About
Writing/Curatorial Fellowship
Presented by the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, in partnership with the University of Oklahoma School of Art & Art History and the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
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What is the Oklahoma Art Writing & Curatorial Fellowship?
The Oklahoma Art Writing & Curatorial Fellowship aims to train promising writers and curators by expanding their professional education and experience. This distinctive, yearlong program awards 12 fellows the opportunity to participate in a structured and innovative curriculum designed to encourage new writing and curatorial projects. Led by nationally-recognized mentors, the 12 Fellows will receive feedback on their writing and curatorial projects and will connect to current dialogues in art.
When is it?
The program will be held from January-December 2010.
Who can apply?
Applicants must be Oklahoma residents or live within 350 miles of Oklahoma City. Undergraduate students may not apply.
To view a map of the 350 mile radius of Oklahoma City, please click here.
Who are the 2010 Mentors?
Tracy Abeln, Editor, Review Magazine, Kansas City; Frances Colpitt, Professor and Deedie Potter Rose Chair of Art History at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas. Margo A. Crutchfield, Senior Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland; Tom Eccles, Executive Director, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York; (Program Lead) Shannon Fitzgerald, Independent Curator and Writer, Oklahoma City (former Chief Curator, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis); Tyler Green, Founder and Editor, Modern Art Notes, Washington DC; Kate Hackman, Associate Director, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City; Eleanor Heartney, Art Historian, Contemporary Art Critic, Contributing Editor to Art in America and Writer, New York City; Catherine J. Morris, Curator of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn (former Adjunct Curator of Contemporary Art, The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma.); W. Jackson Rushing, III, Eugene Adkins Presidential Professor of Art History and the Mary Lou Milner Carver Chair in Native American Art in the OU School of Art and Art History, Norman, Oklahoma; and Emily Stamey, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas.
Who are the 2010 Fellows?
Sarah Atlee (Oklahoma City, OK) - Painter, illustrator, blogger, and recipient of OVAC’s 2008 Art 365 award.
Josh Buss (Moore, OK) - Artist and Education Director at City Arts Center in Oklahoma City.
Scott Gleeson (Dallas, TX) - Artist and critic who recently completed an MA in Art History at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
Brian Hearn (Oklahoma City, OK) - Artist and Film Curator at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art; received the Tilghman Award in 2009 for outstanding support of films in Oklahoma.
Alison Hearst (Ft Worth, TX) - Curatorial Research Assistant at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Co-founder of experimental art collaborative, Subtext Projects, and contributes reviews to Art Critical, Art Lies, and Glasstire.
Sarah Jesse (Tulsa, OK) - Bernson Director of Education and Public Programs at the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa; previously served as Assistant Director of Public Programs at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.
Kelsey Karper (Oklahoma City, OK) - Artist and Associate Director at the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition where she also serves as editor of Art Focus Oklahoma magazine.
Cedar Marie (Norman, OK) - Artist and Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Oklahoma School of Art and Art History, Norman.
Mary Kathryn Moeller (Tulsa, OK) - Teaches art history at Jenks High School; recently completed studies at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London.
Lee Piechocki (Kansas City, MO) - Curator, writer, and artist who works for the Kansas City Art Institute; Co-creator of Research and Development, a freelance curatorial venture; and has published writings in Review and Juxtapoz.
Heather Read (Norman, OK) - Master’s candidate in Art History at the University of Oklahoma, Norman.
Louise Siddons (Stillwater, OK) - Art historian and Assistant Professor of American, Modern and Contemporary Art at Oklahoma State University; formerly assistant curator of works on paper at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
How do I apply?
The deadline for applications for the 2010 program has passed. The deadline for applications for the 2012 Fellowship is tentatively scheduled for summer of 2011.
FAQ
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The Oklahoma Art Writing & Curatorial Fellowship is generously funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, Oklahoma Humanities Council and John McNeese.
Funding for this program is provided in part by a grant from the Oklahoma Humanities Council (OHC) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of OHC or NEH.