{"id":7089,"date":"2018-01-22T21:12:09","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T02:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=7089"},"modified":"2018-05-06T10:08:05","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T14:08:05","slug":"allisonagsten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/allisonagsten\/","title":{"rendered":"Allison Agsten"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7452\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7089-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/AllisonAgsten.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/AllisonAgsten.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/AllisonAgsten.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_7090\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7090\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7090 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Allison001.jpg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Allison001.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Allison001.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Allison001.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Allison001.jpg?resize=696%2C1044&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Allison001.jpg?resize=1068%2C1602&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Allison001.jpg?resize=280%2C420&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Allison001.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Allison001.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Allison Agsten<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Allison Agsten is an arts leader whose work centers on process, experimentation, and accessibility. She is currently Director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themainmuseum.org\/\">The Main Museum of Los Angeles Art<\/a>, a new downtown institution devoted Los Angeles art and artists. Since her appointment in 2015, she has developed the mission, program, and trajectory of the new institution, including launching Beta Main in 2016, a physical and conceptual test site in anticipation of the fully realized, and currently under-construction, museum.<\/p>\n<p>Agsten and The Main\u2019s team are developing a program that is focused on an artist residency rather than a permanent collection and includes a robust slate of exhibitions and programs. In its first year, she curated exhibitions with Suzanne Lacy, Andrea Bowers, Edgar Arceneaux, Star Montana, and Alice Konitz and commissioned a site-specific permanent artwork by Dora De Larios that prominently greets visitors at the entrance to the museum.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Agsten served as the Curator of Public Engagement at the Hammer Museum, the Director of Communications at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), and as a producer in CNN\u2019s Los Angeles bureau. Her role at the Hammer was the first public engagement\u2013focused job at an art museum in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Key accomplishments include the development of an unprecedented offsite partnership between the Hammer and Art + Practice, an art and social services nonprofit in south L.A.; pioneering digital initiatives at LACMA to make it amongst the first museums to make rare publications available for free online as well establishing one of the first museum blogs; and inaugurating The Main as the first museum in Los Angeles to present its offerings in both Spanish and English.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7091\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7091\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7091 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9206.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9206.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9206.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9206.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9206.jpg?resize=696%2C464&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9206.jpg?resize=1068%2C712&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9206.jpg?resize=630%2C420&amp;ssl=1 630w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9206.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_9206.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Main Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7092\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7092\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7092\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/MM5.9.172171.jpg?resize=640%2C960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/MM5.9.172171.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/MM5.9.172171.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/MM5.9.172171.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/MM5.9.172171.jpg?resize=696%2C1044&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/MM5.9.172171.jpg?resize=1068%2C1602&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/MM5.9.172171.jpg?resize=280%2C420&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/MM5.9.172171.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/MM5.9.172171.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7092\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Main Museum, Art, artist, portrait, people, installation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/AllisonAgsten.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listAllison Agsten is an arts leader whose work centers on process, experimentation, and accessibility. 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