Leslie Anne Condon

About Leslie Anne Condon

Leslie Anne Condon (she/her) is a Providence-based Lao-American multidisciplinary artist and independent curator. As an artist-scholar and cultural worker, she is interested in issues of representation within visual culture in the context of race and gender, including how images are created and consumed in response to evolving social conditions. Her past curatorial projects include New Narratives, Visions/Voices, and Call and Response: Illustration in Uncertain Times. She views her public practice, including her artmaking, scholarship, and curation, as a means to support and advocate for our BIPOC communities. Leslie has served as a panelist, moderator, presenter, project manager, and juror for various organizations across New England, including the Mass Cultural Council, Pao Arts Center, and the Boston Center for the Arts, and served as a graduate lecturer for the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.Leslie\'s artwork has been exhibited at different venues around the country, including the Rubin-Frankel Gallery at Boston University, the Hopkinton Center for the Arts, and 3S Artspace in Portsmouth, NH; the Asian Arts Initiative in Philadelphia; the Residency Project through MotorLA in Los Angeles, and VisArts in Rockville, Maryland. Leslie earned a Post Baccalaureate in Fine Art 3D from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2011 and recently graduated as a Presidential Fellow from an MA program in Global Arts and Cultures at the Rhode Island School of Design.To learn more about equity in the arts, please read this statement by Americans for the Art:

Experience

1. Public Programs Coordinator

   Risd Museum

   Jan 2025 — Present · Providence, RI, US

   Support all adult-focused public programming, including Ways of Looking, Queering the Collection, and Process as Power, visiting lectures and presentations, and other gallery series. Support all Family and Teen public programming, including Super Art Sunday, Tours for Tots and Family See and Sketch, Open Studio, and Encuentros en el Museo.

Education

• University of California, Santa Cruz

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, English/ Art Minor

  2002 — 2003

• University of New Hampshire

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, English/ Art Minor

  2000 — 2004

• Rhode Island School of Design

  Master of Arts - MA, Global Arts and Cultures

• School of the Museum of Fine Arts

  Diploma Program, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture

  2006 — 2009

• Massachusetts College of Art and Design

  Post Baccalaureate, Fine Arts 3D

  2010 — 2011

• Institute for Recruitment of Teachers

  Associate Scholar

Skills

• Event Planning
• Event Management
• Nonprofits
• Writing
• Visual Arts
• Microsoft Word
• Art Exhibitions
• Microsoft Office
• Arts Administration
• Community Outreach
• Art
• Research
• Volunteer Management
• Non-Profits
• Art Handling
• Galleries
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Fundraising
• Fine Art
• Painting
• Social Media
• Editing