Heather
Darcy Bhandari is the Director of Artist Relations at Mixed Greens, where
she has curated over fifty exhibitions while managing a roster of nearly
two-dozen
artists, and an adjunct lecturer in Brown University's Visual Art Department.
Heather’s
passion and enthusiasm for artists has led her to curate independent shows,
lecture at dozens of Universities, and
sit on the
board of NURTUREart, a nonprofit in Brooklyn that gives opportunities to
emerging artists and curators. She is a member
of the New Art Dealer’s Alliance (NADA) and College Art Association,
and is the co-chair of programming for ArtTable. Heather received
a BA from Brown University and an MFA from Pennsylvania State
University. Before joining Mixed Greens, she worked at contemporary
galleries Sonnabend and Lehmann Maupin.
Jonathan
Melber is the director of business development at Jen Bekman Projects, which
runs
20x200.com and the Hey, Hot Shot! photography competition, and is an advisory
board member of NURTUREart, a Brooklyn nonprofit that supports emerging artists.
As a lawyer,
Jonathan has worked with artists, galleries, collectors and a host of creative
individuals and companies, and provided pro bono counsel to artists for Volunteer
Lawyers for the Arts. He graduated from Brown University with a degree in
philosophy and received his JD from New York University School of Law,
where he was an
editor of the Law Review. He writes about art and law for the Huffington Post.