Colloquium #4: Contemporary Art - Speaker Bios

Colloquium #4: Contemporary Art

Speakers

Esther Kim Varet, Owner, Various Small Fires

Victoria Yarnish, Supervising Director at Studio Number One and Obey Giant Art, Inc.

David Pagel, Critic, LA Times

Michael Smoler, Director, Director, Blum & Poe Los Angeles

Michael Smoler is currently the Director at Blum & Poe, Los Angeles. Working as arts professional for museums, non-profits, and commercial art galleries since 1999, he is formerly the owner/director of High Energy Constructs, an exhibition and performance venue previously located in LA’s Chinatown, as well as a practicing poet and collage artist.

Megan Steinman, Director, The Underground Museum