Join Assistant Curator Tessa Bachi Haas for a deep dive into Believers: Artists and the Shakers. Hear from Haas about a group of contemporary artists who have been inspired by the Shakers’ vital experience as “ordinary people attempting to live an extraordinary life.” 

About Tessa Bachi Haas

Tessa Bachi Haas is an Assistant Curator at the ICA, where she has organized or supported nearly ten exhibitions since 2022. She is invested in uplifting local arts ecologies and fostering a global exhibition program. Her forthcoming projects include Christian Marclay: Doors, the 2025 James and Audrey Foster Prize, and the first museum survey of Derrick Adams. Haas has previously held curatorial positions in Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., and has contributed to more than thirty exhibitions in these cities. Tessa is a Ph.D candidate in History of Art at Bryn Mawr College, where she earned her MA in 2019.

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Believers: Artists and the Shakers is organized by Jeffrey De Blois, Mannion Family Curator, with Tessa Bachi Haas, Assistant Curator.