As part of the organization’s commitment to artists, curators, and cultural workers, the LACE Apprenticeship Program provides paid professional development and mentorship opportunities through partnerships with various arts organizations and academic institutions.
LACE has a long history of mentoring the next generation of arts workers in Los Angeles. Our Apprenticeship Program was founded at the onset of the organization, and funders and partners over the decades have included ArtTable, CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange), Emerson College, Getty Foundation, Los Angeles Community College, Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, Mel Ramos Foundation, Pitzer College Art Galleries, UCLA, and USC Roski School of Art and Design, among others.
LACE’s Apprenticeship Program is a proven pipeline for emerging cultural workers in Los Angeles. Alumni of the program have gone on to prestigious positions at museums and arts organizations in Los Angeles and beyond including 18th Street Art Center, Armory Center for the Arts, Arts for LA, the Broad Museum, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Fowler Museum at UCLA, Getty, LACMA, MOCA, Oakland Museum, and the San José Museum of Art; as well as commercial galleries including Gemini G.E.L., Regen Projects, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, and more.
Current Partnerships
Getty Foundation
Through organization-based grants from the Getty Foundation since 1996, LACE participates in the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship, hosting two interns every summer in Curatorial and Programming, and Communications and Media. The goal of the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship program is to expose college students from backgrounds that have been underrepresented in the arts to careers in museums and visual arts organizations. The program offers full-time paid internships over the summer in core areas of museum work such as curatorship, conservation, education, publications, and public programming. Learn more here.
Los Angeles City College (LACC)
The Hisako Terasaki Internship at LACE provides opportunities to LACC students for hands-on experience and in-depth exploration of careers in the arts. This program serves only currently enrolled Los Angeles City College students during the spring, summer, and fall semesters. This program is possible thanks to a generous endowment from the Terasaki family to LACC’s Visual and Media Arts Department, in honor of artist and LACC alumna Hisako Terasaki (1928–2024). She was a second generation Japanese-American who grew up in Boyle Heights. When she was a young teenager, she, her sister Tokiko, and her parents, were interned at the Poston, Arizona relocation camp. During the period of hardship after the war, Hisako Terasaki enrolled at LACC to study art. Her children started a scholarship program at LACC in honor of her 90th birthday to support students at the college that had such a formative effect on her. Learn more here.
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA)
Teen Curators is a LACE program for LACHSA students to learn about careers in the arts and learn to develop art exhibitions. Developed in collaboration with LACHSA faculty, Teen Curators has two mentorship components; Career Camp, which includes panels, talks, and workshops with artists, arts administrators, curators, and other cultural workers to expose students to different career opportunities in the arts; and Curatorial Camp, which consists of mentorship and hands-on sessions on how to develop an exhibition project for the LACHSA Foundation storefront exhibition space, located on the same complex as LACE, on Hollywood Blvd. About LACHSA.
Pitzer College
Established in 2022 in collaboration with the Pitzer College Art Galleries, the Benjamin Godsill ’00 and Anna Burns Student Apprenticeship Award offers Pitzer College first-generation and students of color opportunities to gain in-depth curatorial experience at innovative arts organizations. Apprentices enrich their knowledge of contemporary art and deepen their understanding of museum practices through hands-on training in exhibition work, gallery management, and public arts education. LACE hosts a Goodwill Burns Apprentice during the spring semester. Learn more here.
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Department of Information Studies
The UCLA Department of Information Studies operates a dynamic and progressive internship program. This program provides students enrolled in the MLIS or Ph.D. degree programs with a wide range of opportunities to apply their knowledge and skills in a structured professional environment under the supervision, guidance and mentoring of current practitioners in the information profession. In 2025, LACE became one of the 50+ organizations working with UCLA to offer a paid fellowship to an MLIS graduate student. LACE’s UCLA Archive Fellow works with the LACE Digital Archive conducting research-based curatorial, archival, and publication projects, and providing access to our archive materials through metadata and digitization projects. Learn more here.
Support
If you are interested in supporting an Apprentice or Fellow at LACE, contact Deputy Director Fiona Crary at fiona@welcometolace.org.
