About Us

A DAY IN ART

is a semester long series of art tours to galleries, museums and artist studios led by New York City based visual artist Jo Wood-Brown. Her tours are noted for their inclusive nature and their interactive dialog. Art is presented in all media: painting, sculpture, photography, installation, and video. The tours travel to contemporary, historical and international exhibitions and contextualize the incredible world of art that can be seen in New York City.

JO WOOD-BROWN’s

art lectures evolved out of her life as a practicing visual artist. In 2001, after 9/11, she began A Day in Art tours and at the same time founded Artist Exchange International and broadened her outreach as an artist. Jo has an ongoing interest in exploring the relationship between viewer and a work of art and in promoting international dialog in contemporary art. Her tours include the work of artists established and emerging, and important art historical exhibitions.

A painter and multimedia artist, Jo continues to exhibit her work widely in galleries and in site-specific locations throughout the United States and in Europe.  For more information visit www.jowoodbrown.com. In addition, she collaborates with choreographer Miriam Parker on InnerCity Projects where they create multidisciplinary immersive environments of sculpture, video, sound, light and dance.

Jo is on the Board of Directors of Arts for Art, which sponsors the avant-garde jazz and multi arts Vision Festival. She is active in the evolving artistic community.

Her background includes a many year affiliation with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in ancient history as an expert in the visual deciphering of artifacts (Ancient Near East and Egyptian departments). She also trained there as a lecturer and taught art workshops for the Education Department.

ALYSSA ROSE JOHNSON

has been giving lectures and tours of contemporary art exhibitions at MoMA PS1’s Contemporary Art Center in Long Island for several years. After graduating Marymount Manhattan College in 2014, Alyssa has been committed to represent a diverse and multi-dimensional understanding of contemporary art.

Through this partnership with A Day in Art, Alyssa will bring her experience in interactive and participatory methods to actively engage our students in complex dialogues that will shed light on both the works of art and the participants own interests and personal aesthetics. In addition, Jo and Alyssa will bring our students to artist studios to provide an intimate look into artists' work space and larger bodies of works by hosting several studio tours throughout the year.

Alyssa is also an aspiring curator, critic, and lecturer working to continue the history of connecting art with our political, social, and cultural concerns of the 21st century.

ELAINE WERBLUD MOORE (retired 2014)

Elaine Roberta Werblud Moore and Jo Wood-Brown had a wonderful partnership as art lecturers, taking groups around the city since 2006. Elaine (Bobby) retired in 2014. A beloved teacher, she taught at the New School University, Department of Humanities since 1978, and lectured extensively through the NYC area and in Europe.

 

 

Interactive New York Art Tours for Collectors, Artists and Art Lovers

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