Jessica Duby

Jessica is a curator and artist focused on art’s utility in social, environmental, and cultural diplomacy. Based in Brooklyn, NY, her curatorial practice focuses on intersections of contemporary art, ritual, and politics in service of belonging and equity. She studied Arts Politics at NYU Tisch and her undergraduate degree is in Art History. She also quietly keeps an artistic practice, which often serves as a source of inspiration for curatorial projects. Her art practice explores ecofeminism, devotion, reclamation, and feminine archetypes. Her current work is informed by earlier professional experience at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and National Museums of Asian Art.

What drew you to the M.A. in Arts Politics?

I was drawn to APP because of the balance between theory and practice the program offers, and the way each course allowed for embodied subjectivity through dialogue, analysis, and creative application. I also really valued that the program supports cross-disciplinary ways of being in the world, encouraging students to adopt a "both/and" approach to their creative impulses and goals.