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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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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. This is the second installment of the biennial program.
A series of public panels will invite audiences to get a glimpse behind-the-scenes of the contemporary art world through the eyes of visiting art world luminaries. Panels are moderated by Shannon Fitzgerald and are free and open to the public.
February 18, 2012, 1-3 pm
Impacting Contemporary Culture Through Curatorial Practice: Three Perspectives with:
Elizabeth Dunbar, Dana Turkovic, and Hamza Walker.
Oklahoma City Museum of Art Noble Theatre
415 Couch Dr, Oklahoma City
April 14, 2012, 1-3 pm
Professors Unfolding Contemporary Art in Academia: Research & Writing with:
Sherri Irvin, Nancy Marie Mithlo, and Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie.
Fred Jones Jr Museum of Art
University of Oklahoma
555 Elm Ave, Norman, OK
September 15, 2012, 1-3 pm
Visibility & Vitality: Contemporary Art Criticism Now with:
Sylvie Fortin, David Pagel, and Gregory Volk.
Oklahoma City Museum of Art Noble Theatre
415 Couch Dr, Oklahoma City
2012 Mentors
Elizabeth Dunbar, Independent Curator and Writer, Austin, TX, (Former Associate Director and Curator at Arthouse at the Jones Center in Austin, TX).
Shannon Fitzgerald, (Program Lead Mentor), Independent Curator and Writer, Oklahoma City (former Chief Curator, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis).
Sylvie Fortin is Editor-in-Chief at Art Papers in Atlanta, GA and an independent curator, art historian, critic and editor who has worked internationally since 1991.
Sherri Irvin (PhD, Princeton), Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK and Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art Editor of the journal Philosophy Compass.
Nancy Marie Mithlo (PhD, Stanford), Associate Professor, Department of Art History and American Indian Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, WI.
Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie, (PhD, Northwestern), Associate Professor of Art History, History of Art and Architecture Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara, CA.
David Pagel, Art Critic, Los Angeles Times, Chair, Art Department at Claremont Graduate University, Los Angeles, CA.
Dana Turkovic, Curator of Exhibitions & Collections at Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis and co-Founder and co-Director of Isolation Room/Gallery Kit, St. Louis, MO.
Gregory Volk, Art Critic, Curator, Writer, and Associate Professor in the School of the Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
Hamza Walker, Director of Education and Associate Curator for The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago and faculty at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, IL.
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2012 Fellows
Jennifer Barron, Oklahoma City, OK
Theresa Bembnister, Kansas City, MO
Netha Cloeter, Norman, OK
Erinn Gavaghan, Oklahoma City, OK
Cory Imig, Kansas City, MO
Emily Newman, McKinney, TX
Kristen Olds, Tulsa, OK
Blair Schulman, Kansas City, MO
Amber Sharples, Oklahoma City, OK
Samantha Still, Norman, OK
Sherwin Tibayan, Norman, OK
Shiyuan Yuan, Stillwater, OK
Click here for fellow biographies.
Oklahoma Art Writing & Curatorial Fellowship is generously funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Kirkpatrick Foundation Inc., and the Oklahoma Arts Council.