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ALLISON SMITH
Artist Résumé
www.allisonsmithstudio.com

Born 1972, Manassas, VA

EDUCATION


1999-2000 Participant, Studio Program, Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York, NY
1999    MFA Sculpture Department, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT

1995    BFA Fine Arts Department: Sculpture, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1995    BA Psychology Concentration, Eugene Lang College, New York, NY



SOLO EXHIBITIONS/ INSTALLATIONS/ PERFORMANCES

2013    “Rudiments of Fife and Drum,” Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
2011    “Piece Work,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
2010    “Pitcher Collection,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010    “Needle Work,” Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
2010    “Fancy Work” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art “75 Years of Looking Forward,” CA
2007     “Notion Nanny,” University of California, Berkeley Art Museum MATRIX series, CA
2007    “Banner Valance,” Schmidt Center Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
2007    “Allison Smith: Recent Work,” Dinaburg Arts, New York, NY
2006    “Hobby Horse,” Artpace San Antonio, TX
2006     “Notion Nanny,” Qube Gallery, Oswestry Community Action, Shropshire, UK
2005    “Notion Nanny,” Studio Voltaire, London, UK
2005    “Victory Hall,” Bellwether, New York, NY
2005    “Armory,” The Armory Show: International Fair of New Art, Bellwether, New York, NY
2005    “Public Address,” Foxy Production, New York, NY
2002    “Stilleven, evenStill,” Bellwether, Brooklyn, NY
2001    “Consuming Nostalgia,” Eldridge Street Project, Eldridge Street Synagogue, New York, NY
2000    “Mom-n-Pop Market Tent,” Artists Space, Meat Market Art Fair, New York, NY
2000    “Mom-n-Pop Deep Storage Unit,” Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York, NY
1999    “Mom-n-Pop,” Bellwether, Brooklyn, NY


ARTIST-LED PARTICIPATORY PROJECTS/ LIVE ART EVENTS

2010-12    “Arts & Skills Service,” War Memorial Veterans Building, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, FOR-SITE Foundation Pavilion, Fort Point, Presidio, San Francisco, CA
2011     “Cries of San Francisco,” Old Mint Plaza, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2011    “Sheep to Shawl,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
2008-12     “SMITHS,” Downtown Oakland, CA; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
2008    “The Donkey, The Jackass, and The Mule,” Herron School of Art and Design, Freetown Village Living History Museum, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Downtown Indianapolis, IN
2005-07    “Notion Nanny,” Grizedale Arts, Wordsworth Trust: Center for British Romanticism, Grasmere Sports Day, Cumbria, UK; Studio Voltaire, London, UK; Qube Gallery, Oswestry Community Action, Shropshire, UK; Dinaburg Arts, New York, NY; Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA; University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
2004-06     “The Muster,” Mildred’s Lane, Beach Lake, PA; Governors Island, Public Art Fund, New York Harbor, NY; Maine College of Art, Fort Gorges, Portland, ME


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013    "Social Fabric," Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2013    "Home Front," Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID

2012    “Mildred’s Lane & the Mildred Complex(ity),” MoMA Studio: Common Senses, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2012    “We the People,” Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2012    “International Orange,” FOR-SITE Foundation, Fort Point, San Francisco, CA

2011     “The Air We Breathe,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
2011    “Bay Area Now 6,” Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2011    “Embodying,” Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, GA
2010     “Huckleberry Finn,” CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
2010    “Mind-bending with the Mundane,” Institute for Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2010    “Open Score Variations,” Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2009    “The Old, Weird America,” Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2009    “No Bees, No Blueberries,” Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York, NY
2009    “The Old, Weird America,” DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
2009    “Disorganized,” Museum 52, New York, NY
2008     “Democracy in America,” Seventh Regiment Armory, Creative Time, New York, NY
2008    “Mildred’s Lane,” Alexander Gray Associates, New York, NY
2008    “The Old, Weird America,” Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
2008    “On Procession,” Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
2008    “Inner and Outer Space,” Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA
2008    “Ethnographies of the Future,” BRIC Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008    “Gestures of Resistance: Craft, Performance and the Politics of Slowness,” Gray Matters Gallery, College Art Association, Dallas, TX
2007    “Poe and Twain Projects: Simon Leung/ Allison Smith/ Amy Yoes,” Wave Hill Glyndor Gallery, Bronx, NY
2007    “The Line of Time and the Plane of Now,” Harris Lieberman Gallery/ Wallspace Gallery, New York, NY
2007    “New History,” Leubsdorf Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY
2007    “Come One Come All,” 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY
2007    “Grow Your Own,” Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2007    “Funny Shadows,” Clifford Chance, New York, NY
2006     “Now Again the Past: Rewind Replay Resound,” Carnegie Arts Center, Tonawanda, NY
2006    “Was Wäre Wenn #4: Hands-On History,” JET, Berlin, Germany
2006    “Art in America,” Arario Gallery, Cheonan, South Korea
2006    “Don’t Know Much About History,” Artspace, New Haven, CT
2006    “Ahistoric Occasion: On the Uses of History,” Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA
2006    “The ‘F’ Word,” Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
2006    “Interstate: The American Road Trip,” High Desert Test Sites/ Socrates Sculpture Park, Joshua Tree, CA/ Long Island City, NY
2006    “An Ex-Ode to the Corporeal Conversation,” Mildred’s Lane, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, CA
2005     “You are Here,” Ballroom, Marfa, TX
2005    “We Could Have Invited Everyone,” Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
2005    “Greater New York,” P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center/ Museum of Modern Art, Long Island City, NY
2005    “Log Cabin,” Artists Space, New York, NY
2005    “Armory Show,” Bellwether, New York, NY
2004     “Explosion LTTR,” Art in General, New York, NY
2004    “Hello Chelsea,” Bellwether, New York, NY
2003     “Man, I Feel Like a Woman,” Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA
2003    “Formed to Function?” John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2003    “Brand New Letchworth,” The Place, Letchworth Arts Centre, Hertfordshire, UK
2003    “Faking Real,” Leroy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
2003    “Sculptural Prints,” The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
2002     “End of the Rainbow,” Bellwether, New York, NY
2001     “BROOKLYN!” Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, FL
2001    “Sharon Core, Simone Dilaura, Allison Smith,” Bellwether, Brooklyn, NY
2000    “Two Friends and so on,” Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
2000    “In the Shadow of the Flag,” Tippy Stern Fine Art, Charleston, SC
1999     “The Wight Biennial,” The New Wight Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
1999    “The Searchers,” Artists Space, New York, NY
1997    “Fearful Symmetry: Katherine Dimma & Allison Smith,” Clementine Gallery, New York, NY
1997    “Lessons for Looking at Women,” Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA
1997    “Among Ourselves: A Virtual Exhibition,” www.sevenseven.com
1996    “Imaginary Beings,” Exit Art/ The First World, New York, NY
1996    “Sweat,” Exit Art/ The First World, New York, NY


