Tessa Beck
• – • Plains Art Museum
About the speaker
Tessa Beck is an artist, writer, collection consultant, and independent curator based in Fargo, ND. Her work is centered around channeling arts and educational resources to under-represented artists and rural audiences, ensuring organizations and artists can operate at their most abundant capacity. She served as Executive Director at the Nemeth Art Center (Park Rapids, MN) from 2019-2022, where she facilitated exhibitions from internationally celebrated artists (Dana Schutz, T.L. Solien, Alec Soth, et al.) paired with shows and youth educational programs featuring local and regional artists.
Beck developed the foundation of her arts and writing career at ECCE Gallery (Fargo), with additional professional and academic opportunities in Berlin, NYC, and Minneapolis. She is proud to be a co-founder of the experimental/temporal art program Look: Project Space (Fargo) and to have served as assistant to the director at David Petersen Gallery (Minneapolis). Her most recent project, Making Time, is a multidisciplinary storytelling project that centers artists in the discussion of their work, giving audiences an intimate, intuitive, and ultimately collaborative introduction to new creative voices. It includes a podcast series, newsletter, and exhibitions.
Local partners
Plains Art Museum connects art, artists, and audiences to foster creative, resilient, and welcoming communities. We envision communities where people are engaged in the creative process, and value and support the contribution of art and artists.
The purpose of the Downtown Community Partnership (DCP) is to serve our community through Advocacy, People, and Events. DCP is a strong advocate for businesses, residents, and community partners focused on economic growth, vibrancy, and advocacy of Downtown Fargo.
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Additional details
Coffee kicks off at 8:00 am; the Program kicks off at 8:15! Join us at the Plains Art Museum!
Our theme for February is LAYERS. It was chosen by our Lausanne chapter in Switzerland and illustrated by Catherine Olivia Pearson.
Simplicity provides clarity, but layers give our work a richer complexity and depth. Just like a collage is created by overlapping layers of found materials, we pile up experiences that form our beliefs and reactions. People have layers too.
It is the layers that give life meaning. We must peel them away to discover our deeper truths.
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