Carrie E. A. Scott – back to Seattle without leaving New York

(Photo, Art in America)

Carrie E. A. Scott is the new (and first) East Coast director for Seattle gallery Ambach & Rice, owned by Amanda and Charlie Kitchings.

Since May 2008 and ending recently, she was director at Nicole Klagsbrun in New York. Before that, she was director at James Harris and ran the nonprofit space known as the Hedreen Gallery.

Each month she plans to spend a week in Seattle and three in New York.

Scott:

I’ll be doing everything a director does – curate and coordinate with clients and artists. Amanda and Charlie want to help build a bridge between the coasts that includes the Northwest. The gallery will continue to bring East Coast artists to Seattle, and I’m planning exhibits in New York that will help bring attention to some artists who deserve to be part of a larger discussion. While at Nicole Klagsburn I introduced Storm Tharp, and the Whitney bought a drawing. I’m looking to do more of that. We won’t have our own space in New York but will find temporary quarters.

When do you start?

Now. I’ve started.

Any shows in the works?

None I can talk about yet. Soon.