Independent Study Program: Open Letter & Solidarity Statement

Image: "Forbidden Colors" (1988) by ISP alum Felix Gonzalez Torres. Installed in Felix Gonzalez-Torres: This Place. Metropolitan Arts Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. 30 Oct. 2015 – 24 Jan. 2016. Cur. Eoin Dara. Image courtesy of Metropolitan Arts Centre. © Estate of Felix Gonzalez-Torres.

It is a fact people are discriminated against for being HIV positive. It is a fact the majority of the Nazi industrialists retained their wealth after the war. It is a fact the night belongs to Michelob and Coke is real. It is a fact the color of your skin matters. It is a fact Crazy Eddie's prices are insane. It is a fact that four colors--red, black, green and white--placed next to each other in any form are strictly forbidden by the Israeli army in the occupied Palestinian territories. This color combination can cause an arrest, a beating, a curfew, a shooting, or a news photograph. Yet it is a fact that these forbidden colors, presented as a solitary act of consciousness here in Soho, will not precipitate a similar reaction.

From the first moment of encounter, the four color canvases in this room will "speak" to everyone. Some will define them as an exercise in color theory, or some sort of abstraction. Some as four boring rectangular canvases hanging on the wall. A few experts will interpret them as yet another minimalist ecstasy. Now that you've read this text, I hope for a different message.

For all the PWAs.

Felix Gonzalez-Torres
New York City 1988

[source: The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation]

To the Whitney Museum of American Art:

As Alumni, Faculty, and Friends of the Whitney Independent Study Program, we unequivocally support the 2024–25 ISP cohort who were censored when presenting work in solidarity with the struggle for Palestinian freedom. We uplift their efforts to create and debate art while reckoning with political violence and institutional coercion, and affirm our shared solidarity against the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

On May 12, the Whitney Museum unilaterally canceled the performance “No Aesthetic Outside My Freedom: Mourning, Militancy, and Performance.” The 2024-25 cohort of participants has publicly and collectively outlined their opposition to this act of censorship, including the financial and sociopolitical entanglements the board of the Whitney Museum holds in relation to this genocide. We support and reiterate their statements found here:

The artist list for a grammar of attention, the 2025 Whitney Independent Study Program Curatorial Exhibition, is no longer accurate. When this show was announced publicly on the Whitney Museum's website on May 2nd and at the time of the show's opening on May 9th, artists Fad I Fakhouri, Noel Maghathe, and Fargo Tbakhi were scheduled to perform on Wednesday, May 14th. On May 12th, the curators of this exhibition were told that the Whitney Museum had decided to cancel their performance.

In light of the artists' removal from the show, we, the curators and artists involved in the performance, encourage you to take, read, and share the scores of the performance that the artists were to interpret. This event was to be grounded in the struggle for Palestinian freedom, while making space to mourn those who have been martyred in that struggle. We carry forward that ethos even in the absence of the performance.

"Take these scores with you back into the world, to interpret in your own community, in your house, or your church, or your organizing meetings, or your protests. Their purpose is to create a space to feel, grieve, rage, scream, cry, so that we can carry on fighting each day for the survival of those the world is killing.

Share these scores. Photocopy them. Write your own.

They don't belong to anyone. They are for the dead."

[From the score of No Aesthetics Outside My Freedom: Mourning, Militancy, and Performance]

Note from the curators:

"We are incensed by the Whitney Museum's cancellation of the performance No Aesthetics Outside My Freedom: Mourning, Militancy, and Performance by artists Fad I Fakhouri, Noel Maghathe, and Fargo Tbakhi. We echo and support the artists' wishes in this moment and encourage everyone to treat this as "a moment to redirect attention and material support to Palestinians on the ground living and surviving under a campaign of genocide and extermination.”

As the curators of a grammar of attention, we have gathered artistic practices that bear and build witness to that which is fraught, incomplete, unsettled, yet tethered to our present. We invited the artists part of No Aesthetics Outside My Freedom: Mourning, Militancy, and Performance to present a second iteration of this work, which explores, through performance, the limitations and capacities to build a space to mourn and resist in the face of the ongoing genocide in Palestine.

The Whitney's decision to cancel the show does not come as a surprise, as for almost the past three weeks, our capstone projects, across all ISP cohorts, have undergone an intense level of scrutiny from the senior administration of the museum.

We, as curators, stand by the works of all the artists in our show, and condemn the museum's actions.”

-Bea Ortega Botas, Kennedy Hollins Jones, Tamara Khasanova, Ntshadi Mofokeng

[see original statement on instagram]

Statement on the Cancellation of the ISP Critical Studies Symposium:

We, the ISP Symposium Participants, have decided to cancel the event set to be held on May 18, 2025 at the Whitney Museum.

The texts that we planned to share at this event are the product of deep, collective study. In them, we ask incisive questions about institutions, art/works, labor, bodies and flesh, race, political struggles, colonial power, violence, death, and the very nature of writing and making now. It has become impossible to share these texts inside the Whitney Museum with dignity.

The Whitney Museum has surveilled and scrutinized our work, intervened upon our practices, and degraded the independent criticality that has long been associated with the ISP. This has occurred across all three cohorts. Such surveillance is unprecedented. It escalated to the Whitney Museum's unilateral cancellation of the performance No Aesthetics Outside My Freedom: Mourning, Militancy, and Performance on May 12. This effectively forbade the collective and public mourning of Palestinian lives.

With these actions, the senior leadership at the Whitney Museum has abandoned its self-declared "Mission & Values," including "that we must be as experimental, responsive, and risk-taking as the artists with whom we collaborate," and "that we must lead with expertise, debate, self-reflection, and integrity."

Under these conditions, sharing our work at the Whitney Museum has become untenable. We refuse to uphold the illusion of the Whitney Museum as a liberal-progressive institution. Our work at the ISP is made in spite of and in opposition to the financial and socio-political investments of the Whitney Museum.

The Independent Study Program must find an independent way forward. Rigorous criticality and study are urgently needed. We are committed to collective liberation and insurgent praxis. We stand in solidarity with our fellow participants and are proud of the work we've made together.
[see original statement on instagram]

On Withdrawal from the Whitney ISP Capstone Exhibition, Prototype, at Westbeth Gallery:

We, the majority of participants in the Whitney Independent Study Program (ISP) studio cohort, have decided to withdraw our work from the Prototype capstone exhibition at Westbeth Gallery.

This decision arises from the fundamental contradictions of free artistic expression within institutions deeply embedded instructural violence and shaped by the financial interests of their board members. These interests ultimately limit the scope of critical and transformative possibilities by influencing what can be seen, said, and staged within these spaces.

On May 12th, 2025, just two days before it was scheduled, the Whitney Museum of American Art canceled No Aesthetics Outside My Freedom: Mourning, Militancy, and Performance, a work that offered space to honor and mourn Palestinian lives lost in the ongoing assault on Gaza. This act echoed a broader regime of repression targeting pro-Palestinian speech and it exposed the limits of critique inside institutions.

The ISP presents itself as an independent space-but that independence is a myth. The Whitney Museum actively undermines ISP principles of critical inquiry, artistic autonomy, innovation, experimentation, and activist practices through scrutiny, surveillance, and censorship. As artists, we have a responsibility to transform theory into practice. Our collective refusal to participate in the capstone exhibition is not just symbolic; it is a direct challenge to the institution's legitimacy, especially as the Whitney censors Palestinian artists and profits from exploitation and oppression.

We are not just withdrawing, we are demanding. We demand the Whitney Museum to face its complicity in genocide and confront the deeper entanglement with its board members. We call on artists and cultural workers to direct solidarity and material resources toward Palestinian liberation, now in the 77th year of the ongoing Nakba.

We stand in unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people in their struggle for freedom and dignity.

