Friends of Visual Arts Fall Lecture

Featured Speaker: Jared Ledesma, Curator of 20-Century and Contemporary Art at the North Carolina Museum of Art. Barton Art Galleries welcomes Jared Ledesma, Curator of 20th-Century and Contemporary Art at the North Carolina Museum of Art, for the Friends of Visual Arts (FOVA) Fall Lecture. Since joining the North Carolina Museum of Art in 2022, Ledesma has organized exhibitions across the museum’s two campuses, including Allana Clarke: Tender, David Gilbert: Flutter, THERE featuring Jordan Nassar, and the touring exhibition Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention. He has also helped expand the museum’s permanent collection through acquisitions by artists including Ruth Asawa, Beverly Buchanan, Gwen Knight, and Irene Rice Pereira. Prior to joining the NCMA, Ledesma held curatorial positions at the Akron Art Museum, the Des Moines Art Center, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The FOVA Fall Lecture offers students, faculty, staff, donors, and community members the opportunity to engage with leading voices in the visual arts and contemporary museum practice. The lecture is free and open to the public and will be held in the Barton Art Galleries.