Kimberly Drew

Kimberly Drew
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Kimberly Drew speaking at Art+Feminism at MoMA
Born 1990 (age 27–28)
Nationality American
Alma mater Smith College
Occupation

Curator
blogger

social media manager for the metropolitan museum of art
Years active 2011–
Known for

@MuseumMammy Instagram account

Black Contemporary Art blog on Tumblr

Kimberly Drew (born 1990)[1] is an art curator and the social media manager for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as the creator of the popular Tumblr blog "Black Contemporary Art".[2][3] Drew supplements the Tumblr with accounts on Facebook (2,702 friends as of July 2016), Twitter (14,426 followers), and Instagram (98,400 followers), to champion black artists and the cause of Black Lives Matter.[2][4]

Early life

Drew grew up in Orange, New Jersey,[5] and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York City.[6]

Growing up, she was raised in a family of artists.[7] In 2008, Drew graduated from the boarding school St. George's School in Middletown, Rhode Island.[8] During her second year at Smith College, Drew had an internship at Studio Museum in Harlem with Thelma Golden, which influenced her later choice of concentration.[4] She said the experience of working in a museum was a career path. In 2012, Drew graduated from Smith College with a B.A. in Art history and Africana studies, and a concentration in Museum Studies.[5]

Career

In March 2011, Drew started the Tumblr blog called "Black Contemporary Art" while still in college.[5] When she began "Black Contemporary Art," Drew would write posts for black artists who were featured on museum websites but not on Tumblr so that they "were part of a recorded history."[9] As such, she aims to bring "more marginalized people enter institutions, learn the rules, and shatter and restructure them."[10]

In 2012, she worked at Creative Time in New York.[11] In July 2015, Drew was hired as the Associate Online Community Producer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.[12]

In 2016, Drew was invited to curate the White House's Instagram account during the 2016 South by South Lawn festival.[1][13] Additionally, Drew worked with the Aperture Foundation as a social media consultant.[12][2] Artsy included her in a roundup of art-world leaders who are "advancing racial equality in the art world."

Additionally in July 2016, Drew, along with writers Taylor Renee Aldridge and Jessica Lynne and art historian Jessica Bell Brown, organized a project called Black Art Incubator[14], a two-month long program of book exchanges, art critiques, and panel discussions which aimed to '’prioritize Black subjectivity through the use of social sculpture."[15] In 2017, Drew served as a juror for the Artadia Awards.[16]

Drew is co-authoring a book with Jenna Wortham;[17] The Black Futures Project, which will examine how creativity relates to black cultural identity[18], is forthcoming in July 2019 from Chris Jackson's One World imprint at Random House. The Black Futures Project is an anthology inspired by The Black Book by Toni Morrison and will take the form of a "coffee table book."[19]

References

  1. 1 2 Agrawal, Nadya (November 25, 2016). "Curator Kimberly Drew on Black Art, Social Media, and Taking Selfies in Museums". Broadly. Vice Media. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Tammy Kim, E. (July 25, 2016). "Art of Protest". The New Yorker. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  3. ↑ WITW Staff (November 30, 2015). "Kimberly Drew's curation brings black artists to the forefront". The New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  4. 1 2 St. Félix, Doreen (November 27, 2015). "The Lenny Interview: Kimberly Drew, aka @MuseumMammy". Lenny Letter. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 Simpson, April (Fall 2016). "Alumnae Spotlight. Shaking the Canon: Internet tastemakers Kimberly Drew '12 brings overrdue attention to black contemporary art and artists". Smith Alumnae Quarterly. Smith College, Office of Alumnae Relations. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  6. ↑ Miller, Rachel (March 13, 2017). "Brooklyn 100 Influencer: Kimberly Drew, MET Museum". Brooklyn Magazine. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  7. ↑ SSENSE (November 21, 2017). "Kimberly Rose Drew on the Limits of Utopia". ssense. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  8. ↑ "News Roundup: Kimberly Drew '08". St. George's School. July 22, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Meet The Social Media Star Whose Taste The Art World Follows". The FADER. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  10. ↑ Miller, Rachel (March 13, 2017). "Brooklyn 100 Influencer: Kimberly Drew, MET Museum". Brooklyn Magazine. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  11. ↑ "Writing the Blog You Want to See in the World: An Interview With Kimberly Drew". sleek mag. December 4, 2017. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  12. 1 2 Ambar (August 9, 2016). "The Art of Social Media with Kimberly Drew". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  13. ↑ Russeth, Andrew (October 3, 2016). "The Met's Social Medial Manager, Kimberly Drew, is on the White House's Instagram Account Today". ARTnews.
  14. ↑ "Where the Met's Kimberly Drew Sees the Art World in 10 Years | artnet News". artnet News. October 17, 2016. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  15. ↑ "BLACK ART INCUBATOR | Recess". www.recessart.org. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  16. ↑ Visual Arts News Desk (April 28, 2017). "Artadia Announces 2017 New York Awardees". Broadway World. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
  17. ↑ Simpson, Koa Beck, Lorna (March 8, 2017). "These Women in the Arts Don't Take No for an Answer". Vogue. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  18. ↑ Williamson, Sue (November 16, 2016). "This 26-Year-Old Has Already Mastered Social Media, the Met, and the Art World". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  19. ↑ SSENSE (November 21, 2017). "Kimberly Rose Drew on the Limits of Utopia". ssense. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
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