40+ Years of Apprentices
LACE expresses deep gratitude to the hundreds of past apprenticeships who have shaped the organization over its lifetime. Is your name missing? Contact us at info@welcometolace.org to get added!
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Rachel Aberly, Andrea Acuna (2024), Julie Adler, Ginette Aelony, David Agnew, Solumto Akabueze (2015), Julia Allegretti (2019), Adrian Alfaro (2017), Franny Alswang, Angel Alvarado (Getty Marrow – Curatorial Intern 2014), Marcos Alvarez, Kate Amend, Ruth Andal, Joy Anderson, Nina Anderson, Richard Anderson, Amelia Anthony (2015), Bob Anthony, Sara Antoine, Janeth Aparicio (Getty Marrow – Communications Intern 2019), Zoe Arden, Ami Arnault, Katie Arntzen, Jason Ash, Michele Asselin (1991), Anthony Ausgang, Carlos Austin, Robert Avedissian, Ethan Ayer
B
Zdenek Balcarek, Fiona Ball (2014), Jennifer Baltazar, Brian Baltin, Thea Banlancker, Larissa Bank, Polly Baranco, Tiffany Barber, Majorie Barton, Marcus Bastida, Gail Bates, Tyler Batson, Stephen D. Batte, M. Kathy Bazar, Valerie Bazin (2016),Clara Baxter (2017), Jared Baxter (2011), Hailey Beaman (2015), Adrian Becker, Kathleen Beckett, Jonathan Belli, Carolie Bengochea, Deborah Berger, Lili Berler, Meegan Bevere, Topanga Bird, Kelly Bishop, Sylva Blackstone, Nathan Blake, Charlotte Bliss, Mitch Block, Krystal Boehlert, Barbara Boland, Jane Bolton, Elizabeth Bottum, Stephanie Boyer (2016), Susan Braig, Mark Bradford, Camilla Brangstrom, Marie Brayman, Luiza Brenner (2015), Pete Breza, Elizabeth Brooke (2016), Laurie Brown, Kurt Brown, Mitch Browning, Mary Bruce, Kavin Buck, Bridgette Buday, Jenny Byun (2016)
C
Jeff Cain, Kristen Calabrese, Diane Calder, Tim Caldwell, Yuriko Chavez (2022), Christie Calucchia (2016), Liza Camba, Carolyn Campbell, Giancarlos Campos (2016), James Candice (2018), Thomas Cannon, Loretta Cantiari, Dwight Carey (2017),Claire Carvounis (2020), Pamela Casey, Franco Castilla, Jackie Castillo (Getty Marrow – Curatorial Intern 2018), Christopher Cave,Israel Cedillo, Sarin Cemcem (2017), Gab Chabran, Cathy Chan, Jeana Chang, Christina Chanhal, Zoe Chao, Dan Chapman, Terry Chatkupt, Paul Chavez, Yuriko Chavez (Getty Marrow – Communications 2022), Joanna Chen (2024), Muhe Chen (2018), Michelle Cho (2014), Jinseok Choi, Sora Cin, Tess Clark (2015), Lee Cline, Lisa Cloudy, Cassandra Coblentz, Deborah Coito, Abigail Coleman (2014), Bob Colin, Mary Collins, Joe Collins, Lisa Cone-Meinke, David Contreras, Patrick Couch, Dana Courtley, Jill Covell, Tracy Covill, Carol Cowley, Llewelyn Crain, Sarah Crowner, Clark Crump, Patti Cunha, Wes Cuttler, Susie Czerner
D
Bob Dale, Becky Dame-Seidler (2014), Kai Daniels (Getty Marrow – Curatorial Intern 2016), Lee Danziger, Denise Davis, Drew Davis (2015), Scott Davis, Jennifer Dayco, Julia Deamer, Sylvia De La Baume (2015), Lena Degteva, Mark Deischter, Michael Delgado, Santiago Delgado, Esther Delgado, Ric Delgado, John Demar, John Demos, Corinne Deno-Walde, Michelle DePacker, Gina D’Errico, Loretta D’Errico, Jackie Derner, Joseph Di Mattia, Sue Dorman, John Drury, Claudia Duenas, Kevin K. Duffie, Mike Dukes, Bridget DuLong, Craig Alan Dunham, Jai Dunlap, Brad Dunning, Sam Durant, Jim Durney