AWARDS/ GRANTS/ FELLOWSHIPS

2010     United States Artists Fellowship
2010    Creative Work Fund Grant
2009    Southern Exposure Alternative Exposure Grant
2009    Artadia Award
2008     Foundation for Contemporary Arts Award
2007     New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
2005     Arts Council England Grant, UK
2005    Jerwood Charitable Foundation Grant, UK
1999     Leopold Schepp Foundation Fellowship
1999    Yale University School of Art Susan H. Whedon Award
1995    Eugene Lang College David Woods Award


ARTIST RESIDENCIES/ SPECIAL PROJECT EDITIONS

2013    Art Practical Mail Art Edition, San Francisco, CA
2012    Headlands Center for the Arts Invitational Residency, Sausalito, CA
2012     Artadia Artist Residency, International Studio & Curatorial Program, Brooklyn, NY
2011    Southern Exposure Benefit Print Edition, Paulson Bott Press, Berkeley, CA
2011    Alula Editions, San Francisco, CA
2010    Headlands Center for the Arts Residency, Sausalito, CA
2010    San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Residency, CA
2010    Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Special Project Edition, Lapis Press, Los Angeles, CA
2009    Washington University Freund Residency, St. Louis, MO
2009    Washington University Island Press Residency, St. Louis, MO
2007    Whitney Museum of American Art, Initial Public Offerings (I.P.O.) Edition
2006     Artpace San Antonio Residency, TX
2005    Craftspace Touring Residency, UK
2005    Qube Gallery: Oswestry Community Action Residency, UK
2005    Studio Voltaire Residency, London, UK
2005    Grizedale Arts/ The Wordsworth Trust Residency, Cumbria, UK
2005     University of Kansas Printmaking Department Residency, Lawrence, KS
2001     Lower East Side Printshop Special Editions Fellowship, New York, NY


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Arario Gallery, Cheonan, South Korea
Birmingham Art Museum, AL
Clifford Chance, New York, NY
Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS
West Collection, Oaks, PA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

(Works held in private collections in the United States, United Kingdom, France, and Korea.)


ARCHIVES

Living as Form Archive of Socially Engaged Practices, Creative Time, New York, NY
Landfill Archive of Socially Engaged Artworks, thelandfill.org


INVITED ARTIST TALKS

2012    Sonoma State University, Department of Art and Art History, Rohnert Park, CA
2012    California College of the Arts, “Interdisciplinary Critique” course, San Francisco, CA
2012    California College of the Arts, “Introduction to Modern Art” course, Oakland, CA
2012    Temple Contemporary/ Tyler School of Art, Foundations Program, Philadelphia, PA
2012    International Studio & Curatorial Program, Brooklyn, NY
2012    California College of the Arts, “New York Studio” course, Brooklyn, NY
2012    Mildred’s Lane, Beach Lake, PA
2011    California College of the Arts, “Interdisciplinary Critique” course, Oakland, CA
2011    California College of the Arts, “Introduction to Modern Art” course, Oakland, CA
2011    School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Fiber & Material Studies Department, Chicago, IL
2011    California College of the Arts, SPACE Program, Oakland, CA
2011    Mills College, MFA Program, Oakland, CA
2010    Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2010    California College of the Arts Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, Small Talk, “Huckleberry Finn” San Francisco, CA
2010    California College of the Arts, “Craft Theory” course, Oakland, CA
2010    California College of the Arts, Sculpture Program, Oakland, CA
2010    Pop-Up Magazine, Herbst Theater, San Francisco, CA
2010    Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, MO*
2009    California College of the Arts, Visual & Critical Studies Forum, San Francisco, CA
2009    San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, “75 Reasons to Live,” San Francisco, CA
2009    Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT*
2009    Mildred’s Lane, Beach Lake, PA*
2009    California College of the Arts, “Interdisciplinary Critique” course, Oakland, CA
2009    California College of the Arts, “Sculpture Histories” course, Oakland, CA
2009    California College of the Arts, “Sculpture Histories” course, Oakland, CA
2009    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PhD Theory, History, and Criticism Program, Cambridge, MA
2009    Massachusetts College of Art, MFA Program, Boston, MA
2009    Rhode Island School of Design, MFA Glass Department, Providence, RI
2009    University of California, Berkeley, MFA Program, CA
2009    Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, Washington University, MFA Program, St. Louis, MO
2008 Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, MFA Art Department, Minneapolis, MN
2008    California College of the Arts, First Year “Bridge” Program, Oakland, CA
2008    California College of the Arts, Sculpture Program, Oakland, CA
2008    Museum of Modern Art, Internship Department, New York, NY
2008    Mildred’s Lane, Beach Lake, PA
2008    School of Visual Arts, BFA Fine Arts Department, New York, NY
2008    California College of the Arts, MFA Social Practice Program, San Francisco, CA
2008    Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN
2007 School of Visual Arts, MFA Program, New York, NY
2007    Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, MFA Program, New Brunswick, NJ
2007    Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
2007    Cranbrook Academy of Art, MFA Sculpture Department, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2007    University of Southern California Roski School of Fine Arts, MFA Program, Los Angeles, CA
2007    Columbia University School of the Arts, Visual Arts Division, Kiki Smith’s Printmaking Class, New York, NY
2007    Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
2007    The New Museum of Contemporary Art, City-As-School, New York, NY
2006    Keynote Speaker, University of the Arts, College of Art & Design, MFA Program, Philadelphia, PA
2006    Florida International University, Miami, FL
2006    Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
2006    Maryland Institute College of Art, Fiber Department/Sculptural Studies, Baltimore, MD
2006    Tisch School of the Arts, Performance Studies Department, New York University, New York, NY
2006    Oriel Davies Gallery, The Park, Newtown, Powys, Wales, UK
2006    Maine College of Art, MFA Program, Portland, ME
2006    Yale School of Art, Sculpture Department, New Haven, CT
2006    Parsons School of Design, MFA Fine Arts Department, New York, NY
2006    Bennington College, VT
2006    Rhode Island School of Design, Textiles Department, Providence, RI
2005    Spencer Museum of Art/ University of Kansas, Art Department, Lawrence, KS
2005    Goldsmiths College, University of London, Constance Howard Resource and Research Centre in Textiles, UK
2005    Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, England, UK
2005    New York University, MFA Department, New York, NY
2005    Columbia University School of the Arts, Visual Arts Division, Graduate Thesis Committee, New York, NY
2005    Rhode Island School of Design, Glass Department, Providence, RI
2005    Rhode Island School of Design, Textiles Department, Providence, RI
2005    Yale University School of Art, Sculpture Department, New Haven, CT
2004 Columbia University School of the Arts, Visual Arts Division, Graduate Thesis Committee, New York, NY
2004    Barnard College, Fine Arts Department, New York, NY
2004    Rhode Island School of Design, MFA Printmaking Department, Providence, RI
2002    New York University School of the Arts, Fine Arts Department, New York, NY
2002    Rhode Island School of Design, Glass Department, Providence, RI
2002    Maryland Institute College of Art, Center for Art & Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France
2001 Rhode Island School of Design, Glass Department, Providence, RI
2001    Maryland Institute College of Art, Center for Art & Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France
2000 The Corcoran College of Art & Design, Sculpture Department, Washington, DC
2000    Andrew Mellon Visiting Artist Lecturer, Pratt Institute, Visual Arts Program, Brooklyn, NY
2000    Maryland Institute College of Art, Center for Art & Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France
1999 Rhode Island School of Design, Glass Department, Providence, RI
1999    Maryland Institute College of Art, Center for Art & Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France
1999    Parsons School of Design, Fine Arts Department, New York, NY


PROFESSIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY: PUBLISHED WRITING/ INTERVIEWS

2011    Tedesco, Margaret. “Dj Margaret chats with SFMOMA's curator Apsara DiQuinzio, and artists D-L Alvarez and Allison Smith.” Roll Call Bay Area Arts and Culture. San Francisco: KUSF Radio, 17 Dec. 2011.
2010    Maloney, Patricia. “Interview with Allison Smith.” The Year in Conversation, Art Practical 2.8, 2010.
2010    Smith, Allison and Lauren Adams. “Conversation.” Allison Smith: Needle Work. St. Louis: Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University, 2010.
2010    Neidich, Jane. “Interview with Allison Smith.” Allison Smith: Needle Work. St. Louis: Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University, 2010.
2010    Bryan-Wilson, Julia. “The Politics of Craft.” The Craft Reader. London: Berg, 2010.
2010    Gangsei, Erica. “Interview with Allison Smith.” SFMOMA Artcasts, June 2010.
2010    Maloney, Patricia. “Interview with Allison Smith.” Art Practical 1.6, 2010.
2010    Bryan, Megan. “Five Questions: Allison Smith.” SFMOMA Open Space blog, 26 Apr. 2010.
2009    Smith, Allison and Doug Ashford. “Conversation.” MATRIX/Berkeley: A Changing Exhibition of Contemporary Art. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2009.
2009    Bryan-Wilson, Julia. “The Politics of Craft.” Choosing Craft. University of North Carolina Press, 2009.
2009    Bryan-Wilson, Julia. “The Politics of Craft.” Modern Painters Feb. 2008: 78+.
2009    Smith, Allison. “Parasol.” Home for Lost Ideas. London: archive books, 2009.
2008    Heraldseth, Geir. “Interview with Allison Smith.” Acne Paper [Paris] 7 Autumn 2008: 50-51.
2008    Uchill, Rebecca. “Interview with Allison Smith.” On Procession: Art on Parade. Indianapolis: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 2008.
2007    Smith, Allison. “Ruskin Lace Today.” Knitknit [New York] 7 (2007): 2-3.
2007    Smith, Allison. “Call to Arms” and “A Tour Through the Encampment.” Allison Smith: The Muster: What Are You Fighting For?. New York: Public Art Fund, 2007: 46-82.
2007    McGregor, Jennifer. “Interview with Allison Smith.” Poe and Twain Projects: Simon Leung/ Allison Smith/ Amy Yoes. Bronx, NY: Wave Hill Glyndor Gallery, 2007.
2007    Hull, Timothy Marvel. “Entrenched with Allison Smith.” Swingset 8 (2007): cover, 32-36.
2006    Ashford, Doug, ed. “Conversation 2: Beauty and Its Discontents.” Who Cares. New York: Creative Time, 2006.
2006    Smith, Allison. “Public Address.” Was Wäre Wenn #4: Hands-On History. Berlin: JET, 2006.
2006    Carrington, Sarah and Allison Smith. “Notion Nanny: Tinker, Tailor, Merchant and Maker.” Knitknit [New York] 6 (2006): 20-21.
2006    Stefan, Shelley. “Interview with Allison Smith.” MFA Thesis, Portland, ME: Maine College of Art, 2006.
2006    Smith, Allison. “Address.” Now Again the Past: Rewind Replay Resound. Tonawanda, NY: Carnegie Art Center, 2006: 20-23.
2006    Smith, Allison. “Every Thing.” Frozen Tears [London] 3, 2006: 773-778.
2006    Smith, Allison. “Public Address.” Ahistoric Occasion: On the Uses of History. North Adams, MA: MASS MoCA, 2006.
2005    Smith, Allison. “The Muster” Broadside. New York: Public Art Fund, 2005.
2005    Benjamin, Alison. ”Q&A: Allison Smith.” The Guardian [London], 24 Aug. 2005.
2005    Stillman, Nick. “Interview with Allison Smith.” NYFA Interactive, June 2005.
2005    Wolf, Matt, and Allison Smith. “Reenacting Stonewall, Jackson that is.” Journal of Aesthetics & Protest [Los Angeles] 1.4 (2005): 222-33.
2004    Smith, Allison. “Notes on Trench Art.” LTTR [New York] 3, 2004.
2004    Smith, Allison and Daphne Fitzpatrick. “Conversation.” North Drive Press [New York] 1 (2004).
2004    Smith, Allison. “Notes on Trench Art, or The Promiscuity of Meaning that Characterizes a Heretofore Invisible Class of Objects.” Frozen Tears [London] 2 (2004): 578-584.
2002    Smith, Allison. (artist multiple) LTTR [New York] 1, 2002.
2001    Gober, Robert, Daphne Fitzpatrick and Allison Smith. “Bob Gober Talks with Daphne Fitzpatrick and Allison Smith.” Interview June 2001: 88+.
1999    Smith, Allison. (artist pages) New Observations 122: Of Hermes and History, 1999.
1996    Smith, Allison. (artist pages) X-X-X Fruit 3: Diaries, June 1996.


PERSONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY: CATALOG ESSAYS/ SCHOLARSHIP

2012    Chen, Mel Y. (scholarly essay) “Masked States and the ‘Screen’ Between Security and Disability.” Women’s Studies Quarterly 40:1 & 2 Spring/ Summer 2012.
2011    Jeffries, Janis. (scholarly essay) “Loving Attention: An Outburst of Craft in Contemporary Art.” Extra/ Ordinary: Craft and Contemporary Art. Duke University Press, 2011: 232-237.
2011    Roberts, Lacey Jane. (scholarly essay) “Put Your Thing Down, Flip It, and Reverse It: Reimagining Craft Identities Using Tactics of Queer Theory.” Extra/ Ordinary: Craft and Contemporary Art. Duke University Press, 2011: 252-253, 259.
2011    Myles, Eileen. (catalog essay) “My Gay Marriage.” The Air We Breathe: Artists and Poets Reflect on Marriage Equality. San Francisco: SFMOMA, 2011.
2011    Brown, Gerard. (book chapter, scholarly publication) “Reenactment and Relic: The Civil War in Contemporary Art.” Remixing the Civil War: Meditations on the Civil War Sesquicentennial. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
2011    Helguera, Pablo. (textbook) Education for Socially Engaged Art. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2011.
2011    Schneider, Rebecca. (scholarly publication) Performing Remains: Art and War in Times of Theatrical Reenactment. Routledge, 2011: 2, 12-13, 19, 27, 136-7, 169-73, 176, 186, back cover.
2011    Blankenship, Mirjana and Elyse Mallouk. (catalog essay, catalog entry) Huckleberry Finn. San Francisco: CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, 2011.
2011    Sirmans, Franklin. (catalog essay) “Good Business is the Best Art.” 41 Artists, 5 Cities, Artadia 08/09. New York: Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue, 2011.
2010    Vogel, Wendy. (catalog essay) “Embodied Ma(s)king.” Allison Smith: Needle Work. St. Louis: Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, 2010.
2010    Mikulay, Jennifer Geigel. (scholarly essay) “Acts of Association: Allison Smith’s Craft as Civic Practice.” Journal of Modern Craft 2.2 (2010): 183-200.
2009    Dailey, Meghan. (catalog essay) “Introduction.” Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture. London: Saatchi Gallery, Rizzoli, 2009.
2009    Bryan-Wilson, Julia. (scholarly essay) “Queerly Made: Harmony Hammond’s Floorpieces.” Journal of Modern Craft 2.1 (2009): 59-80.
2009    Thomas, Elizabeth. (catalog essay) MATRIX/Berkeley: A Changing Exhibition of Contemporary Art. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2009.
2009    Eccles, Tom. (catalog essay) “Allison Smith.” 2006 Artpace Residencies & Exhibitions. San Antonio: Artpace San Antonio, 2009.
2008    Nyong’o, Tavia. (scholarly essay) “Period Rush: Affective Transfers in Recent Queer Art and Performance.” Theater History Studies 28, 2008.
2008    Thompson, Nato. (catalog essay) “Exhausted? It Might Be Democracy in America.” A Guide to Democracy in America. New York: Creative Time, 2008.
2008    Kamps, Toby. (catalog essay) The Old, Weird America. Houston, TX: Contemporary Arts Museum, 2008.
2008    Uchill, Rebecca. (catalog essay) “Carnivals of Confluence.” On Procession: Art on Parade. Indianapolis: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 2008.
2008    Uchill, Rebecca. (exhibition brochure) On Procession: Art on Parade. Indianapolis: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 2008.
2008    Mikulay, Jennifer Geigel. (scholarly essay) “Performing Publicness: ‘Making Do’ with Public Art.” Cultural Studies Association Annual Conference, New York University, New York, NY 24 May 2008.
2008    Meyers-Kingsley, Dara. (exhibition brochure) Inner and Outer Space. Pittsburgh, PA: Mattress Factory, 2008.
2008    Kushner, Marilyn S. (catalog essay) The Future Must Be Sweet: Lower East Side Printshop Celebrates 40 Years. New York: Lower East Side Printshop, 2008.
2007    Eccles, Tom. (catalog essay) Allison Smith: The Muster: What Are You Fighting For?. New York: Public Art Fund, 2007.
2007    Trainor, James. (catalog essay) Allison Smith: The Muster: What Are You Fighting For?. New York: Public Art Fund, 2007.
2007    Wehr, Anne. (catalog essay) Allison Smith: The Muster: What Are You Fighting For?. New York: Public Art Fund, 2007.
2007    Thomas, Elizabeth. (exhibition brochure) “Allison Smith: Notion Nanny.” Berkeley, CA: University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2007.
2007    Thomas, Elizabeth. (museum periodical) “Allison Smith: Notion Nanny.” Art & Film Notes. Berkeley, CA: University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, May/June 2007.
2007    Adler, Tracy L. (catalog essay) New History. New York: Hunter College Art Galleries, 2007.
2007    McGregor, Jennifer. (catalog essay) Poe and Twain Projects: Simon Leung/ Allison Smith/ Amy Yoes. Bronx, NY: Wave Hill Glyndor Gallery, 2007.
2006    Markonish, Denise. (catalog essay) Don’t Know Much About History. New Haven: Artspace, 2006.
2006    Thomas, Elizabeth. (exhibition zine essay) “Allison Smith.” The F-Word 1. Pittsburgh, PA: Andy Warhol Museum, 2006: 4.
2006    Thompson, Nato. (catalog essay) “Ahistoric Essay.” Ahistoric Occasion: On the Uses of History. North Adams, MA: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, 2006.
2006    Tollmann, Vera. (catalog essay) “Hands-on History.” Was Wäre Wenn #4: Hands-On History. Berlin: JET, 2006.
2006    Lee, Soomin. (catalog essay) “Art in America: YBA, YGA, and YAA” Art in America. Cheonan, South Korea: Arario Gallery, 2006.
2006    Green, Kate. (exhibition brochure) “New Works: 06:3 Allison Smith.” San Antonio, TX: Artpace, 2006.
2006    Raczynska, Joanna. (catalog essay) Now Again the Past: Rewind Replay Resound. Tonawanda, NY: Carnegie Art Center, 2006: 3-5.
2005    Biesenbach, Klaus, Alanna Heiss, Glenn Lowry, Bob Nickas, Amy Smith-Stewart, and Ann Temkin, eds. (catalog essay) Greater New York 2005. New York: P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center/MoMA, 2005.
2005    Lewis, Sarah. “Greater New York 2005: Allison Smith.” (catalog entry) Greater New York 2005. New York: P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center/MoMA, 2005.
2003    Carlson, Kristin. (scholarly essay) “Allison Smith: Civil War Re-enactments as Critical Memorial Forms.” Columbia University, 2003.
2002    Viveros-Fauné, Christian. (catalog essay) Special Editions Fellowships 2001. New York: Lower East Side Printshop, 2002.
2001    Rush, Michael. (exhibition brochure) “Brooklyn!: I Sing the Borough Electric.” BROOKLYN! Lake Worth, FL: Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, 2001.
2001    Steinberg, Michael. Up & Coming: Inside Guide to the Emerging Art Scene in NY. Vilo International Press, 2001.
2000    Stern Brickman, Tippy. (catalog essay) In the Shadow of the Flag. Charleston, SC: Tippy Stern Fine Art, 2000.
1999    Longo, Robert. (exhibition brochure) The Searchers. New York: Artists Space, 1999.
1999    Kersulis, Nicholas. (catalog essay) Wight Biennial. Los Angeles: University of California New Wight Gallery, 1999.
1997    Ockman, Carol. (exhibition brochure) Lessons for Looking at Women. Williamstown: Williams College Museum of Art, 1997.



PERSONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY: SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE

2012    Morris, Barbara. “International Orange.” Artillery 7:1 Sept./Oct. 2012.
2012    Zarobell, John. “International Orange.” Art Practical 3:17 14 June 2012.
2012    Kino, Carol. “A Bridge’s Golden Years.” The New York Times 7 June 2012.
2012    Frock, Christian L. “FOR-SITE Foundation Celebrates the Golden Gate with International Orange.” KQED Arts 2 June 2012.
2012    Whiting, Sam. “’International Orange’ Opens at Fort Point.” San Francisco Chronicle 20 May 2012.
2012    “’International Orange’ Exhibition, This Week in Northern California,” KQED TV 18 May 2012.
2012    Kino, Carol. “Puppies, Paintings and Philosophers.” The New York Times 1 Mar. 2012.
2011    Bieschke, Marke. “Pre-Occupied.” San Francisco Bay Guardian 20 Dec. 2011.
2011    “SFMOMA’s ‘The Air We Breathe’ Exhibition Addresses Marriage Equality.” Huffington Post, 10 Nov. 2011.
2011    De Vuono, Frances. “Allison Smith: Museum of Contemporary Art Denver.” Art in America 27 Aug 2011.
2011    Bernard, Sara. “The Cries of San Francisco: Artists Celebrate the Call of the Street Peddler.” KALW News 16 June 2011.
2011    Sussman, Matt. “Crying in Public.” San Francisco Bay Guardian 14 June 2011.
2011    Archer, Larissa. “Art, Performance, and Odd Wares Rise Above Mid-Market Din in ‘The Cries of San Francisco’.” SF Weekly 13 June 2011.
2011    Nataraj, Nirmala. “’The Cries of San Francisco’: Marketplace as Art.” San Francisco Chronicle 2 June 2011.    
2011    Wright, Andy. “Cries of San Francisco: Artists Take Over Downtown in Massive Public Art Performance.” The Bay Citizen 13 June 2011.
2011    Helfand, Glen. “Fair Trade.” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Open Space Blog 22 May 2011.
2011    Smith, Heather. “Cries of San Francisco.” Mission Local, SFGate, 8 June 2011.
2011    Wright, Andy. “Artists to Transform Downtown SF into Conceptual Marketplace for ‘Cries of San Francisco’.” The Bay Citizen 26 May 2011.
2011    Nelson, Davia and Nikki Silva, The Kitchen Sisters. “Trench Art, Craft, and Service.” Hidden World of Girls, National Public Radio, 2011.
2011    Bryan-Wilson, Julia and Sharon Hayes. “Conversation-in-images: Julia Bryan-Wilson: Sharon Hayes.” Camera Austria 113, 2011.
2011    Landi, Ann. “History in the Making.” ARTnews Apr. 2011.
2011    Davis, Gene. “Art During Wartime: Allison Smith Exhibits a Great History Lesson.” The Denver Daily News 15 Feb. 2011.
2010    Feldman, Melissa. “Huckleberry Finn.” frieze Mar. 2010.
2010    Gilsdorf, Bean. “Pitcher Collection: Allison Smith.” Art Practical 9 Sept. 2010.
2010    Fine, Sasha. “’Needle Work’: Allison Smith’s Transformative Ability.” Student Life blog, St. Louis: Washington University, 2010.
2010    Larmon, Annie. “Five Artists Address Intimacy at MECA’s ICA.” The Portland Phoenix 22 Sept. 2010.
2010    Baker, Kenneth. “’Huckleberry Finn’ in Visual Form at CCA.” San Francisco Chronicle, SFGate.com, 2 Dec. 2010.
2010    McCoy, Richard. “Examining Roles and Investigating Responses: A Conversation with Rebecca Uchill.” art21.org 19 Jan. 2010.
2010    Sack, Daniel. “Meet Me at the Museum.” American Theater 27:2 Feb. 2010.
2010    Maloney, Patricia. “Interview with Allison Smith.” Art Practical 6 Common Ground Jan. 2010.
2009    Linden, Christina. “Crafty.” Provence R Autumn/Winter 2009: 30-32.
2009    Graves, Jen. “Patriot Acts: Looking for Redemption in The Old, Weird America.” The Stranger [Seattle, WA] 6 Oct. 2009.
2009    Hackett, Regina. “Godforsaken Curios: The Old, Weird America.” Arts Journal 5 Oct. 2009.
2009    Bergeron, Chris. “’Old, Weird America’ Offers Another Side of History.” Lincoln Journal [Lincoln, MA] 23 July 2009.
2009    Sommer, Danielle. “SMITHS: Composed of Tiny, Handmade Details.” Visual Arts: KQED Public Media for Northern CA 19 July 2009.
