Deana Haggag

Deana Haggag is President and CEO of United States Artists.[1] Formerly, she was Executive Director of The Contemporary in Baltimore, Maryland.[2]

Deana Haggag
BornFebruary 25, 1987
Brooklyn, New York
NationalityEgyptian American
Websitedhaggag.com

Early life and education

Haggag was born in Brooklyn, New York,[3] to Egyptian immigrants.[4] She is Muslim and first-generation Egyptian-American.[5] Haggag grew up in Rutherford, New Jersey.[6]

In 2009, Haggag received a Bachelor of Arts from Rutgers University–Newark, where she majored in Art History and Philosophy.[7] In 2013, Haggag earned a Master of Fine Arts at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland, where she majored in Curatorial Practice.[8]

Career

In 2017, Haggag became President and CEO of United States Artists in Chicago, which provides US$50,000 "fellowships to artists working in architecture and design, crafts, dance, literature, media, music, theater and performance, traditional arts, and visual arts."[9] She had formerly been Executive Director of The Contemporary since 2013.[1]

At The Contemporary, Haggag was credited for reviving the museum (formerly "The Contemporary Museum") and turning it into one of the most vital cultural institutions in Baltimore.[10] At age 26, she became Executive Director and sole employee, relaunching the organization following its closure for approximately 18-months.[11] During her tenure, the museum's staff grew to five employees and its budget increased from US$40,000 to over US$500,000.[11] Additionally, under her leadership, The Contemporary commissioned four-award-winning large-scale art projects, including "Bubble Over Green" by Victoria Fu, "Ghost Food" by Miriam Simun, "Only When It's Dark Enough Can You See The Stars" by Abigail DeVille, and "The Ground" by Michael Jones McKean. The museum also created a number of artist resources to bolster the cultural community in the region.[11]

Haggag's work has been praised in Vogue,[4] Cultured Magazine, Artspace,[12] Hyperallergic[13] among other publications. At Vogue,[4] Rebecca Bengal praised Haggag's role in national efforts to protect arts funding:

As arts funding faces a devastating blow, it's an ominous time to be an artist or to take a leading role in nonprofit fundraising, but it's also a time when the arts need a fresh kind of fire, something that Haggag embodies with passionate devotion and an approach that feels both thoughtful and innovative. At 30, she is considerably younger than most of her peers, coming off a career largely focused on curating in New York City, Cairo, and Baltimore, where she most recently headed the traveling museum The Contemporary.[5]

References
  1. "Deana Haggag President and CEO of United States Artists | artnet News". artnet News. January 26, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  2. "Baltimore's Contemporary Museum Reopens with New Director - News - Art in America". www.artinamericamagazine.com. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  3. Kelley, Quinn. "Female Trouble podcast: Deana Haggag, executive director of The Contemporary (episode 10)". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  4. "Meet the Woman Leading the Fight to Protect the Arts in Trump's America". Vogue. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  5. "About". Deana Haggag. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  6. "Haggag and Akins". Art F City. May 1, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  7. "Deana Haggag | MICA". www.mica.edu. Maryland Institute College of Art. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  8. "Deana Haggag Has Accepted a Position as President and CEO of United States Artists – BmoreArt | Baltimore Contemporary Art". www.bmoreart.com. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  9. "United States Artists Taps Baltimore-based Deana Haggag as President and CEO | Culture Type". Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  10. Paper, Baltimore City. "Baltimore City Power Rankings: Deana Haggag, Mayor Pugh, BROS, and more". citypaper.com. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  11. Britto, Brittany. "The Contemporary museum director Deana Haggag to step down". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  12. "Deana Haggag on How Funding Artists "Dismantles the Disgusting Rhetoric" of the (NEA-Less) Trump Administration". Artspace. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  13. "Being Contemporary in Baltimore". Hyperallergic. December 12, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2017.

Official website

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.