Renee Riccardo founded ARENA in 1991. ARENA operated as a gallery space from 1991 - 2004. She is currently an independent curator continuing the mission of presenting the work of new and emerging artists in unique venues. This past year she launched a one of a kind jewelry line, ARENAgal by Renée Riccardo available at TG-170 and Maryam Nassir Zadeh on the L.E.S.