
Biography
Since 2000,
Camilla Cook has
been committed to supporting the arts in Connecticut and New York. An Artist
Consultant since 2007, Camilla has drawn on her arts administration experience
to provide strategies that have empowered over 125 artists to advance their
careers.
As an independent curator, Camilla has put
together several well-received exhibitions including The
Art of Inspiration at the Time Warner Center, NYC in 2010; Fresh
Pics: Contemporary Art in Connecticut at the Ridgefield Guild of
Artists, CT in 2010; and Michael Manning: Everyday Hero at the UCONN Stamford
Art Gallery, CT in 2009. In 2008, she was awarded a Neuberger
Curatorial Fellowship and organized the exhibition Focus
On: Calder's Circus, The Lithographs at The Neuberger Museum of Art, NY.
Camilla has moderated panels and lectured on art-related topics and juried regional art competitions throughout New York and Connecticut. In 2006, she was invited to serve on the Aldrich Contemporaries committee at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, CT. She has helped the Westport Arts Center, CT to develop their current Online Gallery and has worked on behalf of The Neuberger Museum of Art, NY to catalog the artwork of celebrated printmaker Antonio Frasconi.
From 2003-2007, Camilla served as
Guild/Exhibitions Administrator at Silvermine Guild Arts Center in New Canaan,
CT, where she was responsible for processing over 8,000 artist applications and
exhibition proposals. Assisting in the production of over 100 exhibitions,
Camilla coordinated marketing campaigns, designed and produced printed
materials, guided artists through application procedures, liaised with jurors
and arts professionals, oversaw delivery and installation of artwork, and
arranged receptions, lectures, symposia, critiques and enrichment programs. In 2007, Camilla oversaw the launching of Silvermine's updated website, for which she
exclusively crafted the Online Gallery and Guild pages, which are excellent
resources for collectors, curators and educators.
Camilla was a recipient of the Dr.
Noel S. and Richard B. Frackman Scholarship and received a M.A. in
Modern and Contemporary Art History, Theory and Criticism at Purchase College, NY in January 2009. She was a teaching assistant in the Purchase College Art History Department for Survey I (Ancient-Medieval), Survey II (Renaissance-21st Century) and Intro to Modern Art. Camilla received a B.A. in Art History from Boston University and has studied fine
art and art history abroad at Rygaards Skole in Hellerup, Denmark (1995), Studio Arts
Centers International (SACI) in Florence, Italy (2001) and
Kunsthojskolen Thorstedlund in Frederikssund, Denmark (2002).
Whether applying to exhibitions, crafting press releases,
managing mailing lists or cataloging artwork, Camilla brings an insider's view
to help artists achieve their professional goals.