Visions, CIIS (2009); Henry Sultan: A Retrospective, CIIS (2009); Richard Bolingbroke: Love, Life and Death CIIS (2009); Bay Area Guide To Independent Fashion Festival, YBCA (2008); Bay Area Now: BAN5, YBCA (2008).
She currently serves as juror for ProArts Gallery in Oakland and the San Francisco Women Artists Gallery and has worked as a curator for California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA), Twiga Gallery, and the African-American Art & Culture Center in San Francisco. She holds a bachelor degree in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, a masters degree in Visual Criticism from CCA, and is a Green MBA candidate in Sustainable Enterprise from Dominican University of California.
Links:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/cicelysweed
http://www.sfwomenartists.org/
http://proartsgallery.org/
http://ybca.org/
http://www.twigagallery.com/