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Phyllis Eakins, Margaret A Ecker, Michael Edelstein, Renée Edgington, Roberta Eichenberg, Janet Eicher, Susana El Parks, Lawrence Elbert, Joshua Elias, Oscar Elinzondo, Pedro Elinzondo, Ans and Stuart Ellis, Jim Ellis, Dwight Elstner, Gregory Elwood, Jeff Encinas, Ruben Esparza, Richard Espinoza, Nadia Estrada (LACE Postgraduate Fellow, 2023), Dave Evans
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Rochelle Fabb, Barry Fahr, Maximilian Moss Familian, Cecilia Fanconi, Perry Farrell, Lucia Farrow (2019), Susane Fellinger, Lyn Player Fenster, Lynn Mayer Fenster, Andrew Ferguson (2019), Carol Flanagan, Gaye Flyer, Christopher Ford, Alyssa Forsyth (2018), Joseph A. Foster, Mary Jo Fox (2017), Anais Franco (2019), Stephanie Franco (2017), Lynn Frangos, Jackie Freedman, Andrew Freire (2015), Zehao Fu, Kira Fuchs
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Julie Gaeta, Tera Galanti, Nidhi Gandhi (2015), Adolfo Garcia (2017), Shannon Garcia, Nicole Garton, Emma Gary (2015), Teri Gast, Sarah Gavlak, Victoria Genao (2018), Eric Gero, Robert Gero, Lisa Gewerth, Jay Gibson, Mark Gibson, Mia Gilbert (2017), Virginia Gilbert, Jennifer Gill, Cecily Gilman, Michael Giroch, Mike Glass, Harrison Glazier (2018), Kim Glosserman, Lisa Glosserman, Martha Godfrey, Gabrielle Goldaper, Marty Goldberg, Brett Goldstone, John Gonzalez, Monica Gonzalez, Tania Gonzalez-Ortega, Bob Gorman, Mark Grady, Celia Grail, Grant Gray, Amy Green, Taft Green, Tony Green, Curtis Green, Curtis Greene, Laurel Gregory (2016, 2017), Randy Griffin, Terri Grimmett, Hannah Grossman (2015), Stefan Gruber, Gayle Guftason, Joe Guidice, Tom Guiton, Nestor Guerrero (2020), Victor Guzman (2014), Michelle Guy, Lila Gyory (2015)
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Paul H-O, Chris Haaga, Victoria Haas (2014), Omar Hassan (2019), Shana Hafner (2014), Audrey Hall, Linda Hammett, Clarissa Hampton (2015), Nadine Hanley (2017), Kerry Hannawell, Jim Hardy, Hugh Hardyman, Maitland Hardyman, David Hargrove, Larry Harris, Paul Harris, Ina Harshberger, Susan Hartman, Debbre Harvis, Gordon Hayes, Sedona Heidinger (2017), Michelle Heinman, Wendy Heldmann, Mickey Henderson (2016), Peter Henry (2020), Samantha Hensel (2016), John Henson, Arianne Hernandez, Scott Hessels, Kouwron Hepburn, Buddy Hernandez, Ambrose Hickman (2015), Dean Hitchcock, Rania Ho, Esselle Hoehshellwatsun, Virginia Hoge, Allyson Hollingsworth, Dennis Hollingworth, Jihye Hong (2016), Marilyn Honig, Judith Hopleins, Polly Anne Hornbeck, Kelly Hoshimoto, Louie Hopkins, Genie Houawmn, Lowery Houston (2017), David Huffman, Jeanne Huffman, Sherri Hunt, Amanda Hunter, Ken Hurbert, Brad Hwang
I
Laura Im (2016, 2017), Bambi Ingram, Antonio Iniguez, Sasha Isaac-Young, Brit Isaak (2015), Sara Isett, Letitia Ivins
