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Laura Bickford is curator at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center where her responsibilities include overseeing and executing the curatorial vision of the Art Preserve and related exhibitions at the Arts Center.
Jun 25, 2021 · This new museum and the JMKAC are overseen by just two curators, senior curator Kaytie Johnson, who arrived at the museum in February 2020 after a career at university museums, and curator Laura Bickford, who has been with JMKAC since September 2018.
<br>Life-long love affair with all things handmade, embellished, encrusted, fried, miniature, and oversized.<br><br> · Experience: John Michael Kohler Arts Center · Location: Atlanta, Georgia,...
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Jun 25, 2021 · “They are life-specific as opposed to site-specific,” says the museum’s associate curator, Laura Bickford. For example, from 1948 to 1976, the homesteader Fred Smith created some 230 concrete...
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May 27, 2021 · While other institutions are typically interested in individual objects by these makers, the Art Preserve is focused on entire environments — which might include thousands of objects, ephemeral...
Jun 30, 2021 · “We’re the only institution with holdings of a lot of these artists,” curator Laura Bickford says, adding that she hopes that more art historians will begin studying the work of vernacular artists, now that they have such ready access to their work.
Jun 22, 2021 · Q&A: Laura Bickford Published: June 22, 2021 Talk to Laura Bickford, curator at the Art Preserve, the newly opened branch of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center devoted to exhibiting artist’s environments, and the conversation will eventually lead to the concept of totality.
