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Marin R. Sullivan

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Marin R. Sullivan (she/her), PhD, is a Chicago-based art historian, curator, consultant, educator, and writer. She specializes in the histories of modern and contemporary sculpture, especially its interdisciplinary, intermedial dialogues with photography, design, and the built environment. Sullivan is the author of Alloys: American Sculpture and Architecture at Midcentury (Princeton University Press, 2022) and Sculptural Materiality in the Age of Conceptualism (Routledge, 2017), as well as numerous catalogues, essays, and articles. Sullivan is currently at work on a biography of Claire Falkenstein and is co-curating Isamu Noguchi: “I am not a designer,” scheduled to open at the High Museum in 2026. She is also the director of research for the Harry Bertoia Foundation, and a lecturer and guest curator at DePaul University.

Courses

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This professional curating practicum will examine today¿s complexities in making exhibitions in museums and carrying out projects in public spaces. It will give special attention to the interests and needs of artists, and the potential for their voices to affect the cultural climate we live in. Instructors are practicing curators in the Chicago area, and change from year to year. This course will be supplemented by field trips around Chicago and visits with other working curators at varying levels of experience, institutional integration, and methodologies.

Class Number

1872

Credits

3

Description

This professional curating practicum will examine today¿s complexities in making exhibitions in museums and carrying out projects in public spaces. It will give special attention to the interests and needs of artists, and the potential for their voices to affect the cultural climate we live in. Instructors are practicing curators in the Chicago area, and change from year to year. This course will be supplemented by field trips around Chicago and visits with other working curators at varying levels of experience, institutional integration, and methodologies.

Class Number

1889

Credits

3