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In her curatorial practice MARY JANE JACOB seeks to advance the parameters of artists’ public practices and examine assumptions about the audience for contemporary art. She was artistic director for such public programs as “Places with a Past” (Charleston 1991), “Culture in Action,” (Chicago 1993), “Conversations at The Castle” (Atlanta 1996). Since 2001 she annually produces deeply situated projects for the Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston. With the book Buddha Mind in Contemporary Art (University of California Press, 2004), she furthered her research into the nature of the art experience; her new anthology is Learning Mind: Experience Into Art. Ms. Jacob is Professor of Sculpture and Executive Director of Exhibitions at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. At the 2010 College Art Association conference, she will be awarded the Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award and the Award for Achievement in the Field of Public Art from Public Art Dialogue. [CLICK] to read a recent article about Mary Jane Jacob in the Chicago Tribune. |