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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 or placemaking strategies 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, Mindy has been producing public art projects, exhibitions, and related programs for nearly two decades. From 2000 to 2003, Ross was the Director of Eckert Fine Art in Florida where she curated exhibitions with artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Julian Stanczak, and Victor Skrebneski while advising collectors on their corporate and private spaces.

Since 2003, 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. She prides herself on transparency and on having a portfolio of projects that balance her interest in the international art world with her commitment to the community where she lives. Concurrent to her consulting work, in 2005 she became the founding director of Public Art Indianapolis for the Arts Council of Indianapolis. Mindy has 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 2006 to 2013, she served as the Curator and Public Art Project Manager for the Indianapolis Cultural Trail: A Legacy of Gene & Marilyn Glick, an eight-mile pedestrian and bike pathway, where she worked with artists such as Vito Acconci, Fred Wilson, and the artist collective M12. 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.

Mindy has served as the curator for Cummins Inc. on several projects including the global distribution headquarters that was designed by Deborah Berke Partners of New York, the Cummins China headquarters in Beijing, China, and the renovation of the world headquarters in Columbus, IN.

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

ABOUT ANNE SURAK
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,

From 2016 to 2021, Anne 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 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 - 2008 she was the director of Project 4, a gallery in Washington DC and the consulting firm Art+ Space, representing over 30 mid-career and emerging American artists.

Anne 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 and the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

Download Mindy's Resume here.

Member of the Association of Professional Art Advisors.