The Self, Realized, curated by Hannah Turpin (2019)


PROSPECTUS CURATORIAL RESIDENCY

Prospectus is a curatorial residency program designed to support Pittsburgh’s emerging curators in the development of new exhibitions. The program provides a small cohort of curators with mentorship, professional development, financial support, and a 2,700 sq. ft. gallery space in order to bring their curatorial visions to life. 

Selected curators participate in a comprehensive professional development program that provides the tools and training necessary to create new exhibitions. Experts in the field will give advice on essential skills for curators including developing an exhibition statement, artist engagement and interaction, community collaboration and outreach, installation, marketing and promotion.

 “The Prospectus program provided guidance and support that far exceeded my expectations. I felt like the entire Brew House team as well as my mentor and the design team were all working together to support my curatorial vision. I went into the Prospectus program imagining it to be a mostly solitary project with designated resources, but it actually felt like I was part of a team that saw me as a peer and a valuable part of the PGH arts community.”

        – Anna Mirzayan, 2022 Prospectus Curator, SOMA GROSSA


PROGRAM BENEFITS

  • $2,500 curator stipend 
  • 10 months ofprofessional development
  • Public gallery space for exhibition 
  • Mentorship from professional curators
  • Network building 
  • Additional financial resources for exhibition production

 


ABOUT THE GALLERY

All Prospectus exhibitions will take place at the Brew House Arts Gallery located in Pittsburgh’s South Side. The gallery includes 2,700 sq. feet of space, movable walls, SORAA lighting system, and more. The Brew House gallery is ADA compliant including gender neutral accessible restrooms.

 


MEET THE 2024-2025 PROGRAM MENTOR

A woman with glasses and earrings smilingHannah Turpin

Hannah Turpin (She / They) is an independent curator and arts worker based in Pittsburgh, PA. They serve as the Managing Director of Casey Droege Cultural Productions and also the Director of Collections & Exhibitions at the O’Brien Art Foundation. Past exhibitions include Heavenly Realms: works by Eriko Hattori (SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Los Angeles, 2023); Elle Pérez (Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, 2021); Counterpressures (Carnegie Museum of Art, 2020); and The Self Realized: queering the art of self-portraiture (Brew House Arts, 2019). Past institutional experience includes Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh, PA); Leslie Lohman Museum (New York, NY); Brooklyn Museum (New York, NY); and Columbus Museum of Art (Columbus, OH). Turpin earned their MA in Art History from New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts and is originally from St. Paul, MN.