Art and Politics Now! - Susan Noyes Platt, PhD - Art Historian & Critic
Curriculum Vitae
SUSAN NOYES PLATT
216 First Ave South no 343
Seattle, Washington, 98104
206-650 0791(cell) 206 447 7048 (Office)
Email: susanplatt[at]speakeasy.net
EDUCATION
| Certificate Non Profit Management, University of Washington | 2002 | |
| Ph.D. | University of Texas, Austin | 1981 |
| Thesis:" Responses to Modern Art tin New York in the 1920s: From Expressionism to Constructivism" published Modernism in the 1920s UMI Research Press | 1985 | |
| M.A. | Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island | 1973 |
| Thesis: "Thomas Hart Benton as Theoretical Aesthetician" | ||
| B.A. | Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts | 1967 |
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
| Smithsonian Fellowship | 2007 |
| Kathe Kollwitz Award , Women's Caucus for Art | 2002 |
| Fulbright Fellowship, Turkey | 1999-2000 |
| Martha Nichols Award for Outstanding Achievement, University of North Texas |
1996 |
| Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum ofAmerican Art | 1993 |
| National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Stipend | 1991 |
| Smithsonian Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Museum of American Art and Hirshhorn Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. | 1987 |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
| Inquiring Mind Lecturer, Humanities Washington | 2006- |
| Visiting Professor, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Tx | 2004-2005 |
| Lecturer, University of Washington | 1998-2004 |
| Seattle Central Community College | Winter 2003,2004 |
| Evergreen State College | Spring 2002 |
| Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey | 1999-2000 |
| Associate Professor of Art History, University of North Texas, Denton | 1989-97 |
| Tenure granted at UNT | 1993 |
| Assistant Professor, Washington State University | 1984-89 |
| Tenure Granted at WSU | 1989 |
| Assistant Professor Mills College | 1981-84 |
COURSES TAUGHT
Women, Politics, Environment
Twentieth Century Art with a multicultural and global emphasis
Postmodern Theory (graduate and undergraduate)
History of American Art
History of Photography
Mexican Muralism
Art and Politics
Modernism and Politics
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
| James W. Washington House, Researcher and Grant writer | 2006- |
| Organizing Committee "Art of Resistance Conference" Seattle | 2004, 05, 06 |
| Coordinator, Seattle venue "Art Across Borders, Contemporary Art from Iraq and Palestine" |
2004 |
| Coordinator, Global Art Coalition | 2001-2002 |
| Conference Coordinator, Women's Art Resource Center/Women's Caucus for Art International Conference Toronto, Canada February 25-26 |
1997-8 |
| Coordinator, Symposium on AIDS, Culture and Society | 1996 |
EXHIBITIONS CURATED
| Consumptive Disorders: Environmental Ecologies of Lubbock, Texas | 2005 spring |
| "One Year After" Global Arts Coalition, Seattle Central Community College Gallery | 2002 fall |
| "Nancy Kiefer," Pioneer Square Healing Arts Gallery | 2002 spring |
| Dokunma (Contemporary Artists working with Fabric and Textiles) Istanbul, Turkey | 1999 |
| "Aids, Culture and Society, James Watral and Mark Mahan." | 1996 |
| "Marilyn Waligore: Gender Games"(Color Altered Photographs) Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas |
1993 |
WRITING
| Artlies | 2005 |
| Raven Chronicles | 2002- |
| Sculpture Magazine | 2002- |
| Third Text | 2001 |
| Art Access | 2001 ongoing |
| Real Change | 2001 ongoing |
| After Image | 1999 - 2000 |
| Art Papers | 1996 - 2004 |
| Contributing Editor | 1997 - 2004 |
| Austin American Statesman | 1982 - 1984 |
| Dallas Morning News | 1989 - 1992 |