Townsend is a curatorial initiative that showcases the work of international artists of all media.

Recent projects include There’s No Place Like Home, Steve DeFrank and William Pagano at Townsend: Hamptons; FTM - Green Bill, Hidenori Ishii; The Sidewalk, Zeina Baltagi; Origins and Legacies, Kim Sandara; BOYSHOW, Parinot Kunakornwong; Boy Wives & Female Husbands, Yannis Davy Guibinga; You Are You, Too and Meet Your Neighbor, Lindsay Morris; A Portrait of Legacy, Hugh Mendes; A Brief History of Drugs, Fani Zguro; Yume No Shima (Dream Island), Hidenori Ishii; Fostering the Microcosmos, Sean Nash; Around the World in 128 Minutes, Luca Bolognesi, Francisco Camacho Herrera, Rä Di Martino, Museo Aero Solar, Bruno Muzzolini, Ferhat Özgür, Anri Sala, Shingo Yoshida, and Fani Zguro; Inside Out, Natessa Amin, Sophia, Chai, Derek DeWitt, Rachel Dwan, Hidenori Ishii, Parinot Kunakornwong, Sam Mapp, Zach Meisner, Naomi Mishkin, Sean Nash, and Mie Yim.

Christopher Milne, Townsend Principal, received his Master of Fine Art in Fine Art at the University of Oxford, England; his Bachelor of Fine Art in Fine Art and Art History was completed at NSCAD University, in Halifax, Canada. Milne has worked at Dia:Beacon, the Dia Arts Foundation's museum in Beacon, New York; the Stephen Haller Gallery in New York, New York; and on numerous independent projects. Complementary to his experience as an arts professional, he maintains a studio practice and has exhibited in the United States and internationally. Milne resides in Water Mill, New York.

Sydney Hazen, Townsend Associate, received her Master of Art in Art Market Studies at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York; she was graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Textiles, Fashion Merchandising, and Design at the University of Rhode Island. Hazen was previously an intern at Gurr Johns Art Appraisal and Advisory Firm in New York where she assisted with research, condition reports, and valuations. Prior to her role at Gurr Johns, Hazen was an Education Intern at the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, South Carolina. Hazen resides in New York.

Elizabeth Skalka, Townsend Curator of Special Projects, received her Master of Art in the History of Art and Archaeology from New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts; she completed her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Art History, Theory and Criticism at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. Skalka has worked at art museums and galleries in both New York and Chicago including Wrightwood 659 and the Whitney Museum of American Art. She assisted with educational research and production of learning materials as the Graduate Education Intern with the Herbert F. Johnson Museum at Cornell University. Skalka resides in New York.