J
Amy Jackson, Marcus Jackson (2022), Jamie Jameson, Danielle Janecek, Karl J. Janson, Joe Jarrell, Jim Jenkins, Joe Jerrell, Roscoe Johnson, Cindy Johnson, Debbe T. Johnson, Merritt Jones, Tory Jones, Ellen Joo
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Sharon Kagen, Anastasia Kahn (2016), Eric Kahn, Raven Kaliski (2015), Coffee Kang (2017), Leslie Kanno, Sara Lois Kaplan, Fowzia Karimi, Karyn, Ivan Kasimoff, Annie Katata, Amanda Katz (2014), Kim Kaufman, Bill Kelley, Maureen Kelley, Simon Kelly, Nick Kersulis, P. Kennedy, Anika Kent (2015), Rebecca Kheel, Rebecca Kheel, Raunak Khosla, Bo Kim (Getty Marrow – Curatorial Intern 2022), Sharon Kim (2014), Soomin Kim (2016), Theresa Kim (Getty Marrow – Communications and Marketing Intern 2023), Stephanie King, Brian King, Kristina Kite, Ian Klein (2014), David Kobosa-Munro, Sally Koenig, Anna Kolacny, Joseph Konieczny (2017), Celeste Korthase, Brigitte Kouo, Marc Kreisel, Mark Kroening, Kelaine Kuale, Richard Kuhlenschmidt, Zara Kuredjian (2014, 2015)
L
Wally Lab, Brandon LaBelle, Caja Lacum, Teri Lacy (2008), Beth Lake, Susan Lash, Marion Lane, Jan Langer, Katherine Laursen (2014), Kimberly Lawson, Rick Lazzarini, Veronica Lechuga (2022), Clifford LeCuyer, Carol Lee, Jim Lee, Jennifer Lee, Ji Won Lee, Michelle Lee, Rochelle Lee, Steve Lehmer, Judy Leiff, Nestor Lemus, Gary Leonard, Susy Leonard, Paul Levenhaben, Hilary Levine, Mariska Leyssius, Mengning Li, Laura Lin, Lucy Lin, Crystal Liu (2016), Diana Linden, Jimmy Lizama, David Lloyd, Neven Lochhead (2016), Lorraine Lomeli, Biz Lopez, Jocelyn Lopez (2017), Julee Lorton, Leslie Lowder, Rochelle Lozada, April Lu, Julia Lu (2017), Emilio Luarca (2015, 2016), Erica Luedtke (2017), Madeline Luisa De La Cancela (2019), Renee Lung, Dani Morelle Lyles, Scott Lynk, Vicky Lynn, Jon Lyon
M
Rikki Madrigal, Sherry Mahboubian (2018), Joan Mahoney, Mike Mahoney, Anthony Malecki, Jayne Manuel (2015), Samantha Alexis Manuel (2021), Camila Marambio, Mari Marao, Joella March, Leslie Marcus, Sophie Maresh (2015), Roberta Margolis, Hannah Marie-Hanmer (2015), Andrew Markoff, Natalie Marsh, Annie Martens (2016), Robert Martin, Kent Martin, Virginia Martinez, Anita Marto, Alexandra Mason, Rachel Mason, Ricardo Matthews, Don McAurther, Ann McNamara, Rita McBride, Michael McCall, Lilly McClure(2020), Christy McCormick, Meghann McCrory, Betty McDonald, Megan McFarland, Abby McGhee, Richard McLaughlin, Reed McMillen, Lora McPhail, Susan McWhinney, Tim Meadows, Anna Medina, Michael Meert, Sarana Mehra, Chris Meinke, Moj Mehr-Asa (2016), Louise Melon (2018), Herbert Mendoza, Monica Meza, Thom Michaels, Lee Michel, David Mihelarakis, David Miller, Bob Miller, Gita Millitary, John Mills, Sydney Minkler, Anne Mirch, Lisa Mischini, Akemi Mitsumuori, Denise Monaghan, Jon Monroe, Jose Montano, Julie Moon, Diane Mooney, Mabel Moore, Mario Morales, Clarissa Morales, Elizabeth Morehouse, Chizu Morihara, Jimena Moronitas (2019), Savannah Morra (2016), Courtney Morris, Mary Morton, Koki Morton, Carissa Mosley (2017), Robert Moss, James Mowry, Sandeep Muhkerjee, Sergio Munoz
