April 10 – April 14, 2023
| GAF 2023 | Student Leadership Team | Artists | Events | Installation Views |
What are the experiences, emotions, and positions or stabilities we seek when we look at or see things? – Alexis L. Boylan, Visual Culture
As the NYU Gallatin community continues to adjust to the ways students connect in a post-COVID-19 landscape, the works in the 2023 Gallatin Arts Festival (GAF) reflect subjects of intimacy, safety, desire, nostalgia, identity, and tradition. We, the curators of the Student Leadership Team, are proud to present works dealing with these subjects and the artists who have chosen to engage with socially charged themes in the chaotic landscape of New York City. These works also highlight the precarity, and at times violence, of the bodily experiences that many have faced. The Latin root of the word curate is “to take care of,” which has been our highest priority in how we’ve chosen participating artists and how we’ve highlighted their works. For this reason, GAF is more than a safe space. It is a brave place where we welcome students to be vulnerable in an environment of radical empathy and care. To care for the GAF community, in addition to the larger NYU community, means sharing the stories of the students involved.
Maia Fauvre (’23), Ashley Hurst (’23), Lex Jacquet (’24), Nikki Myers (’23), Maggie Wei (’23)
– Gallatin Arts Festival Curators 2023
GAF’s Mission
The 2023 Gallatin Arts Festival (GAF) is a week-long, community-wide celebration of the unique artistry and interdisciplinary scholarship of students at NYU’s Gallatin School. The Festival features student work in the visual and performing arts and serves as a galvanizing force and springboard for action and discussion through the creation and presentation of artistic work. This year’s Festival features a variety of visual and performance-based BA and MA student artists and showcases the creative and interdisciplinary spirit of the Gallatin student body.
GAF’s HISTORY
The Gallatin Arts Festival originated in 1992 as a collaborative effort between Professor Laurin Raiken and graduate student Barry Spanier. Under Professor Raiken’s guidance, Spanier developed the festival as part of his master’s thesis. Since then GAF has expanded into the largest public event sponsored by the Gallatin School. GAF provides hands-on opportunities for students to gain knowledge of the process required to produce a multidisciplinary arts festival. Under guidance from members of the arts faculty and student affairs, the Student Leadership Team serves as the primary support for the festival. GAF is a learning experience emphasizing the development of ideas and collaborative innovation.
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