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Laura Black is a curator, educator, and writer based in Long Beach, CA. Her practice is dedicated to developing culturally significant projects and supporting emerging and mid-career artists.

Black is the Founder and Executive Director of Universal Voice, a non-profit dedicated to providing exhibition, publication, and professional development opportunities for artists from historically under-recognized backgrounds. Additionally, Black serves as Chief Curator for Universal.

Voice’s ‘Gallery UV’ in Carson, CA and is the Gallery director and collection curator at Golden West College. Black has developed and led courses in Art History, Exhibition Design, and Writing for the Arts at several local colleges including Laguna College of Art and Design and California State University, Fullerton.

Black holds an MFA in Exhibition Design from California State University, Fullerton and is currently working towards a PhD in Cultural Studies at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, CA. Her scholarly interests focus on the history and theory of Minimal and Post-Minimal Art (late 1960s to present) and contemporary museological ethics.