Global Artist/Former WOV member, Renee Stout Joins Pitt University Course on 40th

 

Renee Stout, today a well-known artist of international acclaim with solid credentials from top museums and galleries (and her own Wiki page}, had recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University when she joined WOV c.1983. Since then, Stout has continued her support of WOV as an alumnus and is currently supporting the 40th Anniversary. She has joined WOV members as one of the Teaching Artists for Professor, Alex James Taylor's Curatorial Studies class, offered as a Spring course at the University of Pittsburgh. Others doing talks include Christine Bethea, LaVerne Kemp, Mary Martin, Dominique Scaife, Ruth Bedian, Ashley Jones, Charlotte Ka, and Janet Watkins.  Art Shown: Spirit of the Crossroads, by Renee Stout 2015-2019

HAA1019 Curatorial Development

Spring 2021

Professor Alex Taylor (he/him)

Tuesdays and Thursdays 9.25am-10.40am

 

Course Description:

 

This core museum studies course will work to develop the artist-based research leading to a major exhibition celebrating the fortieth anniversary of Women of Visions, Inc., the Pittsburgh-based collective of Black women artists, in the University Art Gallery in Fall 2021. Students will engage with art historical sources about the contemporary practice by Black women artists, and develop their own research that will contribute to the planning and programming of the exhibition. Student work in the class will culminate in a publishable essay on a single artist intended for inclusion in a proposed exhibition publication.

Course Rationale and Learning Objectives

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 Students in this class will develop skills in curatorial research and development, object-based analysis, and writing and editorial content coordination. Students will learn how to work with digital sources to describe historical content, to undertake biographical and contextual research that helps interpret works of contemporary art, and to navigate the complexities of collaborative work with varied resources. The outcomes for student work will be short, public-facing texts designed for clarity and audience engagement, oriented towards the communications requirements for diverse careers in the cultural sector and beyond.