Free Palestine

[see original statement on instagram]

Statement by ISP Associate Director Regarding the Whitney's Cancellation of No Aesthetics Outside My Freedom: Mourning, Militancy, and Performance and the ISP cohort's response:

The Whitney Independent Study Program has been a space promoting the work of the arts for more than half a century. It stands by the rights of artists to express themselves and embodies the duties of artists to think and discuss freely. Its foundational premises are that it is independent—free from outside influences that would dictate what to think or discuss-and a place for study—to learn with and from others.

This work has always been unapologetically engaged with the politics of its times. The ISP began amid the revolutionary energies of May 68, the movement against the Vietnam War, the state violence of the Kent State massacre and fully coalesced around AIDS activism two decades later. Today, this means participants in the Program continue to think for themselves and provoke thought in others about contexts including but not limited to fascism at home and the relentless genocide being carried out in Gaza. And sadly today, this means that we also face unprecedented censorship and a threat to our foundational independence because of our pursuit of the very dialogue that make the ISP what it is.

Since joining the ISP, my highest priority has been to sustain and nurture a collective and independent study community of artists, curators, and writers based on care, trust, and a political commitment to the experimentalism of artmaking, thinking, and writing. Our shared medium is conversation, one that is thoughtful, open, caring, and courageous.

The members of the ISP remain committed to the collective practice of artworkers, many of whom belong to demographics that are more vulnerable than ever-among them, gender dissidents, political refugees, visa holders, and survivors of armed conflict, racism, and assault. It takes a lot of work and care to build a community, but only a moment of thoughtless violence to destroy, compromise, or instrumentalize it. The Whitney Museum, which for more than half a century supported this work, has disappointed us in the past weeks. This was particularly painful for our community when, on Wednesday May 7, one of the cohort's artists, Ash Moniz, was assaulted on the NYC subway for being a trans woman wearing a Palestinian scarf. Rather than put out a statement in her support or reaching out expressing solidarity and concern to Ash, the museum chose to ignore the issue and instead continue to put the ISP under scrutiny. This scrutiny was carried out under the pretense of "security" for Whitney Museum audiences and the need to screen for "offensive" content. We needed protection, instead we got surveillance.

For the past three weeks, all ISP capstone projects--traditionally culminating in two exhibitions and a critical studies Symposium--have been subjected to an unprecedented level of scrutiny from the senior administration at the Whitney Museum. The announcement of the ISP capstone events on e-flux was cancelled, and the museum delayed the release of online content as long as possible to deny the shows normal visibility. Additionally, the admissions process for next year's ISP cohort has also been halted by the museum administration until further notice.

On Wednesday May 12, the director of the Whitney Museum, Scott Rothkopf, decided to cancel a performance by artists Fadl Fakhouri, Noel Maghathe, and Fargo Tbakhi interpreting a score of texts by Brandon Shimada, Christina Sharpe, and Natalie Diaz. The performance was called No Aesthetics Outside My Freedom: Mourning, Militancy, and Performance. The title is borrowed from a line in Palestinian writer Mahmoud Darwish's poem "State of Siege," and the piece was originally commissioned by Jewish Currents. The performance was integrated in a nuanced and poetic statement of transnational political solidarity and an examination of entangled colonial, capitalist and anti-Black violence that, as the curators write in their ISP exhibition text "unfolds as a resonant chamber through a program of performances, installations, and workshops." The exhibition, titled “a grammar of attention" is, they continue, "both an invitation and an offering: to bear and build witness to that which is fraught, incomplete, unauthorized, unsettled yet tethered to our present.” Rothkopf did not visit the exhibition and every single of my requests to upper management to engage the curatorial cohort in conversation was rejected.

The ostensible reason given by the Whitney for the cancellation was something unrelated to the show itself. One of the artists, Fargo Tbakhi, had introduced a first iteration of this piece at The Poetry Project in admittedly provocative language. But the point of artistic freedom has never been that it shies away from controversy or anger. And the point of defending it has never been that we agree with everything an individual says. The point is that we must refuse the right-wing extremism that seek to dictate what everyone is allowed to believe and express. The point is to insist on a free society and to stand in solidarity with other individuals and educational institutions under attack by this newly amplified right-wing extremism.

And furthermore, the logic of banning the performance based on what one person said is flawed, because the choral clamor that constitutes the "No Aesthetics" performance is bigger than any individual. Fargo had every right to his political rage, but this was not about him alone. It was about the collective voices gathered in "a grammar of attention." I disagree with and regret the museum's cancellation of this performance and stand with all the artists in the exhibition and with the Palestinian people. I remain proud and fully supportive of "a grammar of attention"—a show that, sadly, may no longer be possible in the US's current context of policing, suppression, deliberate ignorance, and fear.

I stand wholeheartedly in solidarity with all the ISP participants and the study community we have become, even in the most challenging political climate. I am honored to be part of this community, and our work together continues to give me hope, even now. I believe this year's capstone events represents the best the ISP has to offer. The independence of the ISP has been seriously compromised. I call on everyone who believes that art has a place in the struggle for free speech to support the survival of this extraordinary and urgently necessary experimental study community, and not only this one.

Sara Nadal-Melsió, Associate Director of the Whitney Independent Study Program

[see original statement on Cabinet Magazine]

The canceled performance, scrutinized artwork and scholarship, and atmosphere of censorship have their roots in a broader political climate of fear and intimidation in the United States, and follow other recent crackdowns on free expression, protest, and speech by artists and scholars supporting Palestine. The undersigned reaffirm our commitment to practices of integrity, risk, and autonomy, particularly under regimes of oppression and suppression.

The Whitney Museum's stated mission and core values are grounded precisely in its acceptance of dissent, reinvention, and activism. If the Whitney Museum denies the ISP the ability to independently persist as a site of critique over an ongoing genocide, then the Whitney Museum loses all claim to uphold the very values it cites as its guiding principles.

Signed,
[alumni & faculty]

