Allison

Allison Freedman Weisberg is the Principal of Round Peg and the Founder of Recess. She is a Visiting Associate Professor at Pratt Institute and she is writing a long form work of fiction.

Allison started Recess in 2009 and shaped the organization for its initial fourteen years. Recess partners with artists to build a just and equitable creative community. Allison approaches all of her work through a racial justice lens, working alongside radical thinkers who imagine actionable change. Prior to founding Round Peg and Recess, she worked in the Education Department at the Museum of Modern Art and then at the Whitney Museum of American Art, managing youth and community programs.

She has given lectures and presentations at colleges, universities, arts institutions, and museums, and has curated performances for the Brooklyn Academy of Music and The Museum of Modern Art. She has contributed writing to publications ranging from artist books to Art in America. 

Allison is on the Board of Van Alen Institute and served as a founding advisory board member of Art+Feminism, and she was a Studio Museum Critical Dialogue Partner.  She holds a BA from Wesleyan University, and an MA in Visual Culture Theory from NYU. 

Allison lives in Brooklyn with her partner, her two children, and a dog with two different colored eyes.  

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