ABOUT ART+EVERYWHERE
Art+Everywhere is an exhibitions initiative founded by Lesley MFA in Visual Arts alums Deborah Read and Tracy Hayes to foster connections and growth in the MFA community and beyond. Art+Everywhere activates exhibition spaces, pairing available venues with artists and curators to facilitate shows, installations, performances, and symposia across the United States. Art+Everywhere aims to provide unique programming that showcases the caliber and contributions of graduates and professors of MFA in Visual Arts programs across a wide arena.
MISSION + ETHOS
"Our ethos is that art is already everywhere. Artists are everywhere. Spaces are everywhere. And, yes, even money, and financing, is everywhere."
"We, the MFA grads, are already a body that is made up of literally thousands of actual hands and eyes. And each eye can already see what needs to be done, and each hand already knows how to reach out and help. This is a great body of compassion, that presently exists throughout the world. It reaches into the past, encompasses the present, and stretches out to the future graduating classes. It can act as a direct funnel to exhibition spaces and opportunities for all of us. It is Art+Everywhere’s job to help activate this body, and to aid in relieving our needs as artists and individuals."
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- Art+Everywhere co-founder Deborah Read