Brooklyn Arts Exchange Names New Executive And Artistic Directors Vanessa Adato And Paloma Mcgregor

Brooklyn Arts Exchange has announced that following a year-long search process we will usher in a new era with new leaders on February 1, 2019. Vanessa Adato and Paloma McGregor will take over the helm and co-direct BAX as Executive and Artistic Directors respectively. Both Vanessa and Paloma share a deep respect for developing student and professional artists and building on BAX's anti-racist/anti-oppression platforms. Together they will ensure BAX's continued vision and growth.

The Board and staff of BAX honor the twenty-eight-year-long tenure of our Founding, Executive Artistic Director Marya Warshaw and know that the legacy she leaves is a rich one. We thank her and have made a commitment to honoring BAX's mission and to build upon its impressive history. BAX's Board of Directors, staff, artists, students, and families are stepping forward to take advantage of this moment, and seize the opportunities it presents. Vanessa Adato, formerly BAX's Managing Director, and Paloma McGregor, a BAX AIR alum and artist/organizer, will lead a team who has a deep dedication to creative expression, education, community, and social justice.

Board member Jimena Martinez, speaking for the Board of Directors wrote:
BAX is thrilled to welcome our new leadership team. We're extremely fortunate that Vanessa will bring her tremendous dedication and depth and wealth of experience and knowledge of BAX as Managing Director, to the key role of Executive Director. And we're wildly excited to welcome Paloma, a noted artist who has incubated important work at BAX and brings a strong commitment to the transformative power of art, collaborative journeys and social justice, as BAX's new Artistic Director. We look forward to exploring together this team-based, collaborative approach to ensuring BAX's continued vision and growth.