331 N. Ridgeland Ave.
Matthew Girson, host | Sarah Shirk, host
Neysa Page-Lieberman, curator
Fereshteh Toosi, artist
The people, places, and things featured in Fereshteh Toosi's art works include oyster mushrooms used for bioremediation, New Orleans soul food restaurants, benthic macroinvertebrates, lithium salts, and Persian pickles. Most recently Fereshteh's work utilizes historical photographic processes and handmade 16mm film. Fereshteh volunteers with the Prison and Neighborhood Arts project and rows with a team on the Chicago River. Learn more about her projects at http://fereshteh.net
Neysa Page-Lieberman is the director and curator of the Department of Exhibitions, Performance and Student Spaces at Columbia College Chicago. She also designed and teaches Columbia’s first course on curatorial theory and practice. Outside of Columbia, Neysa lectures at the Museum of the Art Institute of Chicago offering public programs on the Museum’s collections. Specializing in Contemporary, Feminist and African diaspora art, she has produced over 100 exhibitions, collaborating with international artists and curators.
