Announcing Our Inaugural Curatorial Apprentice

Black & White Projects is please to announce the launch of our new Curatorial Apprenticeship Program and excited to welcome our inaugural Curatorial Apprentice, Jane Sheehan!

Jane Sheehan grew up in San Francisco, amongst its art. She received her BFA in oil painting from Whitman College in 2021 and is finishing out her graduate degree in Museum Studies at the University of San Francisco. Fall 2023’s Offerings Somatic, curated by Rhiannon Evans MacFadyen, is the first gallery exhibition Jane has participated in curating. Jane’s curiosity boils down to community and process, emphasizing artist care and cultivating equity. She’s currently attempting to master knitting.

The Curatorial Apprenticeship is a new program developed to:

• Create opportunities for arts workers to express their creativity and deepen their practice
• Provide opportunities for curators to gain experience through practice and omnidirectional mentorship
• Build pipelines for emergent curators and cultural producers to progress their careers
• Provide support for BWP’s ongoing and new programs, including shows, events, publications, among others
• Foster new visions in curatorial practice using experimentation and laboratory approach (i.e. researching, building ideas and a structure to try them, documenting the process, and sharing with community)

From May through December 2024, Jane Sheehan will work closely with Black & White Projects’s director and artists to collaborate on exhibitions and programs, write about relevant artists and projects, and work to develop a co-curated exhibition proposal for 2025.

Please help us give Jane a warm and vibrant welcome to our community!