Los Angeles Art Association's 2023 Open Show

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About Los Angeles Art Association's OPEN SHOW:  Since 2006, Los Angeles Art Association's OPEN SHOW has grown into a renown international survey exhibition of emerging art mounted by the organization whose mission is to serve emerging artists. LAAA's OPEN SHOW is perhaps best known for its prestigious curators and jurors and has been featured on NPR. Past Open Show jurors have included MoCA Director Jeremy Strick, PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans, Hammer Museum Director Annie Philbin, LACMA curator Rita Gonzalez and MASSMoCA Curator Susan Cross. LAAA is thrilled to add curator and writer Andi Campognone to this distinguished list of curatorial talent. 

About the Juror: Andi Campognone has over 30 years of arts experience in the southern California region. She is the Executive Director of AC Projects, a non-profit consulting organization focused on promoting arts and culture. Projects include developing museum exhibitions, public engagement, mentoring programs and book and film publications of historically relevant southern California artists. Campognone is also the Arts Manager/Senior Curator for the City of Lancaster’s museums. She is responsible for the development and maintenance of partnerships and community engagement initiatives with artists, businesses, stakeholders, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Los Angeles County Supervisors office, California Arts Council and higher level institutions. She develops curatorial direction for exhibition, educational and engagement programming and additionally leads the public art initiatives for the City of Lancaster. She has previously served the City of Pomona as Cultural Arts Commissioner where she co-wrote and implemented the City’s Master Cultural Arts Plan and the adopted Arts in Public Places Policy. She is the cofounder of Kipaipai, a professional development workshop for artists in Hawaii, California and New York. Ms. Campognone is on the Board of the Lancaster Museum and Public Art Foundation and on the Board of the Holualoa Foundation for Arts and Culture. She volunteers as a regular speaker and mentor to art students at both the undergraduate and graduate level and is a member of ArTTable.