Amy Andrieux and L’Rain in conversation with Claude Grunitzky (Tuesday, June 24, 2025).

Amy Andrieux is a multifaceted curator and educator known for her work at the intersection of arts, media, and social justice. A first-generation Haitian American based in Brooklyn, she currently serves as the Executive Director and Chief Curator of MoCADA. Andrieux’s work centers on uplifting Black artists and fostering cultural equity within the arts community. She is a Mellon Fellow for Faculty Excellence at The New School, where she contributes to initiatives focused on inclusive faculty development. Additionally, she is a professor at Parsons School of Design. She is also the founder of the Arts Alliance of Africa + Diaspora..

Taja Cheek, known professionally as L’Rain, is an American experimentalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and curator, primarily recognized as the lead vocalist and songwriter of her eponymous band. Born and raised in Brooklyn, L’Rain is celebrated for her experimental music, which draws on a vast array of traditions and genres—a practice and aesthetic Cheek describes as “approaching songness.” Beyond her music career, Cheek serves as the Artistic Director of Performance Space New York and has held curatorial positions at prestigious institutions such as MoMA PS1.