Erin Donnelly

Erin Donnelly, Co-Founder of Reel New York City, has led tours for the Downtown Alliance, Municipal Art Society, Tenement Museum, and Christo and Jeanne-Claude's 'The Gates' in Central Park in 2005. Sightseeing Guide License (City of New York), Tourism Ready 101 (New York City Tourism + Conventions) participant and member of the Guides Association of New York. Short-form video and digital creator with a background in the arts and higher education.  Worked for 10 years at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, creating ties between the art and business communities. Erin's mission is to connect people with art, culture, and each other in meaningful ways.

Publications:
Art in Odd Places: Sign (2011)
Site Matters: The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s World Trade Center Artists Residency (2004)

Curated Exhibitions:
A Useable Past, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY, 2006
American Visions and Revisions, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria, 2004
Microviews, Municipal Art Society, New York, NY, 2002

Teaching:
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, Department of Photography and Imaging, New York, NY
Adjunct Faculty, Organizing Exhibitions, 2002,
Adjunct Faculty, Culture, History, Imaging and Photographic Studies, 2011
Recitation Leader, The City, Art and Photography: An Introduction, 2000, 1999, 1998

Master's degree with a certificate in museum studies from New York University and Whitney Independent Study Program Helena Rubinstein Curatorial Fellow. Bachelor's degree in Fine Art.

Tourism Ready 101 (New York City Tourism + Conventions), March 2024