Staff

imani@spacescle.org

imani-badillo

Imani Badillo (they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist and the Creative Engagement Coordinator at SPACES. In this role, Imani connects artists with various organizations and partners around Cleveland for workshops, artist talks, and other programming. Their artistic practice revolves around fiber art and bookmaking; through these media, Imani explores community relationships and shared memory through working with scrap, secondhand, and natural materials. Imani also works at Rust Belt Riders, a worker-owned cooperative and facilitates mutual aid events such as clothing and food swaps throughout Cleveland. Imani received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Art and Environmental studies, with a minor in Africana Studies, from Oberlin College in 2022.

Photo Credit: Justyna Walker

tizziana@spacescle.org

tizziana-baldenebro

Tizziana Baldenebro (she/her) is the Curator of Special Exhibitions at SPACES in Cleveland, OH. An arts administrator, curator, writer, and critic, her practice focuses on emerging artists and designers. She is an organizer and activist in the effort to produce equitable cultural centers. In 2019-2020 she served as the Ford Curatorial Fellow at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Her resignation from prompted the formation of an organization of former employees and community members working to restructure cultural spaces in Detroit. Previously, Tizziana held a curatorial research internship at the Art Institute of Chicago within the Architecture & Design department. She received a Masters of Architecture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology from the University of Chicago.

photo credit: Asia Armour

cierra@spacescle.org

cierra-rembert

Cierra Rembert (she/her) is a visual artist and Artist Initiatives Coordinator at SPACES. In her role, Rembert manages and disburses funding amongst three artists re-granting programs in partnership with organizations such as The Andy Warhol Foundation, Cleveland Foundation and Cuyahoga Arts & Culture for over 40 regional artists any given year, in addition to overseeing interns and volunteers while contributing to social media and marketing. As an arts administrator, curator, critic, and artist, her practice is embodied through her mission to create opportunities for artists. She has been involved in charitable contributions such as America SCORES Arts Inspired Auction, and has juried for Deep Roots Experience: She Art Vol.3 Transcendence (Cleveland, OH); The Luminary Futures Fund (St. Louis, MO) and Collective Futures Fund (Boston, MA). Rembert received her Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art from Cleveland State University and post-baccalaureate in Studio Art from the Cleveland Institute of Art.

Photo Credit: Justyna Walker

Board

Andrew Cappetta

Steven Cencula

Gulnar Feerasta

Dolores Garcia

Sam Hubish

Emily Liebert

Mari Pumarejo

Kristin M. Rogers

David Tarditi, Treasurer

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