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Steven Nagler, Alan Nakagawa, Jonathan Nanda Lilkeblad, Dominque Narciso, Nari, Shelly Naso, Jack Nault, Davis Neves, Laura Newton, Robert Nichols,Yinchen Niu, Mary Beth Noble, Fumiko Nobuoka (2015), Al Nodal, Erica Nordfors, Michael Noritch, Michael Nye
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Susan Olds, Thomas O’Leary, Jaime Olmos, Joe Ortiz, John Ortiz, Lucia Ortiz (2015), Paloma Ortiz-Scott (Getty MUI – Curatorial Intern 2017), Sabina Ott
P
Gaby Padilla (2021), Paul Paffi, Paul Paggi, Laurel Paley, Tiffany Palm, Kris Panagiotis, Theresa Papnikolos, Dennis Dino Paredes, Jason Park (2016), Juhyun Park (2016), So Jung Park (2016, 2017), Alicia Parker, Caitlin Parker, Claire Parsons, Jenebrith Pastran (2021), Bridget Pavich, Sarah Pavsner, Jenny Pearce, Cara Pearson, Michelle Pedraza, Melissa Pelico, Debbie Pelton, Elizabeth Pence, Dawn Pentecost, Amanda Perea (2017), David Perez (2017), Kira Perov, Cathy Perrillo, Brennen Perry, Eric Peterson, Dakota Peterson (2019), Kerry Peterson, Beatrice Petropoulos-White, Ann Pickles, Barbara Pickles, Lora Pierce, Sarah Pierce, Katya Pikhoya (2016), Antonia-Maria Platzer (2019), Peg Pollack, Jessica Pompei, Mary Anna Pomonis, Angelus Portillus (2017), Jill Poyourow, Miles Preston-Clark (2016), Lisa Prichard, Roseanna Privitera, Shana Punim
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Astrid Quay, Gladys Quintero (2015), Vanessa Quintero (2018)
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Robert J. Rados, Nastaran Rahnama, Irene Ramirez (2019), Krystal Ramirez (Getty Marrow Communications and Marketing Intern – 2018), Marc Ramos, Linda Ramos, Darrell Randazzo, Amy Randolph, Hannah Rasekhi (2019), Jessica Rath, Maureen Raynor, Tanner Reckling (2017), Robert Redecker, Annie Reiniger, Jonathan Reiss, Devin Rench, Jim Reva, Liza Reyes, Dont Rhine, Laura Riboli, Mark Richardson, Melinda Ring, Rick Ripley, Gabriel Ritter, Nikki Roach (2019), Troyese Robinson (Getty MUI – Archives Intern 2016), Aurelia Rodman, Corey Roederer, Kathleen Rogan, Gabriel Rojas (2015), Nicholas Romano (2017), Lana Rosen (2014), Julie Rosenberg, Marina Rosenfeld, Judi Russell, David Ross, Doug Ross, Mike Rozsa, Lisa Rubin, Amy Runyen, Juliane Russo (2014), Kristine Russell, Rand Ryan, Lisa Ryle, Kylie Ryu (2016)
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Dorothee Sailard (2019), Sintija Saldabol (2018), Frank Salmone, Dominica Salvatore, Serena Sampson, John Sanger, Paul Sanoian, Joe Santarromana, David Schafer, Sophie Schoenfeld (2017), Sherri Schottlaender, Bill Schubert, David Schulman, Gary Schwartz, Susan Schwartz-Braig, June Scott, Tracy Scott, Laura Searles (2017), Seth Seiderman, Nicole Shaffer, Annie Shaw, Irina Shelovski, Yinzhu Shen (2019), V. Sherer, Vita Sherin-Jones (2019), Megan Sherwood, Aaron Sherer, Steve Shipper, Pejman Shojaei (2012), Catherine Shores, Miriam Shyti (CIEE