About this episode

The episode discusses insights from Shana Lopes on how photography is curated for museum collections and how artists can gain visibility.

Learn exactly what an SFMOMA photography curator looks for, what she passes over, and how to get your work seen without an MFA, a gallery, or a 6-paragraph artist statement. I sat down with Shana Lopes, Assistant Curator of Photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), to find out how photography actually enters a museum collection. Shana has worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Center for Creative Photography, holds a PhD in the history of photography, and has s...

People in this episode

Host: Matt Jacob

Guest: Shana Lopes

Topics covered

• photography
• museum curation
• art education
• self-promotion
• career advice

Keywords

• photography
• museum
• curation
• SFMOMA
• art career
• artist statement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Center for Creative Photography

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