Justice Henderson (DUAL ’23) is an arts administrator, art historian, and artist interested in community engagement, curatorial work, and creative placemaking. Justice earned a BFA in painting and a BA in public relations at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. With experience in museum interpretations, education, and data collection, she is pursuing the dual degree program in Arts Administration and Policy and Modern and Contemporary Art History, Theory, and Criticism to focus on creating equitable spaces focused on providing resources and opportunities to artists.

Shi Tang (Tessie) (DUAL ’25) is a curator and artist currently living and working in Chicago. She has a degree in public art and during her undergraduate years she explored the use of different media in the public sphere as an artist; she also worked in different art institutions, gaining experience in exhibition research, public education, etc.

She wants to explore how art can be used as a new social intermediary to generate new life possibilities in communities, and what is the role of art institutions and boards in this regard.

Tessie is a first-year student in the Dual Degree Master’s program in Art History and Arts Administration at SAIC. She is looking forward to comparing community construction research in China and Chicago, exploring the differences between cultures in the context of globalization and the ways in which art is integrated into communities in different institutional and social contexts.

Alice Matthews (DUAL ’23) received her BA in Art History and Italian Language and Literature with a Concentration in Museum Studies from Smith College. While originally from Texas and the Carolinas, she is coming to Chicago from Boston where she worked in museum education and visitor engagement.

Georgia Patterson (MAAAP ’23) is an artist, dancer, and arts administrator from the Chicagoland area. She is currently pursuing her passion for art through her graduate studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, working towards her Masters in Arts Administration and Policy. Before moving back to Chicago, Georgia made a home for herself in Salt Lake City at the University of Utah, pursuing artistic endeavors around the city both through and outside the university. She graduated in 2021 with a BFA in Modern Dance and a minor in Art History.

Throughout her life, she has been involved in a variety of dance works and participated in multiple gallery showcases. Her training consisted of close studying under Bea Rashid, Mike Gosney, Victoria Barlow, Julie Cartier, and many more artists and educators based in Chicago. She has done multiple workshops and intensives, including training with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, New Dialect, Ririe-Woodbury, and other freelance artists. She also worked for the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art as their development intern and worked closely with the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University.

Alivé Piliado (DUAL ’23) (she/her/hers) is a Mexican art historian and curator of modern and contemporary Latin American art, currently pursuing the dual MA degree in Arts Administration and Policy and Modern and Contemporary Art History at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She holds a B.A. in Art History from Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, and performed academic studies at Tel Aviv University, Israel. She currently collaborates with the curatorial department of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago conducting modern art research for the collection and the upcoming exhibition Remedios Varo: Science Fictions. Before attending SAIC, Alivé served curatorial positions in Mexican national public museums such as the Museo Nacional de Arte, MUNAL, and Museo Nacional de San Carlos. Alivé advocates and supports inclusive discourses in museums and promotes diversity both within arts organizations and in terms of audiences and community outreach.

Lucas Gómez-Doyle (DUAL ’25)(he/him/his) is a first-year graduate student in the Dual Degree Program (MA in Arts Administration and Policy & MA in Modern and Contemporary Art History) at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). Raised in Chicago, he received his BA from New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) in Social Research & Public Policy with a concentration in Art History in 2022. At NYUAD, Lucas co-directed BEN, a student-run program that creates dialogue about leadership and masculinity for youth in the UAE, and REACH, an organization designed to provide undergraduates wellness support through mental-health education. His senior thesis, “A False Positive: How Political Partisanship Affects Vaccination Intentions in the United States,” received the Social Science Capstone Award for Excellence. Lucas has interned with the Art Institute of Chicago, the Field Museum, and Joffrey Ballet Chicago, where he trained as a ballet dancer for over a decade. His academic practices apply interdisciplinary frameworks, focusing specifically on black cultural and aesthetic theory, to modern and contemporary art. At SAIC, Lucas works as teaching assistant for the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism.