CAM: Ciera Alyse McKissick

About CAM: 

Ciera Alyse McKissick is an independent, curator, event producer, writer, and the founder of AMFM, an organization whose mission is to provide a platform for emerging interdisciplinary artists and creatives. McKissick created AMFM, originally a web magazine, as an independent study project in 2009 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she studied Journalism and Mass Communications. Her work since then has involved supporting and uplifting the work and practice of underrepresented artists through mentorship, written content, exhibitions, partnerships, and activations in collaboration with arts and cultural institutions and organizations. Ultimately, she seeks to stimulate community engagement that's driven by inclusivity, accessibility, intention, and care. She launched a contemporary art space, cam.contemporarie in 2024, was the Inaugural Curatorial Fellow with The Luminary in 2023, and was a participant in the Independent Curators International’s Chicago Curatorial Seminar in 2022. Formerly she was also the Public Programs Manager at the Hyde Park Art Center. She recently completed her Masters in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship and graduated with distinction at Goldsmiths University of London. 

McKissick’s projects and events have been featured on / with Elephant Mag, Artsy, Deem Journal, Cultured, EXPO Chicago, Terremoto MX, Afropunk, ABC, FOX, WGN, WTTW, The Chicago Tribune, Newcity, Sixty Inches From Center, The Chicago Reader, The Chicago Sun Times, South Side Weekly, and more. Programmatic partners include The Hoxton Hotel, Saatchi Art / The Other Art Fair, Red Bull and more.

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Born in Milwaukee, WI.  

Based in Chicago, IL & London, UK