EAST LANSING, MICH.- The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University (Broad MSU) has appointed Carla Acevedo-Yates, independent curator and critic from San Juan, P.R., as Assistant Curator. Acevedo-Yates will work closely with Broad MSU staff to build upon the museum’s international programming and position as a center for interdisciplinary collaboration.

“Carla brings a strong curatorial focus on the intersection of social justice and contemporary art, as well as a wealth of experience as a respected international curator and writer,” said Museum Director Marc-Olivier Wahler. “We are delighted to welcome her to the Broad MSU.”

Acevedo-Yates was a recipient of the 2015 Creative Capital/Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant. Recent projects include Corporalidades and Crónica(o) at Fundación Casa Cortés, Soy Isla: A conversation on and around Zilia Sánchez at Artists Space Books and Talks, and Turn on the bright lights featuring Damian Catera, Jason Mena, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Kajsa Dahlberg, Trevor Paglen, and Adán Vallecillo at the Hessel Museum of Art, a Ramapo Curatorial Prize exhibition. Her writing has appeared in Art Agenda, Small Axe: A Caribbean Platform for Criticism, Artpulse, La Tempestad, Mousse, and South as a State of Mind. She was a curatorial resident at R.I.C. (Santiago, Chile) in 2015 and Espaço Fonte (Recife, Brazil) in 2014. Acevedo-Yates has an M.A. in curatorial studies and contemporary art from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College and a B.A. in Spanish and Latin American cultures from Barnard College at Columbia University.

“I am excited to be joining the Broad MSU as Assistant Curator,” said Acevedo-Yates. “I hope to advance and expand upon the Broad MSU’s dedication to exploring contemporary culture on the international stage and initiating interdisciplinary collaborations across the Michigan State University campus.”