Noor Abed, Alum, Studio, 2015-16
Ayisha Abraham, Alum, Studio, 1991-92
KJ Abudu, Alum, Seminar Leader, Curatorial, 2022-23
Tom Ackers, Alum, Studio, 2011-12
Amanda Adams-Louis, Alum, Studio, 2011-12
Rey Akdogan, Alum, Architecture, 2003-04
Kasper Akhoj, Alum, Studio, 2008-09
Maricruz Alarcón, Alum, Studio, 2013-14
Alex Alberro, Alum 1993-94, Faculty and Seminar Leader 1998-2023
Alice Albert, Alum, Studio, 1984-85
Hammam Aldouri, Alum, Critical Studies, 2015-16
John Almanza, Alum, Studio, 2014-15
Emanuel Almborg, Alum, Studio, 2014-15
Avi Alpert, Alum, Critical Studies, 2007-08
Nora M Alter, Faculty and Seminar Leader, Critical Studies, 2009-2023
Carmen Amengual, Alum, Studio, 2021-22
Amelia Ames, Alum, Critical Studies, 2017-18
Amin, Alum, Studio, 2011-12
Campens Angelique, Alum, Curatorial, 2007-08
Eric Anglès, Alum, Studio, 2007-08
Emily Apter, Faculty, Seminar Leader, Critical Studies, 1989-2023
Mauricio Arango, Alum, Studio, 2006-07
Ina Diane Archer, Alum, Studio, 1996-97
Sasha Archibald, Alum, Curatorial, 2004-05
Kenseth Armstead, Alum, Studio, 1990-91
Malin Arnell, Alum, Studio, 2009-10
American Artist, Alum, Studio, 2016-17
Douglas Ashford, Seminar Leader, Studio, 1988-89
Magdalyn Asimakis, Alum, Curatorial, 2016-17
Nooshin Askari, Alum, Studio, 2024-25
Arlen Austin, Alum, Studio, Critical Studies, 2015-16, 2014-15
Todd Ayoung, Alum, Studio, 1989-90
Michael Baers, Alum, Studio, 2004-05
Mimi Biyao Bai, Alum, Studio, 2017-18
Simon Baier, Alum, Critical Studies, 2003-04
Shobun Baile, Alum, Studio, 2023-24
George Baker, Alum, Seminar Leader, Critical Studies, 1994-95
Jan Baracz, Alum, Studio, 1998-99
Itziar Barrio, Seminar Leader, 2024-25, 2023-24
Judith Barry, Seminar Leader, Studio, Curatorial, 1989-90, 1988-89
Morgan Bassichis, Seminar Leader, 2023-24
Michaela Bathrick, Alum, Staff, Studio, 2019-20
Harold Batista, Alum, Studio, Critical Studies, 2014-15, 2015-16
David Baumflek, Alum, Studio, 2008-09
Martin Beck, Seminar Leader, Studio, 2023-24
Douglas Beer, Alum, Studio, 1980-81
Anthea Behm, Alum, Studio, 2010-11
Zoe Beloff, Alum, Studio, 1985-86
Lindsay Benedict, Alum, Studio, 2009-10, 2007-08
Adelita Husni Bey, Alum, Studio, 2011-12
James Biederman, Alum, Studio, 1970-71
Ursula Biemann, Alum, Studio, 1988-89
Mary Billyou, Alum, Studio, 2003-04
Sam Binkley, Alum, Critical Studies, 1992-93
Edgar Heap of Birds, Seminar Leader, Studio
David Birkin, Alum, Studio, 2013-14
Doris Bittar, Alum, Studio, 1995-96
tasha bjelic, Alum, Studio, 2015-16
Hannah Black, Alum, Studio, 2013-14
Lluis Alexandre Casanovas Blanco, Alum, Critical Studies, 2018-19, 2017-18
Gavan Blau, Alum, Studio, 2013-14
Jenna Bliss, Alum, Studio, 2016-17
Dahlia bloomstone, Alum, Studio, 2024-25
Kim Bobier, Alum, Critical Studies, 2015-16
Roddy Bogawa, Alum, Studio, 1989-90
caterina borelli, Alum, Studio, 1987-88
Brad Borevitz, Alum, Studio, 2006-07
Maibritt Borgen, Alum, Critical Studies, 2010-11
David Borgonjon, Alum, Critical Studies, 2021-22
Daniel Bozhkov, Faculty, Studio, 2024-25
Martin Braathen, Alum, Curatorial, 2006-07
Christopher Bratton, Alum, Studio, Critical Studies, 1985-86
Candice Breitz, Alum, Studio, 1996-97
Maura Brewer, Alum, Studio, 2014-15
Eric Brittain, Alum, Studio, 2021-22
Harper Brokaw-Falbo, Alum, Critical Studies, 2016-17
Dustin Brons, Alum, Studio, 2018-19
Ben Thorp Brown, Alum, Studio, 2012-13
Matt Browning, Alum, Studio, 2019-20
Julia Bryan-Wilson, Seminar Leader
Benjamin HD Buchloh, Faculty, Critical Studies, 2021-22, N/A
Robert Buck(Beck), Alum, Studio, 1992-93
Craig Buckley, Alum, Curatorial, 2002-03
Victor Burgin, Seminar Leader, Studio, Critical Studies
Tom BURR, Alum, Studio, 1987-88
Jennifer Burris, Alum, Curatorial, 2010-11
Heather Bursch, Alum, Studio, 2010-11
Judith Butler, Seminar Leader, Curatorial, 2002-03
Elaine Byrne, Alum, Studio, 2014-15
Gerard Byrne, Alum, Studio, 1998-99
Gabo Camnitzer, Alum, Studio, 2017-18
Sandrine Canac, Alum, Critical Studies, 2014-15
Lindsay Caplan, Alum, Critical Studies, 2011-12
Alexandra do Carmo, Alum, Studio, 2004-05
Philip Cartelli, Alum, Studio, 2022-23
Lisa Cartwright, Alum, Studio, 1982-83
Michael Cataldi, Alum, Studio, 2010-11
MALABOU CATHERINE, Faculty, Critical Studies, 2024-25
Cheeny Celebrado-Royer, Alum, Studio, 2024-25
Colby Chamberlain, Alum, Critical Studies, 2011-12
Weiyi Chang, Alum, Curatorial, 2019-20
Yau Ching, Alum, Studio, 1992-93
Canada Choate, Alum, Critical Studies, 2021-22
Doris Chon, Alum, Critical Studies, 1999-00
Tony Chrenka, Alum, Studio, 2022-23
Augsburger Claude, Alum, Studio, 1983-84
Tony Cokes, Alum, Seminar Leader, Studio, 1983-84
Susanna Cole, Alum, Curatorial, 2000-01
Coleman Collins, Alum, Studio, 2018-19
Brian Conley, Alum, Studio, 1978-79
Liam Considine, Alum, Critical Studies, 2009-10
Huey Copeland, Alum, Seminar Leader, Critical Studies, 2002-03
Eli Coplan, Alum, Studio, 2022-23
Alison Cornyn, Alum, Studio, 2000-01
Steven Cottingham, Alum, Studio, 2021-22
Erin Cramer, Alum, Studio, 1987-88
Jonathan Crary, Seminar Leader, 1988-2023
Chloe P. Crawford, Alum, Studio, 2021-22
Andrea Creutz, Alum, Studio, 2002-03
Dr. Alexandra Juhasz, Distinguished Professor, CUNY, Alum, Studio, 1987-88
Kajsa Dahlberg, Alum, Studio, 2007-08
Moyra Davey, Alum, Studio, 1988-89
sonia louise davis, Alum, Studio, 2015-16
Jill Dawsey, Alum, Critical Studies, 2000-01
Alistair Debling, Alum, Studio, 2018-19
T. J. Demos, Seminar Leader, Critical Studies, 2023-24
David Dempewolf, Alum, Studio, 2006-07
Stephanie Deumer, Alum, Studio, 2018-19
Rosalyn Deutsche, Faculty, Critical Studies
Sally Gutierrez Dewar, Alum, Studio, 1999-00
