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Head of Programs, Shorefast and Fogo Island Arts

Andria Hickey is a curator, writer, and strategic advisor. She is currently Head of Programs at Shorefast and Fogo Island Arts. Her curatorial research and practice is focused on cross-disciplinary experimentation, socially engaged art, and contemporary approaches to abstraction in the digital age. She is inspired by the intersections of art and ecology, civic engagement and art in the public realm.

At Shorefast, she oversees the holistic direction of the organization’s interdisciplinary programs, including Fogo Island Arts, it’s residencies and exhibitions, as well as environmental stewardship initiatives, foodways, heritage sites, and programs designed to center place and culture in community economic development.

Prior to joining Shorefast, Andria was Chief Curator at The Shed, NY, where oversaw the visual art program. She was previously global Senior Director and Curator at Pace Gallery, where she established a new curatorial team and initiated the live arts program Pace Live, while advancing the exhibition program and artist roster. Before joining Pace, she was Senior Curator at MOCA Cleveland, where she shaped the vision for the program, curated major thematic and solo exhibitions and  focused on community engagement initiatives, including a two-year residency of Town Halls with Hank Willis Thomas and the For Freedoms artist coalition.

Hailing from St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, Andria earned her BA from Memorial University and an MA in Canadian Art History from Concordia University in Montreal. She moved to the United States in 2007 for a curatorial fellowship in the Visual Arts Department at the Walker Art Center. Moving on to New York, she was Curator of Art in General and later appointed Curator at the Public Art Fund where from 2011-2016, she organized public art exhibitions and new commissions throughout New York City.

In addition to her leadership roles and curatorial work, Andria is a strategic advisor to artists, cultural foundations and arts institutions, and has collaborated with Christopher Lew’s curatorial consulting office, C/O Curatorial Office, and the advising firm, Agency 291. She has lectured broadly, and her written work has been published in a wide variety of journals and exhibition catalogues.

Residency Program Coordinator

Alicia Penton is a born and bred Fogo Islander, raised in the community of Joe Batt’s Arm. Alicia spent her childhood combing the shores and running wild through Fogo Island’s open spaces. Alicia attended Memorial University in St. John’s and lived in the city for a few years before returning to Fogo Island and settling in the community of Island Harbour with her partner and her Norwegian Elkhound, Helga.  In Alicia’s free time she enjoys painting, DIY projects, watching anime, playing card games and darts.

Strategic Director, Shorefast and Fogo Island Arts

Kitty Scott is a curator, writer and senior arts administrator. She is currently Strategic Director at Shorefast and Fogo Island Arts. Former Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, she has also served as the Carol and Morton Rapp Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Director of Visual Arts at The Banff Centre, Chief Curator at Serpentine Galleries, and curator of Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of Canada.

She has curated exhibitions of artists such as Francis Alÿs, Janet Cardiff, Paul Chan, Peter Doig, Geoffrey Farmer, Theaster Gates, Brian Jungen, Ragnar Kjartansson, Ken Lum, Gordon Matta-Clark, Scott McFarland, Silke Otto-Knapp, Ron Terada, and Jin-me Yoon. She co-curated the Liverpool Biennial (with Sally Tallant) (2018), presented Geoffrey Farmer’s project at the Canada Pavilion for the Venice Biennale (2017) and was an agent for dOCUMENTA (13) (2012), Kassel, Germany.

She has written extensively on contemporary art for catalogues and journals including Parachute, Parkett, and Canadian Art. Scott has contributed to numerous books on curatorial studies and written texts for monographic publications on the work of Matthew Barney, Peter Doig, Brian Jungen, Adam Pendleton, and Daniel Richter; and for the publication Creamier: Contemporary Art in Culture (Phaidon, London, New York, 2010). As an independent curator, she has worked on numerous exhibitions including Gordon Matta-Clark: Line of Flight (2020), Bankside Browser (2000) for Tate Modern, London, and Universal Pictures (1999) at the Melbourne International Biennial.

Scott organized the curatorial symposium “Are Curators Unprofessional?” (2010) at The Banff Centre and edited the publication Raising Frankenstein: Curatorial Education and Its Discontents (Koenig Books, Cologne, 2010). She was the Canadian coordinator for the Seventh International Istanbul Biennial (2001) and also worked on the inaugural SITE Santa Fe Biennial (1995). Scott has taught at numerous institutions including the Curatorial Practice Program at the California College of the Arts, San Francisco.

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