TweetsRobin Riskin
Role in Invisible Borders: Project Manager
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Bio:
Robin Riskin is a cultural strategist, publicist, and writer born in New York City and based in Accra, Ghana. She has directed art festivals, exhibitions, and panels in Ghana and the U.S, and worked in public relations, project management, and editorial for international art initiatives, including Addis Foto Fest, Frieze New York, Accra [dot] Alt, and SAVVY Journal. Along with her work for Invisible Borders, Robin co-founded and directs Nima Muhinmanchi Art, an organisation of artists in Accra, Ghana dedicated to creating an environment where art is valued and made accessible to everyone. In her work, Robin aims to create platforms for urban interventions that engage communities, are accessible to publics, and are not limited to traditional exhibition spaces.
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Links:
www.facebook.com/nimaart.gh
www.framework5.workdpress.com
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EDUCATION:
Haverford College, Haverford, PA | B.A. 2012 | English Major, Africana Studies Concentration
IES Berlin Metropolitan Studies, Berlin, Germany | Spring 2011 | Independent Research, ‘Challenging Africanity: A Portrait of Four Artists in Berlin’
WORK EXPERIENCE:
PR & Project Manager, Invisible Borders Trans-African Photographers Organisation | 2013 – present
Exhibitions and Workshops of Note:
IB Road Trip 2014, The Trans-African Project (Trans-Africa) | 2013 – 2014
The Accra Project, Du Bois Centre & Public Space (Accra, Ghana) | 2013
Urban Transformations, Institut Française (N’Djamena, Tchad) | 2013
Project Director and Co-Founder, Nima Muhinmanchi Art (NMA), Accra, Ghana | 2011 – present
Exhibitions and Projects of Note:
Weekly Art Workshops for Children (Nima Community Library) | 2011 – present
Chale Wote Street Art Festival, Public Space (Jamestown) | 2013
Imagine Accra Mural, Public Space (Kanda Highway) | 2013
NMA Sallahfest Mural, Village Garden Toilet (Nima) | 2012
NMA 2012 Mural & Exhibition (Alliance Française & Kawukudi Park) | 2012
441 Mural & Exhibition (Nima 441 Welfare School) | 2011
| FESTIVALS & EXHIBITIONS: | |
| Food Fest Coordinator, Accra[dot]Alt Chale Wote Street Art Festival, Accra, Ghana | 2013 |
| Press & Social Media Assistant, Frieze Art Fair, New York | 2013 |
| Public Relations Officer, Addis Foto Fest (AFF), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 2012 |
| Chief Organizer, Ghanaian Music//Global Entrepreneurship, Haverford College, Philadelphia | 2012 |
| Staff Assistant, ORACLE International Photography Curators Conference, Philadelphia | 2011 |
| Curator, Intersecting Zones: Art Worlds in Ghana, Haverford College and Du Bois Center, Ghana | 2010 |
| EDITORIAL: Art Blogger, Framework5, Dakar, Senegal; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Accra, Ghana | 2012 |
| Proofreader, SAVVY Journal art.contemporary.african, Berlin, Germany | 2012 |
| Graphic Designer, Village des Arts – Galerie Leopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal | 2012 |
| Advisory Board Member, Hurford Center for the Arts & Humanities, Haverford College, Phila. | 2010 – 2012 |
| Editor in Chief & News Editor, Bi-College Newspaper, Haverford & Bryn Mawr Colleges, Phila. | 2009 – 2012 |
| Web Design & Archiving, Larry Otoo and Wiz Kudowor Studios, Accra, Ghana | 2011 |
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