AWARDS + RECOGNITION
2019 - Stratiscope Impact-Maker to Watch
2018 - ArtTable New Leadership Award
2017 - David C. Driskell Prize for African American Art History
SELECTED PRESS
Jan 2020 - Shondaland // These Museum Curators Are Changing the Way We Look at Art
Mar 2019 - Artsy // EXPO CHICAGO Names Naima J. Keith As 2019 Exposure Curator
Mar 2019 - ArtForum // Prospect New Orleans Appoints Eight Curators to Artistic Director’s Council
Feb 2019 - LA Times // Naima J. Keith, artistic force behind the California African American Museum, is headed for LACMA
Feb 2019 - W Magazine // Inside the Dramatic Makeover of L.A.’s Thriving Art World
Aug 2018 - LA Magazine // Meet 13 Powerful Women Who Are Making L.A. a Better Place
May 2018 - ArtForum // Curating Prospect.5 New Orleans
May 2018 - ARTnews // Prospect New Orleans Announcement
Mar 2018 - ARTnews // Honored by ArtTable’s on the 25th Annual Ceremony
Mar 2017 - LA Times // Winning national prize for African American art history
Feb 2017 - Art & Education // Naima J. Keith awarded the David C. Driskell Prize for African American Art by The High Museum of Art
Feb 2017 - ARTnews // Winning High Museum’s David C. Driskell Prize for African American Art History
Dec 2016 - Culture Type // Listed in 18 Curators & Cultural Leaders to Watch Who Joined New Institutions in 2016
Dec 2016 - LA Times (quote) // 'It hasn't left me': How Black Lives Matter used performance to create unforgettable 2016 moments
Dec 2016 - Art + Auction I Artinfo // BlouinArtinfo
Feb 2016 - ARTnews // Deputy Director of California African American Museum Naming
Feb 2016 - ArtForum // Leaving Studio Museum in Harlem to serve as Deputy Director at California African American Museum
SELECTED INTERVIEWS
Jul 2019 - Cultured // Access For All: Naima Keith
Nov 2018 - artnet // How I Got My Art Job: Naima Keith of California’s African American Museum on Quitting a PhD to Pursue Her Dreams
Oct 2017 - LA Times // Naima Keith's Electric Vision: Giving the California African American Museum a Jolt of Energy
Apr 2017 - Art Agency, Partners // #5 Inequalities in the Art World, with Ian Alteveer and Naima Keith
Feb 2017 - LA Times // Do we still need Black History Month? A conversation about the annual celebration