Valerie Cassel Oliver is Senior Curator at the Contemporary Arts Museum. In Houston, Cathy Byrd visits Valerie’s latest exhibition project: Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art. Recipient of the 2011 David C. Driskell Prize for her contribution to the field of African American art history, Valerie talks about what it means to be a curator and how everything starts with a question.

Sound Editor: Eric Schwartz | Photos: Joe DeMarco and CAMH | Episode Sound: Excerpts of performance art projects in this order: Ben Patterson, Pond, 1962; Shaun El C. Leonardo, The Arena, 2012; Trenton Doyle Hancock, Devotion, 2013; Ben Patterson, Ant, 1960-2010

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Related Links: Contemporary Arts Museum, Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art, 2011 David C. Driskell Prize