Carey Lovelace

Carey Lovelace is

an art journalist, playwright, curator, and producer. 

Lovelace was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Whittier, California. She studied theatre at Interlochen Arts Academy. At California Institute of the Arts, she received a BFA, majoring in ethnomusicology, music composition, and writing; she studied composing with James Tenney, Harold Budd, and Leonard Stein. She toured Europe with the mixed media avant-garde group Simultaneous Arts and Company, which specialized in musical installations in art galleries and museums. In Paris for two years, she studied contemporary music at the Université de Paris VIII (Sorbonne), and attended the composition classes of Iannis Xenakis (Sorbonne) and Olivier Messaien (Paris Conservatoire). Registered as a BMI composer, Lovelace has had works performed in Los Angeles, New York, Aspen, Paris, Copenhagen, Holland and over KUSC, ORTF, WBAI. She co-founded the Los Angeles Symposium of Women Composers and the Independent Composers Association.

ART JOURNALISM Following a workshop with the composer John Cage, inspired by his deep commitment to his unique path, Lovelace, too, decided to find her true passion. She moved to New York City and in 1981, she enrolled in New York University’s graduate journalism program, where she received a Master’s degree. Her first article, “Painting for Dollars,” was published in Harper’s Magazine. She continued writing about art for publications including the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, Art News, Arts, Artforum, Ms., The New York Times, and the International Herald Tribune. She wrote regularly for Newsday from 1994 and 1997 and for Art in America from 2000 and 2009. In 2003, Lovelace became co-president, with Eleanor Heartney, of the International Association of Art Critics, US Chapter, co-organizing a number of large-scale events, notably the 2005 National Critics Conference in Los Angeles, the first such gathering of its kind, which brought together 500 critics in all disciplines from all across the country.

PLAYWRIGHTING In the 1990s, Lovelace returned to an initial interest in theatre, getting an MFA in playwrighting from the Actors Studio Program at the New School. At Ensemble Studio Theatre, she participated in labs under the direction of the late Curt Dempster. She had over 50 performances in theatres across the country. Couples Counseling, developed at EST, was premiered at REDCAT Theatre in Los Angeles, and was performed at 59E59 Theatres in New York and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

CURATING In 2008, Lovelace curated “Making It Together: Women’s Collaborative Art and Community” at the Bronx Museum, exploring feminist visual art and performances collectives of the 1970s, elaborating on her focus on the history of women’s art. In 2010, with Sharon Kanach, she curated “Iannis Xenakis: Composer, Architect, Visionary” (“glorious,” The New Yorker); it is traveling to the Center for Contemporary Architecture in Montreal and the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. (She and Kanach met as Americans in Xenakis ‘s class at the Sorbonne.)

PRODUCING In 2009, Lovelace co-founded the theatre company Loose Change Productions, focusing on transcultural theatre and performance that explore new moral and ethical territories. Its production projects include Couples Counseling and Red Mother by Spiderwoman Theater.

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• http://www.loosechangeproductions.org/ Business Website