Curator of art + archival projects.
Writer. Researcher.
Bio
Kaitlyn B. Jones (she/her) is an independent curator and writer with over a decade of experience in the arts and culture field.
Through a multimedia semiotic lens, she explores themes of legacy, lineage and autonomy as it relates to the conscious and unconscious value placed on the histories and multifaceted cultures of the Black Diaspora. Her continuing scholarship on Black-American history manifests at the intersections of art and social practice.
Kaitlyn B. Jones holds a Master of Arts in Arts Leadership with an emphasis on Curatorial Studies and a Certificate in Museum and Gallery Management from the University of Houston. She also holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from the University of Texas at Austin. In 2023, she founded Conduit Arts, a curatorial platform for research-based, community-oriented arts & culture projects that center Black diasporic histories, cultures, and perspectives.
Curatorial/Artistic Statement
I believe that art is a conduit for healing and a seedbed for activism. I use creative exploration as a vessel for joy, meditation, and grief. Lineage, ancestral knowledge, and intergenerational storytelling serve as inspiration for my curatorial practice and community-based work.
I strive to create from a place of abundance. Rest, joy, nature, and solidarity are essential to my creative and curatorial processes.
I question artistic spaces that seek diversity and inclusivity but disregard the history, experiences, voices, and opinions of historically marginalized communities.
I resist thoughts and emotions that can only be rationalized by societal constructs rooted in capitalism and violently regulated by whiteness.
