Summer Guthery is a curator and writer based in New York. She is the Founder and former Executive Director of JOAN. Prior to JOAN she was the Curator of Performance and Public Programming at LAXART which brought her to Los Angeles from New York City in 2013. In NYC, she was the Assistant Curator of Performa Biennial 2013 & 2011 and a research associate for the 2009 biennial. Her writing can be seen in Art Forum, Frieze, ArtReview, and Art in America.

Guthery sits on the Board of Directors for JOAN.