Heather Diack, Alum, Critical Studies, 2006-07
David Diao, Faculty, Studio, 1969-98
Eva Diaz, Alum, Faculty, Curatorial, 1998-99
Marcel Dickhage, Alum, Studio, 2016-17
Joe Diebes, Alum, Studio, 2011-12
Katherine Dieckmann, Alum, Studio, 1984-85
Mark Dion, Alum, Faculty, Studio, 1984-85
Rory Donaldson, Alum, Studio, 1997-98
Ayanna Dozier, Alum, Critical Studies, 2018-19
Fontaine Dunn, Alum, Studio, 1975-76, 1972-73
Dr Sonya Dyer, Alum, Studio, 2011-12
Carla Edwards, Alum, Studio, 2007-08
Frank Egloff, Alum, Studio, 1976-77
Douglas Eisenstark, Alum, Studio, 1980-81
Sandra Elgear, Alum, Studio, 1984-85
Chad Elias, Alum, Critical Studies, 2008-09
Sara Eliassen, Alum, Studio, 2010-11
JJJJJerome Ellis, Seminar Leader, Studio, 2024-25
Åsa Elzén, Alum, Studio, 2007-08
Niloufar Emamifar, Alum, Studio, 2024-25
S Emsaki, Alum, Studio, 2023-24
Michael Eng, Alum, Seminar Leader, Critical Studies, 1999-00
Redmond Entwistle, Alum, Studio, 2006-07
João Enxuto, Alum, Studio, 2013-14
Karlito Miller Espinosa, Alum, Studio, 2019-20
Joanna Evans, Alum, Critical Studies, 2024-25
Loretta Fahrenholz, Alum, Studio, 2010-11
philipp farra, Alum, Studio, 2019-20
Silvia Federici, Seminar Leader
Zachary B. Feldman, Alum, Curatorial, 2022-23
Hannah Feldman, Alum, Critical Studies, Curatorial, 1992-93
Alex Fialho, Alum, Critical Studies, 2023-24
Cinthea Fiss, Alum, Studio, 1995-96
Daphne Fitzpatrick, Alum, Studio, 1986-87
Mike Fitzpatrick, Alum, Studio, 1994-95
Elle Flanders, Alum, Studio, 1994-95
Alex Fletcher, Alum, Studio, 2011-12
Raphael Fleuriet, Alum, Studio, 2015-16
Martine Flor, Alum, Studio, 2021-22
Ivan Forde, Alum, Studio, 2021-22
Kirsten Forkert, Alum, Studio, 2005-06
Anik Fournier, Alum, Curatorial, 2009-10
Kenneth Frampton, Seminar Leader
Andrea Frank, Alum, Studio, 1998-99
Andrea Fraser, Alum, Faculty, Studio, 1984-85, 1983-84
Victoria Fu, Alum, Studio, 2005-06
Bettina Funcke, Alum, Critical Studies, 1999-00
Rene Gabriel, Alum, Studio
Giulia Gabrielli, Alum, Studio, 2022-23
David Galbraith, Alum, Studio, 1996-97
Tia-Simone Gardner, Alum, Studio, 2009-10
Brennan Gerard, Alum, Studio, 2009-10
Grady Gerbracht, Alum, Architecture, 2002-03
Benjamin Gerdes, Alum, Studio, 2004-05
Melanie Gilligan, Alum, Studio, 2004-05
Alison Gingeras, Alum, Critical Studies, 1996-97
Philip Glahn, Alum, Critical Studies, 1999-00
Brian Goldfarb, Alum, Studio, 1987-88
Alyosha Goldstein, Alum, Studio, 1991-92
Thyrza Nichols Goodeve, Alum, Faculty, 1998-99, 1997-98, 1983-84, 1982-83
Anthony Graves, Alum, Studio, 2004-05
Stamatina Gregory, Alum, Curatorial, 2005-06
Jim Grilli, Alum, Studio, 2015-16
Johan Grimonprez, Alum, Studio, 1992-93
Aline Guillermet, Alum, Critical Studies, 2012-13
Tamar Guimarães, Alum, Studio, 2007-08
Catherine Gund, Alum, Studio, 1988-89
Hans Haacke, Faculty, Seminar Leader
Karl Haendel, Alum, Studio, 1998-99
Rachel Haidu, Seminar Leader, Critical Studies
Hope Hall, Alum, Studio, 2000-01
Sophie Hamacher, Alum, Critical Studies, 2004-05
Maddie Hampton, Alum, Critical Studies, 2022-23
K8 hardy, Alum, Studio, 2003-04
Michelle N Harewood, Alum, Critical Studies, 2001-02
Shadi Harouni, Faculty, 2024-25
Nate Harrison, Alum, Critical Studies, 2010-11
Heather Hart, Alum, Studio, 2008-09
Alia Hasan-Khan, Alum, Studio, 1998-99
John Hawke, Alum, Studio, 2006-07
Davey Hawkins, Alum, Studio, 2014-15
Emma Hedditch, Alum, Studio, 2008-09
Mary Beth Heffernan, Alum, Studio, 1994-95
Niels Henriksen, Alum, Critical Studies, 2009-10
Joseph Henry, Alum, Critical Studies, 2017-18
Stephen Hilger, Alum, Studio, 2003-04
Anastasia Hill, Alum, Studio, 2014-15
Theresa Himmer, Alum, Studio, 2011-12
Perry Hoberman, Alum, Studio, 1978-79
Wayne Hodge, Alum, Studio, 2001-02
Daniel Hoffman-Schwartz, Alum, Critical Studies, 2001-02
Jack Hogan, Alum, Studio, 2022-23, 2021-22
Ryan Holmberg, Alum, Critical Studies, 2003-04
Lizzie Homersham, Alum, Critical Studies, 2016-17
Nina Horisaki-Christens, Alum, Curatorial, 2012-13
Benjamin Horns, Alum, Studio, 2021-22
Craig Houser, Alum, Curatorial, 1992-93
Mae Howard, Alum, Studio, 2023-24
Alex Hubbard, Alum, Studio, 2013-14
janine hudson, Alum, Studio, 1977-78
Sally Eaves Hughes, Alum, Curatorial, 2021-22
Ashley Hunt, Alum, Studio, 1999-00
Katurah Hutcheson, Alum, Studio, 1985-86
Jeremy Hutchison, Alum, Studio, 2015-16
Rocío Olivares Iriarte, Alum, Studio, 2018-19
Julian Irlinger, Alum, Studio, 2017-18
Angelique Italy, Alum, Curatorial, 2007-08
Alfredo Jaar, Seminar Leader
Emily Jacir, Alum, Faculty, Studio, 1998-99
Kristina Jacob, Alum, Studio, 2000-01
valentina jager, Alum, Studio, 2024-25
Sofia Jamal, Alum, Curatorial, 2019-20
Gareth James, Alum, Studio, 1997-98
JDSH, Alum, Studio, 2023-24
Jean, Alum, Studio, 1982-83
Rattanamol Singh Johal, Alum, Critical Studies, 2016-17
Kyle Bellucci Johanson, Alum, Studio, 2022-23
David L. Johnson, Alum, Studio, 2021-22
Jonas Stark Johnson, Alum, Critical Studies, 2019-20
Paul Ramirez Jonas, Seminar Leader, Studio
Karen E. Jones, Alum, Curatorial, 1990-91
Erich Kessel Jr, Alum, Critical Studies, 2021-22
Michael Just, Alum, Studio, 2010-11
Sue Jeong Ka, Alum, Studio, 2016-17
Jennifer Kabat, Alum, Curatorial, 1992-93
Holen Sabrina Kahn, Alum, Studio, 2002-03
Jane Hye Jin Kaisen, Alum, Studio, 2007-08
Tom Kalin, Alum, Studio, 1987-88
jesal kapadian, Alum, Studio, 2002-03
Chris Kasper, Alum, Studio, 2005-06
Deborah Kass, Alum, Studio, 1972-73
Nina Katchadourian, Alum, Studio, 1995-96
Annebarbe Kau, Alum, Studio, 1981-82
David Kelley, Alum, Studio, 2010-11
Kevin Kelly, Alum, Studio, 2019-20
Susan Kelly, Alum, Studio, 1998-99
Ryan Kelly, Alum, Studio, 2009-10