2009    Bergeron, Chris. “’Old, Weird America’ Offers Another Side of History.” Daily News Tribune [Waltham, MA] 5 July 2009.
2009    Smee, Sebastian. “Tweaking History at DeCordova.” The Boston Globe 28 June 2009.
2009    Beem, Edgar Allen. “Folk Art as Fine Art.” Yankee 25 June 2009.
2009    Handy, Delores. “An ‘Old, Weird’ History Lesson from Dylan’s American Songbook.” WBUR 8 June 2009.
2009    Garza, Evan J. “Folk My Brains Out.” Boston Phoenix 19 May 2009.
2009    Graves, Jen. “Patriot Acts: Looking for Redemption in The Old, Weird America.” The Stranger [Seattle], 6 Oct. 2009.
2008    Cotter, Holland. “With Politics in the Air, A Freedom Free-for-All Comes to Town.” The New York Times, 22 Sept. 2008.
2008    Blumenkranz, Carla. “Radical Speak.” New York Magazine 14 Sept. 2008.
2008    Kunitz, Daniel. “Artists Soldier for Democracy at the Park Avenue Armory.” Village Voice 3 Sept. 2008.
2008    Webel, Scott. “The Old, Weird America.” fluent~collaborative 13 June 2008.
2008    Lark, Laura. “’The Old, Weird America’ at CAMH.” glasstire.com May 2008.
2008    Sheinman, Pamela. “Crafting Protest at the New School.” Fiber Arts 35:1 (2008): 10.
2008    Shaw, Kurt. “Artists Make New Use of Mattress Factory.” Pittsburgh Tribune Review 17 May 2008.
2008    Grade, Susan Watt. “Indianapolis Museum of Art Event: Fountain Square.” Nuvo 30 Apr. - 7 May 2008.
2008    Marshall, Konrad. “Art in Motion: IMA Exhibit Looks at Parades and Why We Love Them.” The Indianapolis Star, Indy Sunday supplement 27 Apr. 2008: 5-11.
2008    Auslander, Philip. “On Procession.” Artforum May 2008: 167.
2008    Churchill, Abbye. “North Drive Press Publishes Pandora’s Box.” Tokion 2:2, 2008.
2008    Helfand, Glen. “Staying Power.“ San Francisco Bay Guardian 2 Jan. 2008.
2007    Walleston, Aimee. “Allison Smith’s Semantic Battleground.” Tokion 2:1 (2007): 108-112.
2007    Porges, Maria. “Allison Smith: Notion Nanny at Berkeley Art Museum.” Shotgun Review 6 July 2007.
2007    Molesworth, Helen. “Worlds Apart.” Artforum May 2007: 112-113.
2007    Beghtol, L.D. “Fight Club: Allison Smith’s Project Inspires Protest,” Villagevoice.com 30 Mar. 2007.
2007    Hull, Timothy Marvel. “Entrenched with Allison Smith.” Swingset 8 (2007): cover, 32-36.
2007    Thomason, John. “Global Textile Artists Sew Through War.” West Boca Times [Boca Raton, FL] 14 Feb. 2007: 31-33.
2007    Turner, Elisa. “Critic’s Pick.” Miami Herald 9 February 2007.
2007    Nesbett, Peter “Who Cares.” Art on Paper Jan./Feb. 2007: 46-51.
2007    Taubman, Lara. “HDTS 5 and Interstate: The American Road Trip.” Sculpture Jan./Feb. 2007: 67-68.
2006    Goddard, Dan R. “The Big Art Exhibits of 2006.” San Antonio Express-News 8 Jan 2007.
2006    Powhida, William. “Saviour Scraps: Cabin Comforts.” Brooklyn Rail, 2006.
2006    Pepe, Sheila. “Humble Sophistication.” Gay City News, 5 May 2006.
2006    Goddard, Dan R. “The Best of 2006.” San Antonio Express-News 31 Dec. 2006.
2006    Hammel, Frank. “Gloves Off at Artpace.” San Antonio Current 13-19 Dec. 2006: 18.
2006    Birke, Judy. “Artspace’s Provocative ‘History’ Goes Beyond Any Textbook.” New Haven Register 10 December 2006: E1+.
2006    Goddard, Dan R. “Hobby Horse Show a Take On War.” San Antonio Express-News 10 Dec. 2006: J1.
2006    Birke, Judy. “Artspace’s Provocative ‘History’ Goes Beyond Any Textbook.” CT Central.com 9 December 2006.
2006    Jannise, Justin. “Artspace Show Explores History.” Yale Daily News [New Haven, CT] 29 Nov. 2006.
2006    Dong-shin, Seo. “Art in America Brings Piece of Wonderland.” The Korea Times 20 Oct. 2006.
2006    Glueck, Grace. “At MASS MoCA, A Carnival of Lost Souls & Masquerades.” The New York Times 30 July 2006.
2006    McQuaid, Cate. “Blast From the Past: at MASS MoCA and Elsewhere, Artists Take on Historic Reenactment.” Boston Globe 9 June 2006.
2006    Mitchell, John E. “Ahistoric Occasion Walks a Thin Line in Time.” North Adams Transcript 8 June 2006.
