Heather
Darcy Bhandari is the director of artist relations at Mixed Greens. Since
joining
the gallery in
2000, she has curated over fifty exhibitions while managing
and advising a roster of nearly two-dozen artists. Heather’s passion
and enthusiasm for artists has led her to curate independent shows and
sit on the
board of NURTUREart, a nonprofit in Brooklyn that gives opportunities to
emerging artists and curators. She's
a member of the New Art Dealer's Alliance (NADA), the College Art Association and ArtTable. Heather majored in
visual
arts
and
anthropology
at Brown
University
and
received an MFA
in painting from Pennsylvania State University. Before joining Mixed Greens,
she worked at contemporary galleries Sonnabend and Lehmann Maupin.
Jonathan
Melber is the director of business development at Jen Bekman Projects, which
runs
20x200.com and the Hey, Hot Shot! photography competition, and is a board member
of NURTUREart, a Brooklyn nonprofit that supports emerging artists. As a lawyer,
Jonathan has worked with artists, galleries, collectors and a host of creative
individuals and companies, and provided pro bono counsel to artists for Volunteer
Lawyers for the Arts. He graduated from Brown University with a degree in philosophy
and received his JD from New York University School of Law, where he was an
editor of the Law Review. He writes about art and law for the Huffington Post.