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PATRICIA GLEASON FULLER
Address:1577 Bay Road #205
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Phone617.759.5657
Professional Experience
2006 - 2010. Public Art Curator, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA.
Responsible for Percent-for-Art artist selection and project
implementation; interpretation, and overseeing care and maintena
Collection. Percent-for-Art commissions completed with Matthew
Sarah Sze, Sol LeWitt, Dan Graham, Lawrence Weiner, Cai Guo-Qia
and Martin Boyce
1998 Ã 2006Public Art Consultant to MIT, Cambridge, MA.
Advisor to Associate Provost for the Arts; Public Art Project Co
for MITÈs ongoing Percent-for-Art program. Conducted a full-sca
for-Art program at MIT for the MIT Council for the Arts, with po
recommendations. Implemented aspects of the report, including d
Practice to guide implementation of art projects within the Inst
and project implementation for major commissions to Matthew Ritc
Sze, and Dan Graham.
1985 - 1998Independent Consultant
Advisor to public and not-for-proÐt agencies on planning, fundin
implementation of art in public places; independent curator and
design. (see Selected Projects)
1983-1985Executive Director, Art in Public Places, Dade County, FL
Dade County's Art in Public Places Ordinance provides for the se
of 1 1/2% of the construction cost of new public buildings for a
generating over $5,000,000 in funds for art between 1983-85. A
the Art in Public Places Trust, oversees the program. As Execut
complete reorganization, including appointment of a national adv
ongoing basis, I worked with County agencies to identify art fun
recommend artwork projects to the Trust. I managed the artist s
responsible for implementation of artwork projects in the commun
liaison with users and community groups, and public information
Additional responsibilities included recommendation to the Count
acceptance and siting of gifts of works of art, grantsmanship an
liaison with the County's other cultural organizations. The pro
was over $100,000 and I supervised a staff of 5 full-time employ
contractors, and various consultants.
1981-1983Independent Consultant
Advisor to public and not-for-proÐt agencies on planning, fundin
implementation of art in public places; freelance curator and wr
public art. (see Selected Projects)
1978-1981Coordinator, Art in Public Places, National Endowment for the Ar
Washington, D.C.
The Art in Public Places program awards matching grants for the
commission of works of art by living American artists for public
traditional museum context. As Program Coordinator, I advised o
development of projects, appointed and chaired panels of contemp
and recommend on funding of applications, and monitored implemen
projects.
Responsible for the NEA's advisory role to other Federal agencie
I appointed and chaired artist selection panels for the art-in-a
General Services Administration and the Veterans Administration.
Federal Railroad Administration in the development of, and conve
panels for, their project to commission works of art at Northeas
between Washington, D.C. and Boston, Mass.
Additional responsibilities included policy and program developm
information on NEA programs and art in public places nationally,
local levels on public art policy and legislation. I also admin
Planning Grants to Artists and Visual Arts in the Performing Art
staff and several contractors, and worked with a number of consu
1976-1978Coordinator, Art in Public Places, Seattle Arts Commission, Seat
Washington
Seattle's "1% for Art" ordinance provides an annual budget (over
$300,000) in 1978) for commission of works of art in public plac
program guidelines and administrative procedures were developed
ordinance. As program manager, I worked with architects and cit
sites for artwork, developed and recommended to the arts commiss
public art plan, and directed the implementation of the plan, wo
artists, city ofÐcials, and representatives of state and Federal
Further responsibilities included administering review and accep
art to the city, grant development and administration, and manag
the arts commission from the city's visual arts exhibiting insti
1974-1975Curatorial Intern, International Museum of Photography, George
Eastman House, Rochester, New York
Orientation included projects in each department of the museum:
conservation, exhibitions, publications, print collection, Ðlm a
research library.
Independent projects included preparation of an educational slid
research, redesign and installation of sections of the permanent
development of photography; research and script draft for redesi
technology of photography exhibit.
Directed 70-print exhibition, "Control Processes: Pictorialism
Manipulated Print."
Lectured at University of Rochester on History of Twentieth Cent
Photography.
June 1974 to
August 1975Research Assistant to Beaumont Newhall, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Inventoried and catalogued private research library.