Mary Kelly, Faculty
Gerard & Kelly (Brennan Gerard and Ryan Kelly), Alum, Studio, 2009-10
Jen Kennedy, Alum, Critical Studies, 2008-09
Devin Kenny, Alum, Studio, 2013-14
Jon Kessler, Alum, Studio, 1980-81
Grant Kester, Alum, Curatorial, 1986-87
Caroline Key, Alum, Studio, 2012-13
Bani Khoshnoudi, Alum, Studio, 2008-09
Tania El Khoury, Seminar Leader, 2024-25, N/A
Edward Kihn, Alum, Studio, 2006-07
Alex Kitnick, Alum, Critical Studies, 2006-07
Hilary Kliros, Alum, Studio, 1979-80
Chelsea Knight, Alum, Studio, 2009-10
Silvia Kolbowski, Faculty
Anya Komar, Alum, Curatorial, 2014-15
Susan Kouguell, Alum, Studio, 1981-82
Barbara Kruger, Seminar Leader, Studio, 1984-85
kavita kulkarni, Alum, Critical Studies, 2017-18
Emily Kunstler, Alum, Studio, 2003-04
Agnieszka Kurant, Seminar Leader, Studio, Critical Studies, 2024-25, 2023-24
Hans Kuzmich, Alum, Studio, 2009-10
Runo Lagomarsino, Alum, Studio, 2007-08
Kimberly Lamm, Alum, Critical Studies, 1999-00
Erika Landström, Alum, Studio, 2018-19
Wes Larios, Alum, Studio, 2017-18
Laura Larson, Alum, Studio, 1993-94
Heimo Lattner, Alum, Studio, 2000-01
Elena Lavellés, Alum, Studio, 2016-17
Louise Lawler, Seminar Leader, Critical Studies
Elisabeth Lebovici, Alum, Critical Studies, Curatorial, 1980-81, 1979-80
William Lee, Alum, Studio, 2021-22
Layman Lee, Alum, Curatorial, 2024-25
Cristóbal Lehyt, Alum, Studio, 1999-00
Tanya Leighton, Alum, Curatorial, 2022-23
Michael Leja, Alum, Curatorial, 1974-75
Per-Oskar Leu, Alum, Studio, 2012-13
Simon Leung, Alum, Studio, 1988-89
Sam Lewitt, Alum, Studio, 2004-05
Stella Liantonio, Alum, Critical Studies, 2024-25
YoonKyung Lim, Alum, Studio, 2011-12
Michelle Lim, Alum, Curatorial, 2009-10
Liz Linden, Alum, Studio, 2008-09
Greg Lindquist, Alum, Studio, 2017-18
Elisa R. Linn, Alum, Curatorial, 2017-18
Nicolas Linnert, Alum, Critical Studies, 2015-16
Liona, Alum, Studio, 2016-17
Theo Lipfert, Alum, Studio, 1986-87
Melody London, Seminar Leader, Studio, 1979-80
Sarah Lookofsky, Alum, Faculty, Curatorial, 2004-05
Jazmin lopez, Alum, Studio, Critical Studies, 2023-24, 2022-23
Erica Love, Alum, Studio, 2012-13
Zoey Kira Lubitz, Alum, Curatorial, 2017-18
Karl Katz Lydén, Alum, Critical Studies, 2008-09
kara lynch, Alum, Studio, 1990-91
Cynthia Madansky, Alum, Studio, 1988-89
Hannah Maier-Katkin, Alum, Critical Studies, 2018-19
Jens Maier-Rothe, Alum, Studio, 2009-10
Trista E. Mallory, Alum, Critical Studies, 2011-12
Patricia Manos, Alum, Critical Studies, 2019-20
Anamaría Garzón Mantilla, Alum, Critical Studies, 2023-24
Elke Marhöfer, Alum, Studio, 2001-02
María Verónica San Martín, Alum, Studio, 2017-18
Gabriel Martinez, Alum, Studio, 2009-10
Mattin, Alum, Studio, 2008-09
Park McArthur, Alum, Studio, 2011-12, 2010-11
Olivia McCall, Alum, Critical Studies, 2023-24
Tom McDonough, Alum, Seminar Leader, Critical Studies, 1992-93
Micki McGee, Alum, Curatorial, 1980-81
Yates McKee, Alum, Critical Studies, 2004-05, 2001-02
Dave McKenzie, Seminar Leader, Studio, 2024-25, 2023-24
Mores McWreath, Alum, Studio, 2008-09
John Mendelsohn, Alum, Studio, 1971-72, 1970-71
Liz Mermin, Alum, Critical Studies, 1994-95
Sonya Merutka, Alum, Critical Studies, 2022-23
Darla Migan, Alum, Critical Studies, 2021-22
Nadja Millner-Larsen, Alum, Critical Studies, 2011-12
Susette Min, Alum, Curatorial, 1996-97
Michael Minelli, Alum, Studio, 1993-94
Daniel Mirer, Alum, Studio, 1997-98
Omar Mismar, Alum, Studio, 2016-17
Sharon Mizota, Alum, Studio, 1996-97
Ash Moniz, Alum, Studio, 2024-25
Jennifer Montgomery, Alum, Studio, 1988-89
Allison Moore, Alum, Curatorial, 2003-04
Daniel Melo Morales, Alum, Studio, 2024-25
Stephen Morton, Alum, Critical Studies, 2000-01
Carlos Motta, Alum, Studio, 2005-06
Laura Mulvey, Faculty, Studio, Critical Studies, Curatorial
Dr. Sadie Murdoch, Alum, Studio, 2003-04
Maryanne Murray, Alum, Studio, 1993-94
Eileen Myles, Seminar Leader, Studio, Critical Studies, 2024-25
eliza myrie, Alum, Studio, 2019-20
Sara Nadal-Melsió, Faculty, Associate Director, 2024-25
Rebecca Naegele, Alum, Studio, 2016-17
Angel Nevarez, Alum, Studio, 2001-02
John Newman, Alum, Studio, 1971-72
Hương Ngô, Alum, Studio, 2011-12
Alison Nguyen, Alum, Studio, 2023-24
Jacqueline Hoang Nguyen, Alum, Studio, 2010-11
Iulia Nistor, Alum, Studio, Critical Studies, 2024-25
Nia Nottage, Alum, Curatorial, 2018-19
Colleen OConnor, Alum, Curatorial, 2019-20
Blake Oetting, Alum, Critical Studies, 2023-24
Itziar Okariz, Alum, Studio, 1999-00
Senam Okudzeto, Alum, Studio, 1999-00
Sofía Olascoaga, Alum, Curatorial, 2010-11
Adrienne Jacobson Oliver, Alum, Critical Studies, 2024-25
Leah P, Alum, Critical Studies, 2014-15
Michala Paludan, Alum, Studio, 2011-12
Lydia Panas, Alum, Studio, 1984-85, 1985-86
Liz Park, Alum, Curatorial, 2011-12
Amanda Parmer, Alum, Staff, Curatorial, 2009-10
Pegah Pasalar, Alum, Studio, 2024-25
Ellen Pavey, Alum, Curatorial, 2017-18
John Arthur Peetz, Alum, Critical Studies, 2018-19
Ying S. Pek, Alum, Critical Studies, 2016-17
Constance Penley, Seminar Leader, Critical Studies
Claire Pentecost, Alum, Studio, 1988-89
Mai-Thu Perret, Alum, Studio, 2002-03
Katrin Pesch, Alum, Studio, 2000-01
Rebecca Hackemann, PhD, Alum, Studio, 2000-01
Samuele Piazza, Alum, Curatorial, 2015-16
Sarah Pierce, Alum, Studio, 1994-95
Kristine Jærn Pilgaard, Alum, Curatorial, 2013-14
Liss Platt, Alum, Studio, 1992-93
Michael Poetschko, Alum, Studio, 2012-13
Jenny Polak, Alum, Studio, 1992-93
Emilio Martínez Poppe, Alum, Studio, 2022-23
Sreshta Rit Premnath, Alum, Studio, 2008-09
Constantinos V. Proimos, Alum, Critical Studies, 1993-94
Catherine Queloz, Alum, Curatorial, 1980-81
