EXHIBITION DESIGNER, CURATORy, AND FOUNDER

NATALIA QUINTEROS, FOUNDER, HAS WORKED AS AN EXHIBITION DESIGNER FOR THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. WORKING CLOSELY WITH CURATORS TO DESIGN SPATIAL NARRATIVES FOR SHOWS AND WORKING WITH LIVING ARTISTS FOR CONTEMPORARY INSTALLATIONS LED TO AN INTEREST IN EXHIBITION DESIGN OUTSIDE OF THE RESTRICTIONS OF THE MUSEUM.

NATALIA TRANSITIONED TO EXHIBITION DESIGN FOR THE PMA VIA THE ARCHITECTURE DESIGN/BUILD WORLD IN PHILADELPHIA THROUGH CITY PLANNING, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROJECTS, CDCS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, RETROFIT DESIGN, STUDIO ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, AND SURVEYING/ASSESSING EXISTING CONDITIONS. NATALIA IS BORN AND RAISED IN SOUTH PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTH AMERICA FIRST GENERATION GIRLS’ HIGH GIRL, CCP ARCHITECTURE, AND UPENN DESIGN BFA AND M.ARCH.

PRINCIPAL ARTIST, CURATOR, AND FINE ARTS INSTRUCTOR

WORKING WITH COMMUNITY DRIVEN ORGANIZATIONS, (IMPACT, AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE SERVICES, NKCDC, PHILADELPHIA LEGACIES AWARDS) CONNECTS DAMON WITH STUDENTS AND YOUNG TALENTS WHO ARE FOUND THROUGH THESE VENUES. BORN AND RAISED IN PHILADELPHIA, BAIN VOLUNTEERS HIS PHILADELPHIA STUDIO TIME TO TEACHING YOUNG ARTIST THROUGH PAINTING AND FIGURE DRAWING.

BAIN’S WORK REVEALS A LOOK AT THE UNIFYING TRAITS OF HUMANITY IN HIS “FIGURATIVE CONTEMPORARY” PAINTINGS. A SENSE OF BEAUTY AND LOVE EMANATES FROM HIS MODERN ABSTRACT EXPRESSION. BAIN IS A VERSATILE ARTIST WHO EXPLORES THE ELABORATE HUMAN FORM WITH THE SAME PASSION THAT HE REVEALS THE SUBTLE BEAUTY OF NATURE. THUS DAMON DEDICATES PORTIONS OF HIS TIME PAINTING WITH OTHERS AND WILL BE TEACHING FINE ARTS CLASSICAL TRAINING APPRENTICESHIP STYLE AT THE GALLERY IN EVENTS TO COME.

LITERARY DIRECTOR, EVENTS CURATOR, AND THE PRESS

HEATHER BOWLAN IS A WRITER, CRITIC, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZER FROM NORTHWEST PHILADELPHIA AND LIVING IN GERMANTOWN AFTER TIME IN LONDON, HILO, LONG BEACH, AND RALEIGH, AMONG OTHER PLACES. HER COLLECTION OF SELF-ERASURES AND COLLABORATIVE POEMS,HIGHLIGHTS & BLACKOUTS, WAS RELEASED BY _MIXLIT PRESS AS A CHAPBOOK AND CODE POEM EXPERIENCE IN 2023. HEATHER’S WORK HAS APPEARED IN THE ANTHOLOGYFEMINISMS IN MOTION, THENEW OHIO REVIEW, THEANARCHIST REVIEW OF BOOKS, AND ELSEWHERE.