An Artful Life: A Curious Conversation with Nandini Makrandi

An Artful Life: A Curious Conversation with Nandini Makrandi, Chief Curator of the Hunter Museum of American Art, About the Ways Humans Make and Use Art.

Nandini Makrandi has been the Chief Curator of the Hunter Museum since 2013. Prior to becoming Chief Curator, Nandini was the Hunter Museum’s Curator of Contemporary Art for nine years and Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga.

During her tenure at the Hunter, Nandini has focused on increasing diversity and social justice dialogue within the collection and exhibitions program by broadening and diversifying the museum’s holdings, curating over 80 changing exhibitions, organizing the Hunter’s first seven nationally touring exhibitions, and originating several seminar courses in contemporary art and criticism for the University.

Before joining the Hunter, Nandini was a curator at the Knoxville Museum of Art for seven years and worked with the Cameron Museum of Art in Wilmington, North Carolina. She regularly participates in the region as a juror, guest curator, and speaker and is a commissioner of Public Art Chattanooga.

About our Live Show:

Painter Melissa Hefferlin and Photographer and Producer Nina Froriep are curious to understand many things about Art in their Live Show, An Artful Live: Curious Conversations About How Humans Make and Use Art.

What is Art?
Who is an artist, really?
Why do we need Art in our lives?
Where should we start if we want to collect Art?

These questions (and many more) about the relationship between humans and Art in all its forms will be the topic of dynamic, 45-minute conversations in a 6-part series streaming live on LinkedIn and later available as recordings.

Join us for the investigations LIVE with knowledgeable, passionate people who work in different factions of the art world.