Executive Director

Nick Stillman is Executive Director of Prospect New Orleans. Prior to joining Prospect, Stillman was President & CEO of the Arts Council New Orleans. Before the Arts Council, Stillman taught Modern & Contemporary Art History at the University of New Orleans and was Managing Editor of BOMB Magazine. He has organized exhibitions of artists such as Kalup Linzy and Joe Bradley for PS1 Institute of Contemporary Art and has written for Artforum, Flash Art, The Brooklyn Rail, and many other publications. He lives in Austin, TX with his partner Heidi and their daughter Frankie.

Deputy Director

Taylor Holloway is Deputy Director of Prospect New Orleans. Taylor is a designer, architect, and educator who uses design-driven approaches to promote equity in the built environment. As a biracial woman, first generation college graduate, and individual who has experienced the U.S. foster care system, issues of creative voice, healing, and belonging are intrinsic to her work. Prior to joining Prospect, Taylor facilitated the creation of people- and community-centered design solutions at myriad organizations including StudioBE, Southeastern Louisiana University, YouthBuild USA, University of Johannesburg, SITE Santa Fe, and the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. Additionally, Taylor is an Organizer in the Design As Protest Collective and the Founder of Public Design Agency, an organization that utilizes design-thinking and creative expression to equip future artists, designers, and change-makers.

Director of Curatorial Affairs

Andrew Rebatta is the Director of Curatorial Affairs for Prospect New Orleans. Andrew has organized exhibitions, performances, screenings, and talks for museums and contemporary art spaces in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Andrew spent his formative post-undergrad years throwing art shows and playing records in Chicago and DC before returning to his hometown of New York City, where he was most recently Associate Curator at the Museum of Chinese in America. Andrew's recent research has been delving into the diasporic relations that have influenced his curatorial practice of interpreting the poetics of immigrant material culture, particularly through audio recordings.

Exhibition Manager

A New Orleans native, LB Barfield is the Exhibitions Manager for Prospect and served as the Associate Exhibitions Manager and Chief Preparator for P5. They have over 15 years of experience in exhibitions, and came to Prospect after 11 years at the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans where they oversaw numerous major exhibitions including Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen, Hinge Pictures: Eight Women Artists Occupy the Third Dimension, Mickalene Thomas: Femmes Noire, among others. LB has also served as the Exhibitions Manager and Chief Preparator for the Rivers Institute for Contemporary Art & Thought, a curatorial organization that has produced exhibitions in New Orleans and the California African American Museum in Los Angeles. LB is passionate about advocating for and supporting members of marginalized communities as artworkers, with an emphasis on women, people of color, and those in the queer community.

Programs and Audience Manager

Kalea Cook is the Programs and Audience Engagement Manager at Prospect New Orleans. Before joining Prospect, Kalea worked with community based and youth organizations such as Upturn Arts, New Orleans African American Museum, and the Urban League of Louisiana’s Project Ready program. It was in these spaces that she learned to fuse her personal experiences as a musician, student, and New Orleans youth with her innate ability to work with and care for her students. Kalea received a Bachelor’s of Music in vocal performance from Xavier University of Louisiana as a first generation college graduate. She has performed in solo and ensemble settings with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, at the Louisiana State Museum, and New Orleans Jazz Museum, among other venues. Alongside her work at Prospect, Cook currently serves as Program Coordinator for YAYA Inc, continuing her work to positively influence the New Orleans community she grew up in.

Curatorial Fellow

Caroline Cox is a Louisiana native and the Curatorial Fellow for Prospect New Orleans. Prior to joining Prospect, Caroline held curatorial positions at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. She is passionate about community engagement through art and served as an AmeriCorps member at the Notre Dame Center for Civic Innovation. She introduced students to everything from Gutai to the quilts of Gee’s Bend and developed a class for middle schoolers called Storytelling through Art. Caroline has a BA in Art History and Economics from the University of Notre Dame, where her honors senior thesis explored race, landscape, and cultural memory in the work of Dawoud Bey and Kevin Beasley.

Communications and Storytelling Manager

Tarah Douglas is the Communications and Storytelling Manager at Prospect New Orleans. She is an artist and professor at Parsons School of Art and Design at The New School where she was a 2022 Mellon Initiative Faculty Fellow. Prior to joining Prospect, Tarah was the gallery director at Project for Empty Space. She has provided digital and PR strategies for creatives, artists, and organizations like Express Newark at Rutgers University, Editions/Artists’ Book Fair, and PULSE Contemporary Art Fair. Tarah holds a BFA from the University of Michigan and an MFA in Photography from the Yale School of Art. She is currently a Whitney Independent Study Studio Fellow.