Walid Raad, Seminar Leader, Studio
Rajkamal, Alum, Studio, 2001-02
Michael Rakowitz, Seminar Leader, Studio, Critical Studies, Curatorial, 2024-25
Kristina Rapacki, Alum, Critical Studies, 2014-15
Maria Rapicavoli, Alum, Studio, 2011-12
Maria D. Rapicavoli, Alum, Studio, 2011-12
Sean Raspet, Alum, Studio, 2007-08
Kamran Rastegar, Alum, Critical Studies, 2000-01
Andrea Ray, Alum, Studio, 1996-97
Vicente Razo, Alum, Studio, 2003-04
Elliot Reed, Alum, Studio, 2023-24
Sara Reisman, Alum, Curatorial, 2002-03
Erin Reitz, Alum, Critical Studies, 2016-17
Daniel Reuter, Alum, Studio, 2013-14
Sarah Richter, Alum, Critical Studies, 2023-24
Joe Riley, Alum, Studio, 2016-17
Kari Rittenbach, Alum, Curatorial, 2015-16
Andy Robert, Alum, Studio, 2014-15
Emma C. Roberts, Alum, Critical Studies, 2021-22
Laurie Robins, Alum, Studio, 2016-17
Marc Andre Robinson, Alum, Studio, 2002-03
Carissa Rodriguez, Alum, Studio, 2001-02
Andrew Ross, Lecturer, Studio, Critical Studies, Curatorial, Architecture
Peter Rostovsky, Alum, Studio, 1995-96
Anna Rubin, Alum, Studio, 2022-23
Alan Ruiz, Alum, Studio, 2015-16
Orla Ryan, Alum, Studio, 1996-97
Alia Al Sabi, Alum, Critical Studies, 2017-18
Susanne Østby Sæther, Alum, Curatorial, 2005-06
Stefan Saffer, Alum, Architecture, 2004-05
Jayce Salloum, Alum, Studio, 1998-99
Tim Saltarelli, Alum, Curatorial, 2011-12
Albert Samreth, Alum, Studio, 2024-25
Katya Sander, Alum, Studio, 2000-01
Judite dos Santos, Alum, Studio, 1985-86
Kristina Scepanski, Alum, Curatorial, 2011-12
Edward Schexnayder, Alum, Studio, 2007-08
Steve Schiff, Alum, Studio, 2001-02, 2000-01
Alex Schmidt, Alum, Studio, 2024-25
Maximilian Schmoetzer, Alum, Studio, 2018-19
Carrie Schneider, Alum, Studio, 2015-16
Rebecca Schreiber, Alum, Studio, 1989-90
Susan Schuppli, Alum, Studio, 1995-96
Cathleen Schuster, Alum, Studio, 2016-17
Dread Scott, Alum, Studio, 1992-93
Minnie Scott, Alum, Curatorial, 2006-07
Charity Scribner, Alum, Critical Studies, 1997-98
Peter Seidler, Alum, Studio, 1989-90, 1988-89
Vivian Selbo, Alum, Studio, 1988-89
Jacques Servin, Faculty, Studio, 2015-16, 2011-12
Emily Shanahan, Alum, Studio, 2017-18
Gwyneth Shanks, Alum, Curatorial, 2019-20
Asha Sheshadri, Alum, Studio, 2017-18
gregory sholette, Alum, Critical Studies, 1995-96
Aliza Shvarts, Alum, Seminar Leader, Critical Studies, 2014-15
Andrew Siedenburg, Alum, Studio, 2021-22
Sancho Silva, Alum, Architecture, 2003-04
Shelly Silver, Alum, Studio, 1980-81
Jason Simon, Alum, Studio, 1984-85
Mary Simpson, Alum, Studio, 2009-10
Nida Sinnokrot, Alum, Studio, 2001-02
Martin Sjoeberg, Alum, Studio, 1994-95
Lise Tovesdatter Skou, Alum, Studio, 2002-03
Emily Small, Alum, Curatorial, 2022-23
Cindy Smith, Alum, Studio, 1987-88
Samuel Ace (formerly Linda Smukler), Alum, Studio, 1977-78
Ania Soliman, Alum, Studio, 1999-00
Virginia Solomon, Alum, Critical Studies, 2007-08
Amalia Soto, Alum, Studio, 2021-22
Filipe de Sousa, Alum, Studio, 2017-18
Mike Sperlinger, Alum, Curatorial, 2006-07
gayatri chakravorty spivak, Seminar Leader, Critical Studies, Curatorial, 1981-2025
Hen Stanford, Alum, Critical Studies, 2010-11
Sally Stein, Seminar Leader, Critical Studies
Felipe Steinberg, Alum, Studio, 2018-19
A. L. Steiner, Faculty, Studio
Blake Stimson, Alum, Studio, 1990-91
Alex Strada, Alum, Studio, 2018-19
Lauren Stringer, Alum, Studio, 1981-82
Angelique Szymanek, Alum, Critical Studies, 2012-13
Ginger Brooks Takahashi, Alum, Studio, 2006-07
Claire Tancons, Alum, Curatorial, 2000-01
Javier Téllez, Alum, Studio, 1997-98
Valerie Tevere, Alum, Studio, 1999-00
Jonathan Thomas, Alum, Studio, Critical Studies, 2006-07, 2005-06
Johanna Thorell, Alum, Curatorial, 2022-23
David Thorne, Alum, Studio, 1990-91
Patricia Thornley, Alum, Studio, 1986-87
Lynne Tillman, Seminar Leader, Studio, Critical Studies, N/A
John Timberlake, Alum, Studio, 2001-02
Tess Timoney, Alum, Studio, 1990-91
Benjamin Tiven, Alum, Studio, 2011-12
Max Tolleson, Alum, Critical Studies, 2022-23
Elbe Trakal, Alum, Studio, 2018-19
Kerry Tribe, Alum, Studio, 1996-97
Jordan Troeller, Alum, Seminar Leader, Staff, Critical Studies, 2008-09
Elie Porter Trubert, Alum, Studio, 1983-84
Hồng-Ân Trương, Alum, Studio, 2008-09
Oscar Tuazon, Alum, Studio, Architecture, 2002-03, 2001-02
Lan Tuazon, Alum, Studio, 2003-04
Alper Turan, Alum, Curatorial, 2023-24
John A Tyson, Alum, Critical Studies, 2011-12
Christian Uhl, Alum, Studio, 1999-00
Danna Vajda, Alum, Studio, 2010-11
Joen Vedel, Alum, Studio, 2013-14
Ruben Verdu, Alum, Studio, 1995-96
Sophia Victor, Alum, Studio, 2017-18
Jennifer Teresa Villanueva, Alum, Studio, 2023-24
Sarah Vogwill, Alum, Studio, 1990-91
Jason Waite, Alum, Curatorial, 2012-13
Misra walker, Alum, Studio, 2024-25
Daniel Walworth, Alum, Studio, 1977-78
Elizabeth M. Webb, Alum, Studio, 2016-17
Jason Wee, Alum, Studio, 2005-06
Marianne Weems, Alum, Studio, 1986-87
Kayla Weisdorf, Alum, Studio, 2018-19
Nathaniel Whitfield, Alum, Studio, 2016-17
Chris whittey, Alum, Studio, 1990-91
William Wiebe, Alum, Studio, 2019-20
Dan Wiley, Alum, Studio, 1987-88
Tom Williams, Alum, Critical Studies, 2008-09
Marisa Williamson, Alum, Studio, 2014-15
Robin Winters, Alum, Studio, 1972-73
Stephen Woo, Alum, Critical Studies, 2024-25
Shevaun Wright, Alum, Studio, 2015-16
Rebecca Hackemann, PhD, Artist, Writer, Alum, Studio, 2000-01
Simon Wu, Alum, Curatorial, 2019-20
Manabu Yahagi, Alum, Curatorial, 2017-18
Lynne Yamamoto, Alum, Studio, 1992-93
Lauren Young, Alum, Critical Studies, 2017-18
Benjamin Young, Alum, Critical Studies, 2000-01
Lisa Young, Alum, Studio, 1995-96
Florian Zeyfang, Alum, Studio, 1997-98

