The Black Feminist Study Group is co-convened by Re’al Christian as part of Rosana Paulino: ¿História Natural?, curated by Carin Kuoni and Eriola Pira. It is supported by Critical Minded.

The Vera List Center Forum 2026: Matter of Intelligence is presented October 9 & 10 as part of the VLC’s 2025–2027 Focus Theme Matter of Intelligence. It is curated by Carin Kuoni and Eriola Pira and convened with the support of Tabor Banquer, Re’al Christian, and Adrienne Umeh.

The VLC Forum 2026 is generously supported by an endowment gift from Jane Lombard, with additional support from the Barbara Jordan Lectures: The State of Democracy fund, the David Randolph Distinguished Artist-in-Residence endowment, and the Helen Shapiro Lectureship fund. Special thanks also to Department PR and Mendes Wood DM.

The 2026 Community Dinner is made possible by Critical Minded, Christopher K. Ho, Chus Martínez, and Christian Nyampeta.

Fall 2026 programs of the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School are supported by members of the Vera List Center Board, Vera’s List, The VLC Producers Council, and the following institutional funders:

Alfred Taubman Foundation
American Chai Trust
Critical Minded
Helen Frankenthaler Foundation
The Dorothea L. Leonhardt Foundation, Inc.
The Dorothea Leonhardt Fund at the Communities Foundation of Texas, Inc.
Boris Lurie Art Foundation
James Howell Foundation
Kettering Fund
Mellon Foundation
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Wilhelm Family Foundation
The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature

We also gratefully acknowledge the support of The New School, our academic home.