About the Participants
Mildred Beltré is a visual artist known for politically engaged works exploring social justice and collective liberation. She is co-founder of the collective Justseeds and of the public art project Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine. Her work has been featured in exhibitions at SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH, Burlington City Arts, VT, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY, and the International Print Center, New York, NY. Her work is included in museum collections, including the Brooklyn Museum, NY, the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, and the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI, among others. She has received multiple honors, including a Metropolitan Museum Civic Practice Partnership Artist and a BRIC Media Arts Fellowship, Brooklyn, NY. She holds graduate degrees from University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, and a bachelor’s degree from Carleton College, Northfield, MN.
Julia Chiang is known for her meditative paintings and ceramic works of layered color fields and flowing patterns that create an entrancing effect suggestive of natural phenomena. The artist’s work has been widely exhibited internationally. Solo exhibitions include Julia Chiang: The Glows and The Blows, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY; Salt on Our Skin, Nicola Vassell Gallery, New York, NY; Holding My Breath Moving Closer Closer, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Ireland and Pump And Bump, NANZUKA, Tokyo, Japan. Chiang has also participated in group exhibitions in the US, UK, and Spain. Public projects include the Rockaway Hotel mural in Far Rockaway, Queens, NY and the Rx Art mural at the Nappi Wellness Institute, SUNY Upstate, Syracuse, NY. Chiang is represented by The Modern Institute, Nicola Vassell Gallery and Nanzuka. She is a graduate of New York University.
Katy Donoghue is a graduate of New York University’s Journalism School and has been with Whitewall since 2006. As the Editor-in-Chief of Whitewall Magazine, Whitewall.art, and Whitewaller, she manages an international team of contributing writers and photographers and has profiled artists and creatives like Derek Fordjour, David Chipperfield, Glenn Ligon, Lorna Simpson, Amy Sherald, Catherine Opie, Maria Grazia Chiuri, Judy Chicago, among many others. In 2013, she helped to launch the print publication of Whitewall China in Beijing. She co-founded Art Mamas Alliance, a community of parents in the arts, in 2019. She has edited publications such as Polly Apfelbaum’s For the Love of Una Hale (2023). Katy lives in Philadelphia with her family and cat, Hoagie.
Aimee Koran is a multi-disciplinary artist whose works across the mediums of sculpture, photography, and installation explores the overlooked experiences of motherhood. Her work has been shown around the globe in venues such as the Richard Saulton Gallery, London, UK; Mutter Museum, Philadelphia, PA; and The Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA. In addition to FWM, Koran has completed residencies at The Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT; The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY; and Project for Empty Space, Newark, NJ. Her solo and group exhibitions have been featured in publications like The New York Times, Vogue, Whitewall, Artslant, Artnet News, and A Woman’s Thing. Koran’s work is in the permanent collection at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA. Koran holds a graduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and a bachelors degree from Moore College of Art & Design, both in Philadelphia, PA.