Signed,
[friends & allies]

Friend (NDLON)
Veronica Uribe A, UC San Diego
Matthew Abraham, University of Arizona
E. Adamo
Ignacio Adriasola, Dept. of Art History, Visual Art and Theory, UBC, Canada
Charles de Agustin
Aren Aizura, Associate Professor in GWSS, University of Minnesota
Lavender Alcala, Friend
Benjamin J. Allard
Michele Alpern, artist and writer
Zuhra Amini
Sofie Amiri, Oslo
Hannah Appel, UCLA
Daniel Arcand, UCSD
Julia Morandeira Arrizabalaga, Director of Studies - Reina Sofía Museum
Ana Busto, artist, Friend and supporter
Oreet Ashery, International artist
Colleen Asper
Jean Bae, NYU
Brynjar Bandlien
stephanie barber
Lisa Barcy, friend and ally
Dove Bardin, downtown artist
Antares Gomez Bartolome, Concerned Artists of the Philippines
Alyssa Battistoni, Barnard College
Éric Baudelaire, Whitney Biennial artist
Hans Baumann, Artist
Gordon Beeferman, NYU
carrick bell
Alexandra Bell
Jesus benavente, Artist
Cara Benedetto
Dalida María Benfield, Center for Arts, Design, and Social Research
Meriem Bennani, Artist
Elizabeth Benninger, NYU, UAW Local 7902
colleen billing
Jesse Birch, Curator, ISP Ally
Richard Birkett
Claire Bishop, Professor, PhD Program in Art History, CUNY Graduate Center
Wren Bisley
Sabine Bitter, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver
Nayland Blake, Artist and Educator
Elizabeth Blaney, Union de Vecinos
Raymond Boisjoly, The School for the Contemporary Arts, SFU
Kate Bonifas, Friend
Dan Boscov-Ellen, Pratt Institute
Jessica Bottalico, friend and ally in the arts community
Timothy Brennan
sarah bricke, University of California, San Diego
Jacklyn Brickman, Friend
Pauline van Mourik Broekman, UCL, London
David Brooks, artist and educator, NYU
Sarah Browne, artist
Ann Butler
Jennifer Cane, Curator, ISP Ally
Merve Cansiz
Beth Capper, Assistant Professor of Film Studies, University of Alberta
Andrea Carlson, Artist
Danilo Correale, Friend
Amy Sara Carroll, University of California, San Diego
Sarah Jane Cervenak
Raven Chacon, artist
Samara Chadwick, The Flaherty
Elise Choi, SUSPECT Journal
Amber Chong, University of California Los Angeles
Michael Chwe, UCLA
Eva Cilman
Christen Clifford, The New School/ artist
Anna Colin, MFA Curating, Goldsmiths, University of London
Todo por la praxis collective, Artistic collective
Jade Coniglio, UCSD Visual Arts Staff
Alyssa Coppelman
Alice Creischer, Artist and friend
Nube Hawk Cruz, Artist
Tadhg Ó Cuirrín, Praxis Artist Trade Union
Dorit Cypis, Artist and ally
Wilde D., Friend (UCLA)
Theresa Daddezio, artist
Sandra Dans
Heather Davis, The New School
Pip Day, Curator, friend of the ISP
Aria Dean, artist
Matteline Devries-dilling, Lite brite neon studio
Demian DinéYazhi’, Artist (Whitney Biennial 2024)
Ricardo Dominguez, Electronic Disturbance Theater/UCSD
Rackstraw Downes, Whitney Biennial artist (1981), artist represented in Whitney Permanent Collection
Angela Dufresne
Beka Economopoulos
Colin Edgington, University of Tampa
Ali El-Darsa, Ally
Charles Esche, University of the Arts London
Virginia Espino, UCLA
Mike Estabrook, I am an artist who refuses to be complicit with genocide.
Samuel Dylan Ewing, UAW
Kaia F., Friend
Cecile Bourne Farrell, King's college university, London
Rachel Fäth
Taraneh Fazeli, Curator
Zach Feuer, Gochman Family Collection
Matt Ford, TUGSA-AFT Local 6290
Rike Frank, Curator
Ada Friedman
Friend, NDLON
Friend, University
Lia Gangitano
Keya Ganguly, University of Minnesota
Kalena Marshall Garcia, Previous student of ISP Alumni
Rafael A. Mutis García, UAW, NWU, PSC(AFT)
Gretchen Gasterland-Gustafsson
Julian Gatto, UC Davis, Performance Studies Program
Charles Gelman, UAW Local 7902
Kinda ghandour
Becky Gochman, Friend
nan goldin, artist in collection
Maya Andrea Gonzalez, AUB
Jacob Gorchov, Palto flats
bianca goyette
Cecille Graham
Ben Grubb, Artist
Serge guilbaut, Professor Emeritus
Miguel Gutierrez, UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures
Stamatis H, UCLA
Paul Haacke
Lauren van Haaften-Schick, Teachers College, Columbia University
Sarah Hamill, Sarah Lawrence College
Judy Han
Young Sun Han
Marc Handelman, Friend and ally of the ISP
Christopher Hanrahan, Friend/Ally
Natilee Harren, Art historian and critic, Houston, TX
Brian Matthew Hart, Artist
Tobi Haslett
Nicolas Helm-Grovas
Cassandra Henderson, University of Washington
Maggie Hennefeld, Patron/Supporter
Robby Herbst, Independant
Frederic Herter
Lucas Herzog
Dakota Higgins, Artist
Liz Hirsch
Katherine Hobart
Laura Hoffmann, friend
Tom Holert, Harun Farocki Institut
Grace Hong, Friend (university affiliation)
martib hopkinson, retired museum curator
Louise Hornby, UCLA
Marie Horstead
evie k horton, friend and colleague of allumni
Anisa Hosseinnezhad, CWA Local 9003 / IDA / Flaherty Seminar
Jibade-Khalil Huffman
Aaron Hunt, Cultural Critic/Culture Worker
Esmeralda Hurtado, UCSC Undergrad
Jessica J Hutchins, artist
Cindy Hwang, Art Against Displacement
Adam Hyman, Los Angeles Filmforum
Javier Perez Iglesias, University Complutense of Madrid
Flavia Introzzi
Nick Irvin, Friend / Ally
Fi Isidore, Goldsmiths University of London MFA Fine Arts
Lisa Ito, Curator, UP Fine Arts Gallery (Parola), and Vice-Chairperson, Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP)
Tim Ivison
Aaron Jaffe, The Juilliard School
Flint Jamison
Hana Janeckova, Academy of Visual Arts AVU Prague, Curator
C.T. Jasper, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
Hayley Johnson, Friend
Kerosene Jones
Lyndon Barrois Jr., Artist, colleague of alumni
Stanya Kahn, Artist
Mihye Kang, The New School
Line Skywalker Karlström, Visual artist
Evan Kassof, Composer and Labor Organizer
Jeffrey Kastner, Independent writer
Willow Katz, Friend
Aaron Katzeman, Getty Research Institute
Alex Kauffman, UPenn Phd ‘17
Matt Keegan
Robin D. G. Kelley, Professor @ UCLA
Kristan Kennedy, Curator / Artist
Rania Lee Khalil, Cinema Antiplastique
Gelare Khoshgozaran
Scott Kiernan
Lilia Kilburn, Harvard University
Patrick Killoran
Eunice Yooni Kim
Leigh Kimberg, Professor of Medicine
John King, UAW local 7902 NYU Adjuncts Union/UAW Labor for Palestine
Alexander King, The New School, ACT-UAW 7902
Lynn Kodeih, Independent artist
Jee Leong Koh
Dana Kopel
Olga Kopenkina, independent curator
Zeynep Korkman, Friend (UCLA)
James Krone, friend
Carin Kuoni
Justine Kurland, Artist, Friend, Ally
Marci Kwon, Stanford University
Christopher Lacroix, Simon Fraser University
Henning Lahmann, Leiden University
Gwenessa Lam, Emily Carr University
Raquel Laneri, A member, an art lover, and a culture journalist
