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The Art Dome: Elevating Curatorship and Empowering the Art World
Being a curator comes with its own set of challenges. Just as we aim to transform the medium for artists, our mission extends to supporting and elevating other key figures in the art world, such as curators. To highlight this, we want to shine a spotlight on our lead curator, Amy Navarrete, whose work plays a vital role in shaping the vision and direction of our projects.
INTRODUCING aMY nAVARRETE
Every great exhibition begins with a vision—and someone brave enough to shape it.
At The Art Dome, our mission has always been to expand access, nurture talent, and bridge the gap between creativity and opportunity. Over the past year, we’ve achieved new milestones across Bogotá and Miami—exhibitions, artist residencies, and curatorial projects that have elevated both emerging and established voices.
Behind many of these milestones stands one key figure: Amy Navarrete, The Art Dome’s Lead Curator. Her story reflects our core belief that the art world evolves not only through the artists who create but through the curators who give context, coherence, and care to those creations.
A Curator with Global Vision
Amy’s path into the art world began at Universidad de los Andes, where she studied Fine Arts. Yet early in her journey, she realized her passion was not in making art but in building the structures that allow art to thrive.
Her curiosity led her to pursue postgraduate studies in Curatorial Practice at Bath Spa University (UK) and Arts and Cultural Management at Rome Business School, gaining an international perspective that now informs her curatorial voice.
Throughout her career, Amy has collaborated with prominent cultural institutions such as the Montenegro Art Project, connecting artists, collectors, and cultural leaders. Her global outlook and commitment to inclusivity have become foundational to The Art Dome’s curatorial philosophy.
Building a SELECTION OF ARTISTS
When Amy joined The Art Dome, our roster consisted solely of male artists. Recognizing the need for balance and representation, she spearheaded the initiative to integrate women artists into the program—welcoming Daniela Acosta Parsons, Angie Vega, and Bipasha Hayat.
Her approach wasn’t tokenistic—it was strategic, curatorial, and deeply intentional. Each artist brought new perspectives that enriched The Art Dome’s discourse and reinforced our belief that diversity fuels creativity.
Amy’s leadership also extended to our Bogotá exhibitions, including:
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Pop-Up 103, where she curated seven artists in dialogue, ensuring each voice was equally represented.
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Vulgar Display, a solo exhibition by Edgar Jiménez, where her curatorial eye helped highlight the artist’s narrative depth and aesthetic evolution.
Who is Amy Navarrete?
Amy Navarrete is The Art Dome’s Lead Curator, an art professional with international experience in cultural management and curatorial practice.
Why highlight curators?
Because curators are vital in shaping how art is understood, experienced, and preserved. Supporting them is essential to the sustainability of the cultural ecosystem.
I’m an artist. How can I join The Art Dome?
You can apply to our residency and acceleration programs. We guide artists with mentorship, visibility, and international connections
The Challenges of Curating
Curating, often perceived as glamorous, involves an invisible network of labor, strategy, and emotional intelligence. Amy has identified several structural challenges curators face today:
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Lack of institutional support, limiting sustainable career growth.
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Scarcity of mentorship and opportunities for emerging curators.
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Limited visibility, as curators’ intellectual and creative labor often goes unrecognized.
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Dilution of the title “curator”, due to misuse outside of professional and academic contexts.
As The Art Dome’s Lead Curator, Amy balances roles as project manager, cultural strategist, writer, and creative producer. Through her work, she demonstrates that curation is not simply selection—it is storytelling, negotiation, and the architecture of experience.
“Curators shape not only what we see, but how we see it,” Amy notes.
“Our responsibility is to create bridges—between artist and audience, institution and imagination.”
The Future: AN Interdisciplinary APPROACH
Just as The Art Dome began with a small group of artists before expanding globally, we envision the same for our curatorial program. Under Amy’s guidance, we aim to foster mentorships, workshops, and collaborative residencies that support curators at every stage.
The next phase of our journey involves building an interdisciplinary network—one where curators, designers, architects, and entrepreneurs work together to redefine the cultural landscape.
Amy’s story represents what The Art Dome stands for: a belief that art flourishes when collaboration replaces competition, and when curators are recognized as essential architects of cultural progress.
Let’s create something extraordinary together
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