Helen Toomer is a recognized leader in the arts, with decades of experience organizing events, exhibitions and residencies. She is dedicated to uplifting womxn in the arts. Toomer is co-founder of STONELEAF RETREAT, an artists’ residency focused on womxn and families, co-founder of Art Mamas Alliance, a support group for parents in the arts, and she founded UPSTATE ART WEEKEND, an annual event, unifying over a hundred organizations in the Hudson Valley of New York. Formerly, Toomer was director of PHOTOFAIRS New York, Artists in Residence in Everglades, IFPDA Print Fair, Collective Design Fair, and PULSE Contemporary Art Fairs. She also co-founded and managed a contemporary art gallery, toomer labzda, in New York City. Toomer is a passionate speaker on art fairs and professional development, and was an adjunct professor at Sotheby’s Institute of Art and the Fashion Institute of Technology. She serves on the Advisory Committees for The Dorsky Museum and the Baxter St Camera Club of New York.
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