August 1973 toGraduate Assistant to Beaumont Newhall, Visiting Professor of Ar
May 1974College of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico
Research for preparation of lectures; prepared and administered
examinations; graded examinations and undergraduate term papers
collections.
January 1970University - New Careers Liaison, Center for Action Research, to
July 1972University of Colorado
Responsible for $40,000 Department of Labor contract to Universi
provide education and training services to New Careers program a
Dakota; structured and coordinated program of specialized course
February 1968Assistant Project Director, Oglala Sioux Tribal New Careers Prog
to December 1969Pine Ridge, South Dakota
Assigned to reorganize program to meet Federal guidelines; as ac
project director remained to recruit and train Native American s
successfully run the program within a year. Responsibilities in
positions within community human service agencies, and developme
training, adult education and accredited coursework to support c
trainees.
September
1967 toProgram Analyst, New Careers Program, Action for Boston
January 1969Community Development
Evaluated program performance and developed proposals to meet
program needs of the city community action agency's Ðve work-tra
Careers, Job Corps, Mainstream, Foster Grandparents, and Neighbo
Responsibilities included participation in recruitment and couns
and grant proposal development.
Formal Education
DegreeInstitution
B.A., ArtColby College
Minor, SociologyWaterville, ME
Graduate Study in Art HistoryUniversity of Colorado
Boulder, CO
Graduate Study in Art History*University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
*Coursework completed for M.A. in Art History, with specialty in
graphic arts, minor in museum practices.
Publications and Exhibitions
Bibliography, Edward Weston: Fifty Years, by Ben Maddow. New York:
Aperture, 1973.
Bibliography, Peter Henry Emerson, by Nancy Newhall. New York: Aperture,
1975.
"Nancy Newhall." Image, February 1975.
Review of Julia Margaret Cameron, by Helmut Gernsheim. Library Journal,
July 1975.
Review of Baron De Meyer, by Phillippe de Julian. Library Journal, August 1976.
Review of Roger Fenton of Crimble Hall, by John Hannavy. Library Journal,
August 1976.
Control Processes: Pictorialism and the Manipulated Print, exhibition for the
International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Roc
New York, 1975.
Alma Lavenson, retrospective exhibition and catalogue for the California
Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside, 1979
The Alternative Image, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan,
Wisconsin, 1982. Organized historical section of the exhibition
catalogue essay.
Five Artists at NOAA, illustrated publication about this inÑuential project to
commission public art as an integral part of the site plan at NO
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), in Seattle, W
Real Comet Press, Seattle, Washington, 1985.
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"Martin Puryear: Public Places, Personal Visions," in Martin Puryear: Public
and Personal, catalog for the exhibition at the Cultural Center, Chicago, Il
1987.
"Integrating Art into Design," NC Arts, Spring, 1987.
New Works: A Public Art Project Planning Guide, Durham, N.C., 1989.
Imperfect Utopia: Site Plan, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1989. Essay
describing the collaborative process to plan for a program of ar
museum's 140-plus acre site.
Other Professional Activities
Loeb Fellowship, Harvard University, 1992-3
Consultant to Visual Arts Program, National Endowment for the Ar
Washington, D.C. Grants Panelist, Services to the Field, 1977.
Photography Fellowships, 1978. On-site evaluations, Artists Spa
Consultant on Art in Public Places policy, 1984. Applicant on-s
Member national advisory panel on public art policy, 1986-88. CGoing
Public: A Field Guide to Art in Public Places, published by the NEA in 1988.
Member, Advisory Board, Stuart Foundation Sculpture Collection,
University of California San Diego at La Jolla. 1983-present.
Founding member, Photography Council, Seattle Art Museum, Seattl
Washington, 1977.
Board vice-chair of Artspace Projects, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnes
non-proÐt organization devoted to securing low-cost studio and p
artists and organizations, 1982-83.
Member, National Advisory Committee, Knight Gallery, Spirit Squa
Charlotte, North Carolina. 1983-85.
Board Member, The Harpo Foundation, Miami, FL, which makes grant
to arts organizations and artists to support new work. 2007-pres
Board Member, Miami Beach Community Development Corporation,
2011 - present