2006    Karni, Annie. “Road Rage: Reinterpreting The American Road Trip at Socrates Sculpture Park.” Paper 2 June 2006.
2006    “Allison Smith: The Muster on Governors Island.” InProcess, 2006: 5-6.
2006    Jenison, Lauren. “The Muster.” Knitknit [New York] 6 (2006): 25.
2006    Bonenti, Charles. “Artists Make History.” Berkshire Eagle [Pittsfield, MA] 26 May 2006.
2006    Hopkins, Randi. “You’re History.” Boston Phoenix 19-25 May 2006.
2006     Gardner, Karen. “One for the Books at MoCA.” North Adams Transcript 6-7 May 2006.
2006    Holte, Michael Ned. “From California to the New York Island.” Artforum May 2006.
2006    Pasquariello, Lisa. “Ahistoric Occasion: Artists Making History.” Artforum May 2006.
2006    Plant, Adrian. “Allison Smith: Notion Nanny,” a-n Magazine May 2006: 6.
2006    Sansone, Valentina. “B+B.” Flash Art Mar./Apr. 2006: 47.
2006    Newhall, Edith. “Top Ten Trends: American Gothic.” ARTnews Feb. 2006: 112-113.
2006    Eleey, Peter. “Best of 2005: Emerging Artists.” frieze Jan./Feb. 2006: 122.
2006    Halls, Sarah. “Crafty Idea to Bring Back Arts.” Guardian [UK], 2006.
2005    Walker, Zoe. “Notion Nanny in Motion.” South London Press, 2005.
2005    Maddock, Jennifer. “Notion Nanny.” www.leisurecentre.org.uk, 2005.
2005    Bae, James. “You Are Here: Ballroom Marfa.” ARTL!ES, 2005.
2005    Trainor, James. “The Muster.” frieze Sept. 2005: 39.
2005    Stillman, Nick. “Allison Smith.” Flash Art July/Sept. 2005.
2005    Day, E.V. “Rants and Raves.” NYFA Interactive, 23 Mar. 2005.
2005    Benjamin, Alison. “Allison Smith: Q &A.” The Guardian [London] 24 Aug. 2005.
2005    Rimanelli, David. “Greater New York 2005.” Artforum 43:9, 2005.
2005    Pollack, Barbara. “Allison Smith, Victory Hall.” Time Out New York 16-22 June 2005.
2005    Stillman, Nick. “Conversations with Allison Smith.” NYFA Interactive June 2005.
2005    Ammirati, Domenick. “Scene & Herd: Role Call.” Artforum.com 18 May 2005.
2005    Kennedy, Randy. “Desert Island Fantasy.” The New York Times 16 May 2005.
2005    Pacetta, Christopher. “Ten-hut! New York Artists Invoke Civil War Imagery to Draw Attention to Their Favorite Causes.” New York Daily News 14 May 2005: 29.
2005    Rosenberg, Karen. “Goings On About Town: The Muster.” The New Yorker, 16 May 2005.
2005    Schwendener, Martha. “Muster & Commander.” Time Out New York 12-18 May 2005: 78.
2005    Budick, Ariella. “’The Muster’ Calls Artists to Arms in Daylong Festival.” Las Cruces Sun News, 12 May 2005.
2005    Budick, Ariella. “Enlisting in the Army of Art.” New York Newsday 12 May 2005.
2005    Vogel, Carol. “War & Pieces by Artists.” The New York Times 6 May 2005: E35.
2005    Hohmann, Silke. “Marfa.” Monopol 6, 2005.
2005    Stillman, Nick. “Art Fragments from the Big Apple.” Flash Art, 2005.
2005    Flores, Tatiana. “The Armory Show.” Art Nexus 57, 2005.
2005    Cotter, Holland. “The Armory Show Busts Out, All Over.” The New York Times 11 Mar. 2005: E36.
2005    Cotter, Holland. “Log Cabin.” The New York Times 28 Jan. 2005.
2004    Cotter, Holland. “Explosion LTTR.” The New York Times 6 Aug. 2004.
2003    Auer, James. “Formed to Function?” Journal Sentinel [Sheboygan, WI], 24 Feb. 2003.
2003    Ebony, David. “NYC Fairs Provoke & Promise.” Art in America, May 2003.
2002    Smith, Roberta. “Allison Smith, Ellen Altfest.” The New York Times 4 Oct. 2002: B33.
2002    Forde, Kate. “Allison Smith & Ellen Altfest.” The Brooklyn Rail Autumn 2002: 20-21.
2001    Johnson, Ken. “Two Friends & So On.” The New York Times 21 July 2001.
2000    Day, Jeffrey. “Spoleto 2000: The Flag as Art.” The State [Columbia, SC] 9 June 2000: E1-E2.
2000    Greene, Rachel. “We Have Liftoff.” Time Out New York 18-25 May 2000.
2000    Burnham, Helen. “Allison Smith @ Bellwether.” NY Arts Apr. 2000: 94.
1996    Levin, Kim. “Sweat.” Village Voice, 16 July 1996.
1996    Schmerler, Sarah. “Imaginary Beings.” Time Out New York, 10-17 Jan. 1996.


