Solana Chehtman
Solana Chehtman is a New York-based cultural producer and curator born in Buenos Aires. She is committed to creating equitable opportunities and platforms for artists' work and sustainability, as well as avenues for public participation and agency within the arts. She is currently the Director of Artist Programs at Joan Mitchell Foundation, where she supports visual artists with unrestricted funding, career development opportunities, the strengthening of a national community of practice, and their long-term career stewardship, through the Joan Mitchell Fellowship and the Creating a Living Legacy (CALL) programs. In the last decade, she served as inaugural Director of Creative Practice and Social Impact at The Shed, and as Vice President of Public Engagement at Friends of the High Line. Solana was an adjunct Professor at the MA in Arts Administration at Baruch College, City University of New York between 2018 and 2021, and has collaborated as a panelist and reviewer with organizations such as The Laundromat Project, Artadia, Socrates Sculpture Park, El Clemente, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Creative Capital, and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.