Postgraduate Fellow, 2023–24), Tom Siegle, Juan Silverio (Getty Marrow – Curatorial Intern 2019), Amy Simms, Cassandra Simon, Gay Skeer, Jay Skeer, Sydney Skora (2019), Scott Skully, Stephanie Sleiman (2016), Daryll Smith, Dave Smith, Dean Smith, Harriet Sherry Smith, Paige Snell, Sofia Smith (2018), Lisa Soccio, Corey Solorio LoDuca (Getty Marrow – Curatorial Intern 2023), Ashley Soo (2012), Ann Sotello, Dan Southerland, John Souza, Sue Spaid, Ivan Spane, Laura Speck, Robin Spector, Erin Spence, Sally Spiro, Mary Beth Spivak, Gigi Spratley, Margaret Squires, Heather Stagl, Laura Stec, Karen Steffani (2011-2012) Morgan Stein, Gary Stella, Allison Stera, Allison Stewart, Miyo Stevens, Allison Stewart, Ev Stone, George Stone, Annie Story-Hannon, Wayne Stratton, Allison Stuart, Emily Sulzer (2014), Xunzhi Sun (2018), Sylvie Sutton (2019), Snigdha Suvarna (2017), Torene Svitil, John Swanger, Stuart Sweezey
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Mariam Tabatabaee (2014), Kathy Tanney, Michael Tansey, Jenn Tang (2016), Sonia Tarrish, Carina Taylor (2015), Alexis Teplin, Luther Thie, Owen Thoman, Ana Thomas (2015), Tomy Thomas, Andrew Sheridan Thompson, Pamela Thompson, Benjamin Tippin (2015), Susan Tobin, Rebecca Todd, Gary Todd, Shelli Tollman, Siobhan Tolochko, Sabrina Tom, Brianna Tomlin (2017), Dana Torrey, Monica Townsend, Amanda Toy, Rachel Travers, Vivienne Tran, Anna Tregurtha (2018), Lia Trinka-Browner (2005), Raquel Trujillo, Irene Tsatsos, Shirley Tse, Kathleen Tully, Christien Tuttle, Monica Tzeng
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Carrie Ungerman, Marie Unini
V
Jill Vacarra, Cindy Vallejo (2016), Chloe Van Stralendorff (2012), Jim VanTyne, Monica Vargas (2019-20), Marcella Vasconcellos, Cherry Vascoucelles, Mario Vasquez, Sara Velas, Ines Venturini, Kaelyn Victoria (2019), João Vieira (2019), Rebekah Villacorta (2019-20), Miha Vipotnik, Sarah Vogwill, Nicola Voss
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Lauren Walser, Krista Walter, Kate Warren, Archie Washington, Jasmin Washington, Katrina Weber, Laura Weekes, Lisa Weger, Gisi Weibel, Jonathan Weider, Rachel Weinstein (2020), Rob Weiss, Kathy Weiss, Mark Wheaton, Samantha Whitaker, Ben White, Olive White, Tom White, Pamela White, Michael Whitmore, Vanessa Wiedler (2017-18), Lori Wierzbicki, Pilar Wiley, Marianne Williams, Daren Willis, Savannah Wills (2019), Michael Wilson, Rachel Wiseman, Wolf, Chris Wormald (2012), Alexa Wong (2016), Camille Wong (2020), Lee Wong, Orlando Wong, Phillomina Wong (2016), Pamela Woodbridge, Schuyler Wrobel
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Minnar X., Rui Xu, Feilbe Xyzsa Quintas (2018)
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Cat Yang (Getty MUI- Curatorial Intern 2015), Edward Yang, Illene Yankowski, Cindy Yeh (2012), Liz Young, Gail Youngquist
Z
Reggie Zachary, Sophie Zanders (2016), Marielos Zeka, Jason Zevin, Ann (Lvwenyu) Zhang (2020), April Zhang (2014),Mark Zhang (2019), Beatrix Zilenskas, Natalie Zimmerman
