Oklahoma Art Writing and Curatorial Fellowship

The first twelve Fellows have been selected for a brand new contemporary art program for art writers and curators. Structured unlike any program in the nation, the Oklahoma Art Writing and Curatorial Fellowship encourages writing that is informed, articulate, inspired and engages audiences in contemporary art.

Through this yearlong program, each of the twelve Fellows will produce art writing and exhibition projects in mentorship with art world luminaries. The Fellows were chosen through a competitive application process and represent independent artists, writers and professionals in museums and educational institutions, living within 350 miles of Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition presents the program in partnership with the University of Oklahoma School of Art & Art History and the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.

The public will be able to see “behind the scenes” of the contemporary art world through a series of public panel presentations given by the mentors. You are also invited to follow the program on the blog at http://write-curate-art.blogspot.com/

PUBLIC PROGRAMS - Free and open to the public.
February 20, 1-3 pm
Writing About Art in Museums and Academia
Frances Colpitt, W. Jackson Rushing, III, and Emily Stamey
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art
University of Oklahoma
555 Elm Avenue, Norman, OK 73019

March 27, 1-3 pm
What Does a Curator Do? Three Curatorial Models
Margo Crutchfield, Tom Eccles, Kate Hackman, and Catherine Morris
Moderated by Shannon Fitzgerald.
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
415 Couch Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73102

September 18, 1-3 pm Facebook Event Page
Art Criticism: Writing, Editing and Publishing
Tracy Abeln, Tyler Green, and Eleanor Heartney
Moderated by Shannon Fitzgerald.
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
415 Couch Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73102

2010 Fellows
Sarah Atlee (Oklahoma City, OK)
Josh Buss (Moore, OK)
Scott Gleeson (Dallas, TX)
Brian Hearn (Oklahoma City, OK)
Alison Hearst (Ft Worth, TX)
Sarah Jesse (Tulsa, OK)
Kelsey Karper (Oklahoma City, OK)
Cedar Marie (Norman, OK)
Mary Kathryn Moeller (Tulsa, OK)
Lee Piechocki (Kansas City, MO)
Heather Read (Norman, OK)
Louise Siddons, PhD (Stillwater, OK)

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, TX.
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
Shannon Fitzgerald, Independent Curator and Writer, Oklahoma City
Tyler Green, Founder and Editor, Modern Art Notes, Washington DC
Kate Hackman, Associate Director, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City
Eleanor Heartney, Writer, Contemporary Art Critic, and Contributing Editor to Art in America, New York City.
Catherine J. Morris, Curator of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY (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 University of Oklahoma School of Art and Art History, Norman, Oklahoma.
Emily Stamey, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Kansas.

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.