Lindsey Cummins
lindseycummins@gmail.com
@hillbillycurator
Louisville, KY
EXPERIENCE
Kudzu jelly | 01/2024 - Present
Curator
Great Meadows Foundation | 02/2022 - Present
Consultant
Printed Zine Project | 11/2020 - Present
Founder & Director
AVID Collectors, LLC | 2019 - Present
Founder
EDUCATION
BA Studio Art
BA Art History
University of Louisville Hite Art Institute
2014 - 2018
Kentucky Institute for International Studies (KIIS)
Berlin, Germany
2017
Burnaway 2024 Art Writing Incubator
“The Process is Critical”
2024
CURATED EXHIBITIONS
Southern Constellations
Alivia Blade
TBD | Louisville, KY
11/2025
Sound Art Fest
Group Performance
Chapel of St. Philip Neri | Louisville, KY
11/2024
Fright Fest
Collaborative Curatorial Show
The Kj House | Louisville, KY
10/2024
Refresh
Group Show
Snide Hotel | Louisville, KY
09/2024
Abide by the answer.
Group Show
Louisville Grows Healthy House Gallery
09/2024
Papertrail III
Group Show
The Carnegie | Covington, KY
09/2024
House Hold
Levi River House
The Kj House | Louisville, KY
07/2024
Stop digging!
Group Show
Outsider Art Museum | Louisville, KY
06/2024
Signs of the Times
Jesse Gordon, Lake Tracy, Jon Cherry
The Kj House | Louisville, KY
05/2024
Slump
Nina Kersey, Nick Netherton, Scottie Anderson
ArtPortal | Louisville, KY
01/2024
Papertrail II
Group Show
The Print Room | Aberdeen, Scotland
10/2023
Made in Portland
Group Show
The Portland Museum | Louisville, KY
09/2023
Papertrail I
Group Show
Carbon Copy Gallery | Louisville, KY
03/2023
Relief to the People: Benefitting Ukraine
Group Show
SNAP Art Barn | Louisville, KY
09/2022
RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS
Wave Pool | Cincinnati, OH
Curatorial Residency
2023 - 2024
Louisville Visual Art | Louisville, KY
Curate Purchase Inspire Fellowship
2024 - 2025
PUBLICATIONS & TALKS
“Queer Storytelling in the South and Flyover States”
Queer Kentucky | Panel Moderator
10/2024
“MC Sparks ‘Muscle Memory’ at Institute 193 | Review”
Published by Burnaway
10/2024
“Kith & Kin: Things Well Known”
Exhibition Talk
05/2024
“Let’s call it a hotel.”
Published by Burnaway | Art Writing Incubator Chapbook
12/2022
“Hillbilly at an Art Fair - Miami Art Week”
Published by Fresh Art International
12/2022
UnderMain Critical Mass V: “Inclusive Curatorial Practices”
Panelist
10/2020
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Portland Museum | Louisville, KY
Board Member
2019 - Present
SNAP Art Foundation | Louisville, KY
Board Member
2020 - Present
Bernheim Arts in Nature
Residency Selection Committee
01/2024
Fund for the Arts
Community Mini Grants Review Panel
11/2023
Louisville Visual Arts (LVA)
Open Studio Exhibition Juror
08/2023
Indiana University Southeast
BFA Thesis External Evaluator
03/2023
Kadist
Regional Consultant
2023
Quappi Projects Gallery
Attendant
2022
International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art (IKT)
Member
2022 - Present
University of Louisville
Honors Program Mentor
2020 - 2021
Speed Art Museum
Volunteer
2016 - 2020
Speed Art Museum
Director’s Office Intern
2014 - 2018