Jonathan Larson, NYU
Sam lasko, Artist, many friends involved in ISP
Darlene lee, Friend
Matts Leiderstam
Kani Lent, Artist
Adeline Lépine, Curator, friend and allies of former ISP alumni
Jillian Lerner, University of British Columbia
Michael Letwin, Former President, UAW 2325; Labor for Palestine
Zachary Levenson, Florida International University
Maciej Lewandowski
Craig Jun Li
Ruslana Lichtzier, PhD Candidate Northwestern University, alumni of MFAH Core
Ami Lien, Artist
Håkon Lillegraven, Curator
Candice Lin, Friend and ally
Jen Liu
Fred Lonidier, Emeritus UCSD Visual Arts Dept
Jordan Lord, Friend
Liang Luscombe, Monash University
Erica Dawn Lyle
Sean Lynch, Artist, Ireland
Cannach MacBride
John MacKay, Yale University
TALA MADANI, Artist
Jaleh Mansoor, Friend of ISP
Daniel Marcus, Columbus Museum of Art
Marija
Angela Marino, UC Berkeley, Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
Anna Markowitz, Friend (UCLA)
Laura U. Marks, Simon Fraser University
Victoria Marks, UCLA
L Marmon, Queer|Art
Francesca Martelli, UCLA
Rachel Martin, Artist
Marc Matchak
Adam Mazeika, L397
Re McBride, Friend
Tom McGrath
Ian McKenna
David McNally, University of Houston
Nathaniel Mellors, Artist
John Menick
Paolo Mentasti, AFCSME 1723
Ara H. Merjian, NYU
Alessandra mezzadri, Soas, London
Tavish Miller
D Miller, Artist & Ally
Robert Milne
Olivia Mole, friend
Hannah Möller
Erin Montanez, Queens College, CUNY
Xelestial Moreno-Luz, Visual Arts - UCSD
Matt Mottel, Artist and educator
Liz Naiden, CUNY Baruch College and SLU
Sina Najafi, Cabinet magazine
Jordan Nassar
Astrida Neimanis, UBC
Kirsten Nelson, Friend (NDLON)
Laura Newman, Professor, Vassar College
Aambr Newsome, UCSD MFA
Zach Ngin
Camila Nichols
Mignon Nixon
Raquel Fernandez Nuñez, Freelance
John O'Brian, Professor Emeritus University of British Columbia
Elinor O'Donovan, Praxis: The Artists' Union of Ireland
Alice O'Malley
wendelien van oldenborgh, friend / ally
mary oleary, ally
Marisa Olson, Artist
Önder Özengi
Laura Parnes
Hermes Payrhuber
Kitt Peacock, Access Gallery
joaquim pedro, public
Hop Peternell
Andreas Petrossiants, NYU
Dushan Petrovich, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Kevin Van Meter, PhD
Grace Phillips, UAW
Jo Pistorius
lucas platero, urjc
Gala Porras-Kim
Charles Post, Tempest Collective, Spectre: A Marxist Journal
Elspeth Pratt, Simon Fraser University
RAN
Tess Rankin
GRISEY Raphael, NTNU, Norway
Elise Rasmussen, Artist
Blake Rayne, Friend of the Whitney Independent Study Program
George Rayson
virginia reath, Artist
Anna Reid, Friend and Ally
rhea
Beth Ribet, UCLA
Annetta Riley, My son Joe Riley is an ISP alum
William Riley, Son Joe Riley is an alumni of the ISP program.
Andrea Rodrigo, Independent dance curator
Hanneline Røgeberg, Rutgers University
JUAN GUARDIOLA ROMAN, DIRECTOR FUNDACIÓN DIAZ-CANEJA, SPAIN
Christopher Rose
nozomi rose, Visual Artist and Adjunct Assistant Professor, BFA Media & Performing Arts, CUNY Medgar Evers College
Douglas Ross
Constanze Ruhm
Maria Ruido, Artist
Ann Ryan
Gabriel Sacco
Georgia Sagri, Artist, Friend and Ally of ISP
Josephine Sales
Rafael Sánchez, Artist: ISP, a grammar of attention
Jesús Bravo Sánchez, Humano
Frida Sandström, Art critic and researcher
Tasneem Sarkez, Friend
Alice Sarmiento
Julie sauerwein
Martha Schulman, Whitney Museum Member, Art lover, and free speech supporter
Paul Mpagi Sepuya
Benedict Seymour, Goldsmiths, University of London (MFA Fine Art, Lecturer)
Jeff Share, Ucla
Gemma Sharpe, Cleveland Institute of Art
Siekmann
Lisa Sigal, Artist
Susan Silas, Friend
Suzie Silver, Artist/Educator
Noah Simblist
Kathy Slade, School for the Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University
Susan Slyomovics, Friend
Irene Small, Princeton University
Joshua Smith
Bennett Smith, Friend of several alumni
Harrison Smith
Stephanie Snyder, Director and Curator, The Cooley, Reed College
Audrey Snyder, Artist
Ida Hove Solberg
Saroop Soofi
Daniel Spaulding, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Iris Rose Spear, Friend (NDLON)
Chelsea Spengemann
Camilla Frøland Sramek
Damon Stanek, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Trevor Stark
Jeffrey Stuker, Friend of the ISP
Margaret Sundell, 4Columns
Frank Sweeney, Praxis: The Artists' Union of Ireland
Dyani Taff
Niklas Taleb, Independent artist
Virgil B/G Taylor
Rebecca Teich, CUNY Graduate Center
Leigh Tennant, Gifric
Michele Theriault, ally, curator
Vanessa Thill, California Jewish Artists for Palestine
Bianca Thiruchittampalam, Museum worker
Laura Thoms, Artist
Chris Tilly, UCLA (and visitor to the Whitney for over 50 years)
Benjamin Titera
Chloe truong-jones
Ka-Man Tse, Parsons
Steph Tuazon
Sasha Tycko
Michael Buse (Friend, UCLA), University of California, Los Angeles
Kevin Ulibarri, Friend (NDLON)
Blanca Ulloa
Lea Vajda
Sophie Veksner, University of Melbourne, The New Centre
Mercedes Villalba, UC Davis
Emma Volz
Erik VVysocan, Friend
Sean Wakasa, UAW 4811
Brian Wallis, Executive Director, CPW (Center for Photography at Woodstock)
Albert Abdul-Barr Wang
Ken Weathersby
Noura Wedell
Andrew Weiner, NYU Department of Art and Art Professions
Eyal Weizman, Goldsmiths
Yuan Wen
Noa Wesley
Kat White, UCSD
Carmen Winant
Miriam Wistreich, UKS (Young Artists’ Society)
Diane Wong, Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art
Carrie Yamaoka, Artist
Setareh Yasan, Artist, independent critic and curator
Leto Ybarra
Zola

Press

“Whitney Museum Suspends Independent Study Program,” Rhea Nayyar, Hyperallergic, June 2, 2025. [PDF]

“Whitney Museum Suspends Program After Dispute Over Gaza Event,” Zachary Small, The New York Times, June 2, 2025, sec. Arts. [PDF]

“Amid Censorship Outrcry, Whitney Museum ‘Pauses’ Its Storied Independent Study Program,” Artnet News, June 2, 2025. [PDF]

“Whitney Museum suspends Independent Study Program,” ArtReview, June 3, 2025. [PDF]

“Whitney Museum Suspends Independent Study Program After Cancelling Pro-Palestinian Performance,“ Elaine YJ Zheng, Ocula, June 3, 2025. [PDF]

“To the Whitney Museum of American Art - Notes,” e-flux, June 4, 2025. [PDF]

“Whitney Museum Pauses Independent Study Program amid Accusations of Censorship,” Benjamin Sutton, The Art Newspaper, June 4, 2025. [PDF]

Independent Study Program: Open Letter & Solidarity Statement

To the Whitney Museum of American Art:

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Signed, [friends & allies]

Press

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