Joy Glidden
Encyclopedia
Joy Glidden is a contemporary art
administrator, visual arts
curator
, filmmaker, and advocate for local arts communities. She is currently living near Lafayette, Louisiana
.
Art Under the Bridge Festival in Brooklyn, New York where she served as the Executive Director from 1997-2006. Using art as a catalyst for change, Glidden’s efforts achieved successful development in DUMBO that is now a model for similar waterfront developments around the world. She has lectured on non-profit policy for New York University
in New York City, the Pratt Institute
in Brooklyn NY, the Maryland Institute of Contemporary Art (MICA) in Baltimore, Maryland and Louisiana State University
in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
, and on the positive effects of an artist’s community and creative capital with the Danish, Norwegian, and Korean Consulates.
In 2006 Glidden relocated to New Orleans, Louisiana
where she acted as the Director of Louisiana ArtWorks, a 93,000 sq ft’ artist service organization near the Warehouse/Arts District, from 2007 to 2010. She is currently the CEO President of Art Index Inc. and Executive Producer of Art Index TV, a Public Broadcasting Service
television series of half hour shows about contemporary art that hopes to articulate the ways in which art impacts our culture at large.
, the New York State Council on the Arts
, the New York Foundation for the Arts
, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
, the Louisiana Division of the Arts, the Arts Council of New Orleans, the Agnes Gund & Daniel Shapiro Foundation, the Milton and Sally Avery Foundation, the Joan Mitchell Foundation, the Peter Norton Family Foundation, the Lily Auchincloss Foundation, the Experimental Television Center
, the Independence Community Foundation, the Foundation for Contemporary Art, the Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts, JP Morgan Chase, the Cowles Charitable Trust, Poets & Writers
, Artist Space, the Ford Foundation
, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Tremaine Foundation, the Alliance for Artist Communities, the Jones Foundation, and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
, among others.
Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
administrator, visual arts
Visual arts
The visual arts are art forms that create works which are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, and often modern visual arts and architecture...
curator
Curator
A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...
, filmmaker, and advocate for local arts communities. She is currently living near Lafayette, Louisiana
Lafayette, Louisiana
Lafayette is a city in and the parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the Vermilion River. The population was 120,623 at the 2010 census...
.
Career
Glidden was a visual artist, performance artist, and art activist in Canada before moving to New York City, New York in 1987. She is the Founding Director of the DUMBO arts center (DAC) and co-founder of the DUMBODumbo
Dumbo is a 1941 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and released on October 23, 1941, by RKO Radio Pictures.The fourth film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, Dumbo is based upon the storyline written by Helen Aberson and illustrated by Harold Pearl for the prototype of a...
Art Under the Bridge Festival in Brooklyn, New York where she served as the Executive Director from 1997-2006. Using art as a catalyst for change, Glidden’s efforts achieved successful development in DUMBO that is now a model for similar waterfront developments around the world. She has lectured on non-profit policy for New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
in New York City, the Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute is a private art college in New York City located in Brooklyn, New York, with satellite campuses in Manhattan and Utica. Pratt is one of the leading undergraduate art schools in the United States and offers programs in Architecture, Graphic Design, History of Art and Design,...
in Brooklyn NY, the Maryland Institute of Contemporary Art (MICA) in Baltimore, Maryland and Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...
in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and is the second-largest city in the state.Baton Rouge is a major industrial, petrochemical, medical, and research center of the American South...
, and on the positive effects of an artist’s community and creative capital with the Danish, Norwegian, and Korean Consulates.
In 2006 Glidden relocated to New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...
where she acted as the Director of Louisiana ArtWorks, a 93,000 sq ft’ artist service organization near the Warehouse/Arts District, from 2007 to 2010. She is currently the CEO President of Art Index Inc. and Executive Producer of Art Index TV, a Public Broadcasting Service
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
television series of half hour shows about contemporary art that hopes to articulate the ways in which art impacts our culture at large.
Grants and Awards
Glidden is the recipient of many awards, including grants from the Richard J. Massey Foundation for Arts & Science, the National Endowment for the ArtsNational Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
, the New York State Council on the Arts
New York State Council on the Arts
The New York State Council on the Arts is an arts council serving the U.S. state of New York. It was established in 1960 through a bill introduced in the New York State Legislature by New York State Senator MacNeil Mitchell , with backing from Governor Nelson Rockefeller, and began its work in 1961...
, the New York Foundation for the Arts
New York Foundation for the Arts
The New York Foundation for the Arts was created in conjunction the in 1971. The organization gives grants to individual artists and writers and developing arts organizations with a mission to '.'-NYFA's Programs:...
, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs is dedicated to supporting and strengthening New York City's vibrant cultural life. Among their primary missions is to ensure adequate public funding for non-profit cultural organizations, both large and small, throughout the five boroughs.-External...
, the Louisiana Division of the Arts, the Arts Council of New Orleans, the Agnes Gund & Daniel Shapiro Foundation, the Milton and Sally Avery Foundation, the Joan Mitchell Foundation, the Peter Norton Family Foundation, the Lily Auchincloss Foundation, the Experimental Television Center
Experimental Television Center
The Experimental Television Center is a one of a kind video art production studio in Owego, New York. Since its foundation in 1971, the center has been instrumental to the field of video art by providing artists with the tools of video art production through artist residencies and grants...
, the Independence Community Foundation, the Foundation for Contemporary Art, the Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts, JP Morgan Chase, the Cowles Charitable Trust, Poets & Writers
Poets & Writers
Poets & Writers, Inc. is one of the largest nonprofit literary organization in the United States serving poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers...
, Artist Space, the Ford Foundation
Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation is a private foundation incorporated in Michigan and based in New York City created to fund programs that were chartered in 1936 by Edsel Ford and Henry Ford....
, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Tremaine Foundation, the Alliance for Artist Communities, the Jones Foundation, and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association is a federation of 39 separate health insurance organizations and companies in the United States. Combined, they directly or indirectly provide health insurance to over 100 million Americans. The history of Blue Cross dates back to 1929, while the history of...
, among others.
External links
- October 10, 1997 New York Times Article by P. Marks about DUMBO artists (accessed Nov. 12, 2010)
- Industrial Brooklyn neighborhood transforms into art mecca - DUMBO, Brooklyn, Art Business News Article, March 2002 (accessed Nov. 12, 2010)
- Louisiana ArtWorks edges toward completion, D. MacCash’s article in the Times Picayune, Feb 27, 2008 (accessed Nov. 12, 2010)
- Video clip: tour of Louisiana ArtWorks with Joy Glidden (accessed Nov. 12, 2010)