PARTICIPATION IN PANELS/ SYMPOSIA

2012    Interviewee, “Allison Smith & Jennifer DeVere Brody: Precarious Performance,” U.C. Berkeley History of Art Department/ Theater Dance and Performance Studies Department, Berkeley, CA 4 Oct. 2012.
2012     Presenter, Panelist, and Moderator, “ReMODEL: Sculpture Education Now” Symposium: Dewey Ambrosino, Terry Berlier, Dana Duff, Linda Fleming, M.A. Greenstein, Jacci Den Hartog, Dee Hibbert-Jones, Martin Kersels, Rachel Lachowicz, Charles Long, Chris Miles, Jennifer Pastor, Hirsch Perlman, Lucy Puls, Brody Reiman, John Roloff, Allison Smith, Kim Yasuda, & Mario Ybarra Jr., organized by Terri Friedman and Shirley Tse, hosted by California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA 14 Apr. 2012.
2012    Presenter and Panelist, “New Approaches to Presenting American Art” Symposium, “Material Culture as Cultural Material” Panel: Josiah McElheny, Roy McMakin, & Allison Smith, moderated by Glenn Adamson, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 7 May 2012.
2011    Presenter, Discussant, “The Air We Breathe” Program for Principals of San Francisco Unified School District: Kevin Killian & Allison Smith, moderated by Dominic Willsdon, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA 8 Dec. 2011.
2011     Presenter and Panelist, “Situated: Time-based Art and Neighborhood Ecologies” Symposium, “Expanding Craft/Expanding Objects” Panel: Allison Smith & Theaster Gates, organized by Shannon Jackson, University of California, Berkeley, CA 10 Oct. 2011.
2011    Presenter, Gallery Walk-through, “Bay Area Now 6” Exhibition, California College of the Arts Alumni Event, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA 18 Aug. 2011.
2011    Presenter, Panelist, and Workshop Leader, “Feminism & Co.: Art, Sex, Politics at the MCA” Series, “Craftvism” Panel: Frau Fiber, Ladies Fancywork Society, & Allison Smith, moderated by Elissa Auther, 19 Apr. 2011, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO 29 Apr. 2011.
2011    Presenter “Introductory Remarks” and Moderator, “Craft Forward” Symposium, “Mass Craft” Panel: Theaster Gates & Mimi Robinson, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA 1-3 Apr. 2011.
2011    Presenter and Interviewee, “An Instinct Toward Life & Piece Work: Dario Robleto & Allison Smith” Panel, moderated by Nora Burnett Abrams, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO 29 Mar. 2011.
2011    Presenter and Discussant, “Public Art” Roundtable, Visual and Critical Studies Forum, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA 2 Mar. 2010.
2010     Presenter and Panelist, “Town & Country: Josiah McElheny & Allison Smith” Public Dialogue, Mildred’s Lane, Beach Lake, PA 24 July 2010.
2010    Presenter and Interviewee, “Allison Smith & Frank Smigiel” Public Dialogue, Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art (SECA), Berkeley, CA 25 Apr. 2010.
2010    Presenter, Gallery Walk-Through, “American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life” Exhibition, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA 24 Apr. 2010.
2010    Presenter and Panelist, “YES Symposium: The Persistence of Optimism” Symposium: Hope Ginsburg, Paula Hayes, Oliver Herring, Ben Kinmont, Tod Lippy, Pedro Reyes, Tim Rollins, & Allison Smith, organized by Ian Berry, Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY 20-22 Mar. 2010.
2010    Presenter and Panelist, “Unruly Work: Queer Art and Activism” Panel: Julia Bryan-Wilson, Juana Maria Rodriguez, & Allison Smith, moderated by Julian Carter, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA 1 Mar. 2010.
2009    Presenter and Panelist, “Becoming Commons” Event: J. Morgan Puett, Brian Conley, Erin Elder & Allison Smith, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA 24 Sept. 2009.
2008     Presenter and Interviewer, “Crockery: Allison Smith & Dr. Fuzzy Randolph” Public Dialogue, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA 28 Sept. 2008.
2008    Roundtable Discussant, “Post-Studio Lessons: Teaching Art in the 21st Century” Think Tank: Ute Meta Bower, Carol Becker, Olivia Gude, Patricia Phillips, Kitty Scott, Howard Singerman, & Allison Smith, organized by Pablo Helguera, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY 15 May 2008.
2008    Presenter, Gallery Walk-through, “The Old, Weird America” Exhibition: Eric Beltz, Matthew Day Jackson, Brad Kahlhamer, Aaron Morse, Cynthia Norton, Greta Pratt, & Allison Smith, organized by Toby Kamps, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX 11 Apr. 2008.
2008    Presenter and Panelist, “Crafting Protest” Panel: Liz Collins, Sabrina Gschwandtner, Cat Mazza, & Allison Smith, moderated by Julia Bryan-Wilson, Vera List Center for Art & Politics, New York, NY 26 Jan. 2008.
2007     Presenter and Interviewee, “Allison Smith & Nato Thompson: Initial Public Offerings (I.P.O.)” Public Dialogue, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2007    Presenter and Panelist, “Ahistoric Occasion: The Uses of History in Contemporary Art” Symposium, “Exploring the Rise of Reenactment as a Form of Public Memory” Panel: Jeremy Deller, Peggy Diggs & Allison Smith, in conversation with Carrie Lambert-Beatty, moderated by Nato Thompson, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art/ The Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute, North Adams and Williamstown, MA 23-24 Feb. 2007.
2006     Presenter and Interviewee, “Artists Speak: Conversations on Contemporary Art with Glenn D. Lowry: Allison Smith & An-My Lê” Public Dialogue, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY 17 Oct. 2006.
2005     Roundtable Discussant, “Who Cares: Beauty & Its Discontents” Conversation: Julie Ault, Paul Chan, Peter Eleey, Coco Fusco, Byron Kim, Marlene McCarty, Anne Pasternak, Heather Peterson, Paul Pfeiffer, Michael Rakowitz, Amy Sillman, Allison Smith, & Kiki Smith, moderated by Doug Ashford, Creative Time Inc., New York, NY 5 Dec. 2005.
2005    Presenter and Interviewee, “Allison Smith & Jeffrey Uslip: Initial Public Offerings (I.P.O.)” Public Dialogue, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2005    Presenter and Panelist, “Log Cabin” Symposium: Christian Rattemeyer, Richard Meyer, Allison Smith, Matt Keegan, & Scott Stuart, moderated by Jeffrey Uslip, Vera List Center for Art & Politics/ Artists Space, New York, NY 26 Feb. 2005.


GALLERY REPRESENTATION

Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA