Jesse Bandler Firestone

Jesse Bandler Firestone is a curator whose practice spans institutional and artist-run contexts. He began his career interning simultaneously at the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts in St. Louis—where he encountered Rothko's and catered lunches—and at Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts, a DIY, punk-adjacent space where payment sometimes came in the form of expired beer and unfettered access to artistic ingenuity. Since then, he’s worked at The Shed, Wave Hill, and Montclair State University. He currently works independently, curating exhibitions with nonprofits, museums, and at Below Grand, a gallery operating out of a restaurant supply store on Allen Street.