New York City November 2014-April 2015
©Joseph Pe
Singapore-based curator, Vanini Belarmino has been awarded the Asian Cultural Council Fellowship to observe curatorial trends , programming practices and research professional management practices in New York City in the winter of 2014. Originally from the Philippines, Vanini is a self-described “curator for interdisciplinary collaborations,” and has accumulated a broad range of experience as an accomplished organiser of art and cultural projects in a variety of contexts. She has been working in Asia, Europe and the Middle East for more than a decade. This grant is being made in recognition of Vanini’s outstanding work to date and of the important contribution she will make towards the fostering of cultural exchange and global dialogue.