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ABOUT ART STRATEGIES
Art Strategies provides curatorial, strategic planning and project management services to individuals, not-for-profit organizations, government entities, and corporations that want to incorporate fine art and artists into their public and private spaces. A variety of curatorial, project management, grant writing, and coordination services may be provided. 

ABOUT MINDY TAYLOR ROSS
Owner & Chief Curator
A graduate of the art history program at the University of Southern California, Ms. Ross has been curating and producing public art projects, exhibitions, and related programs for two decades. Since 2004, she has been the owner of Art Strategies LLC, a fine art consulting agency that works with clients in both the public and private sector.
Concurrent to her consulting work, in 2005 she became the founding director of Public Art Indianapolis for the Arts Council of Indianapolis. As such, Ms. Ross produced ideas competitions for local artists as well as large scale exhibitions in public spaces such as Tom Otterness in Indianapolis; Julian Opie: Signs; Chakaia Booker: Mass Transit; and George Rickey: An Evolution.

 From 2005 to 2012, she served as the Curator and Public Art Project Manager for the Indianapolis Cultural Trail: A Legacy of Gene & Marilyn Glick. In 2013, she co-produced Get Down on It, the public celebration of the completion of the Cultural Trail that brought 81 artistic, educative, and interactive programs out onto city right-of-way.

 From 2013 to 2020, Ms. Ross served as the chief curator and project manager for The Public Collection—a project of Rachel M. Simon, the Herbert Simon Family Foundation, and the Central Indiana Community Foundation that commissioned artists to create large site-specific lending libraries in community spaces in Indianapolis in partnership with the Indianapolis Public Library.

 For the last decade, Ms. Ross has served as the curator of art and cultural assets for Cummins Inc. From 2015 to 2017, she curated two art programs. The first was for the new Cummins Global Distribution Headquarters in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, which was designed by TenBerke (formerly Deborah Berke Partners) of New York. The second was for the LiveWell Center—a medical clinic and health and wellness center serving employees and their families in Columbus, Indiana. In 2018, Ms. Ross curated an art collection for Cummins Inc.’s headquarters in Beijing, China. Upon return, she went on to produce an art program for the company’s world headquarters in Columbus, Indiana, curating and redeploying the historic art collection along with procuring new acquisitions. From 2020 to 2021, she curated an art collection for the new regional headquarters of a major private equity firm at the new One Vanderbilt building in New York, New York.

She continues to advise private clients on bespoke collections for residences that reflect their goals and values.

ABOUT ANNE SURAK
Independent Curator & Project Manager

Anne Surak is a curator and art dealer whose two decade career in the cultural sector has focused on site responsive, large scale projects and exhibitions. She has worked with individuals, institutions, corporations, and architects to develop programs featuring leading artists and designers of our time.

Since January of 2022, she has served as a curator and project manager at Art Strategies working with both public and private clients.

From 2016 to 2021, Ms. Surak served as Artistic Director then Director of Exhibit Columbus, an exploration of architecture, art, design, and community that activates the design legacy of Columbus, Indiana. She spearheaded a two year cycle of events including symposia and critically-acclaimed exhibitions. The program featured public, monumental installations by internationally ­recognized designers including Frida Escobedo, MASS Design Group, and SO-IL.

From 2004 to 2015, she was the director of Project 4, a gallery in Washington DC and the consulting firm Art+ Space, which she brought to Indianapolis in 2008. Through this work she represented over 30 mid-career and emerging American artists, and produced over 100 exhibitions in public and private spaces.

Ms. Surak is a member of the Female Design Council, a leadership organization dedicated to providing a professional community for women in the design industry. She has served on boards within a number of cultural institutions including the Washington Project for the Arts, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and Arts for Learning Indiana.

Download Mindy's Resume here.

Member of the Association of Professional Art Advisors.