Having a Studio of Our Own Speaks Volumes

Chenoa Baker is an executive, community builder, and arts leader whose work bridges the non-profit, public, and private sectors and academia. She brings rigor and cultural richness to programming, editorial content, and exhibitions.

Baker has worked on major exhibitions, including Gio Swaby: Fresh Up at the Peabody Essex Museum; Touching Roots: Black Ancestral Legacies in the Americas at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and Simone Leigh at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. Her writing appears in Hyperallergic, The Observer, The Brooklyn Rail, Material Intelligence, other outlets, and several print catalogues.

As the new executive director and editor of Studio Potter, Baker continues to build connections across the field while advancing her curatorial and editorial practice. Her current projects include co-curating a temporary public art project in Calgary (2028) and Ifé Franklin: Orun/Portal at the Fuller Craft Museum (March 6, 2027). Her practice has garnered Art Critics International, WBUR, and Rabkin Foundation awards.