Y.ES cONTEMPORARY Art Trips
Viajes Artísticos de Y.ES cONTEMPORARY

YES hosts an annual art trip introducing museum directors, curators, critics and philanthropists to the contemporary visual art community in El Salvador. By invitation, art trips are approximately 5 days and are joined by YES founders, council and staff team.  Each art trip provides an introduction to the countries creative institutions, artist practices and culturally significant sites and activities.

YES organiza un viaje arte anual donde se presenta a los directores de museos, curadores, críticos y filántropos a la comunidad de artes visuales contemporáneas en El Salvador. Por invitación, los viajes de arte duran aproximadamente 5 días y se unen los fundadores de YES, miembros del consejo y el personal de YES. Cada viaje de arte proporciona una introducción a las instituciones creativas de los países, las prácticas artísticas, sitios y actividades culturalmente importantes.

Read about Rocio Aranda Alvarado’s YES Art Trip experience here
Lee sobre la experiencia de Rocío Aranda Alvarado en el Viaje Artístico de YES aquí


Art Trip Alumni

2024

Inés Katzenstein, Curator of Latin American Art and Director of the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Research Institute for the Study of Art from Latin America at MoMA, New York
Erin Christovale, curator at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles
Kimberli Gant, Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum, New York
Eric Booker, Associate Curator at Storm King Art Center New York
Danny Baez, Head of Arts at Kickstarter
Anna Ehrenstein, Artists, Berlin
Sunny Pfalzer, Artist, Berlin/Vienna

2023

Manuel Segade, Director at Reina Sofía Museum
Isolde Brielmaier, Deputy Director of the New Museum, New York
Marcela Guerrero, Senior Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Monica Ramirez-Montagut, Executive Director of the Parrish Art Museum, New York
Arden Sherman, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Forida
Larry Ossei-Mensah, Independent curator
Thiago de Paula Souza, Independent curator
Jillian Mayer, Artist, USA

2022

Carla Acevedo-Yates, Marilyn and Larry Fields Curator at MCA Chicago
Aaron Levi Garvey, Director and co-founder of Long Road Projects, Janet L. Nolan Director of Curatorial Affairs at The Jule Collins Smith Museum, Chief Curator at The Hudson Eye
Amanda Coulson, Founder and director of Tern Gallery, Bahamas
Cyril Moumen, Founder and Director of Nosco Gallery
Cristian Franco Martín, Director and founder of Doña Pancha Fest

2021

Sohrab Mohebbi, Head Curator of Carnegie International
Pablo José Ramírez, Adjunct Curator of First Nations and Indigenous Art at Tate Modern

2019

Ana Tomé, Director . Directora, Fundación Museo Reina Sofía
Alexia Tala, Independent curator and artistic director of Plataforma Atacama . Curadora independiente y directora artística de Plataforma Atacama
Bryan Barcena, Assistant Curator and Manager of Publications, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles . Curador asistente y gestor de publicaciones. El museo de arte contemporáneo, Los Ángeles
Kathryn Weir, Curator and writer / Head of Cultural Development at the Centre Georges Pompidou . Curadora y escritora / Jefa de Desarrollo Cultural en el Centro Georges Pompidou
Natasha Egan, Executive Director, Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago (MoCP) . Directora Ejecutiva del Museo de Fotografía Contemporánea en Columbia College Chicago (MoCP)

2018

Gabriel Rodríguez, 1001 Noches
Jesús Cámara.  Curator, Madrid.  Curador, Madrid
Josseline Pinto, Manifesto Espacio
Manuel Urbina.  Poporopo, Rozas Botran Foundation.  Poporopo, Fundación Rozas Botrán
Martín Fernández Ordóñez, Juannio, La Fototeca
Pablo José Ramírez.  Curator, London/Guatemala.  Curador, Londres/Guatemala
Pablo León de la Barra.  Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.  Museo Solomon R. Guggenheim
Renato Osoy, Galería Extra

2017

Alejandro de Villota, Cultural Entrepreneur, Empresario Cultural (Madrid)
Alyssa Nitchun, Active Director of Creative Time, Directora Activa de Creative Time (New York, Nueva York)
Érika Martínez, Curatorial advisor at Lokkus Arte,  Consejera Curatorial en Lokkus Arte (Medellín)
Erik Maza, Editor, W Magazine Online, Editor, Revista W Online (New York. Nueva York)
Michael Wellen, Curator, International Art at Tate Modern.  Curador, Arte Internacional en Tate Modern (London, Londres)
Nazy Nazhand, Curator, Curadora (New York. Nueva York)
Susanne Meline, Art Collector, Coleccionista de Arte (LA)
Vivian Pfeiffer, Deputy Chairman of the Americas and Head of Business Development at PHILLIPS, Vice Presidenta de las Américas y Jefa de Desarrollo de Negocios de PHILLIPS, (New York and Miami, Nueva York y Miami)

2016

Jaime Cerón, Curator . Curador; MISOL Foundation (Bogota, Colombia)
Luisa Fuentes Guaza, Curator + Critic; Curadora y Crítica (Madrid Spain, España)
Max Weintraub, Director;  Herron School of Art + Design Galleries (Indianapolis) 
Omar López Chahoud. Curator . Curador (New York. Nueva York) in collaboration with The Museum of Art of El Salvador MARTE
Óscar Díaz, Artist . Artista (New York. Nueva York)
Sandino Scheidegger, Curator . Curador-Despacio in Costa Rica, Co-founder. Co fundador Random Institute, Switzerland; Réunion, Zurich; Kunsthalle Tropical, Iceland

2015

Dana Sherwood. Artist. Artista (New York. Nueva York)
Deana Haggag. Director. Directora. The Contemporary (Baltimore)
Ginevra Shay. Curator. Curadora. The Contemporary (Baltimore)
Lu Zhang. Manager. Gerent. The Contemporary (Baltimore)
Mari Carmen Ramírez. Curator. Curadora. MFA Houston Museum (Houston) 
Mark Dion. Artist. Artista (New York. Nueva York)
Marlov Barrios. Artist. Artista (Guatemala City . Cuidad de Guatemala)
Naama Tsabar. Artist. Artista (Tel Aviv/New York . Nueva York)
Rocio Aranda- Alvarando. Curator. El Museo del Barrio (New York . Nueva York)

2014

Books Bischoff III and Cristina Gonzalez. Owners. Dueño . PRIMARY Projects . PRIMARY Proyectos (Miami)
Gean Moreno. Artistic Director. Director Artístico . Cannonball (Miami)
RETNA. Artist. Artista (LA)
Tami Katz-Freiman. Independent Curator . Curadora Independiente (Miami)

Past guests have also included:

Bonnie Clearwater, Director of the NSU | Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art
Brandi Reddick, Miami Beach Art in Public Places
Claire Breukel, Curator
Elvis Fuentes, Curator
Janet Phelps, Curator
José Ruiz, Curator
Mariangela Cappuzzo, Curator
Rosina Cazali, Curator