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Claudia Schmuckli
The inaugural curator in charge of contemporary art and programming at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Claudia Schmuckli is also a co-founder of the San Francisco Bay Area Collective Art+Climate Action dedicated to building a sustainable art world. Since 2020, A+CA unites and supports museums, galleries, and artists in their efforts to understand and address the art sector’s climate impacts while supporting and generating exhibitions and programs that address the climate emergency. At the Fine Arts Museums, Schmuckli curated several exhibitions concerned with the intersection of environmental and social justice, including Specters of Disruption in 2018, Uncanny Valley: Being Human in the Age of AI in 2020, Wangechi Mutu: I Am Speaking, Are you Listening? in 2021, Judy Chicago: A Retrospective in 2021, and Lee Mingwei: Rituals of Care in 2024.
“My interest in collaborating with The World Around is grounded in the simple fact that we cannot ignore the importance of art and artists in working toward climate solutions. We need their anticipatory imagination for collective world building now more than ever.”