We are pleased to announce that critic and independent curator Michael Duncan will be the 2009 juror and curator for both the group and solo exhibitions. The temporary outdoor projects, a collaboration with Austin’s Art in Public Places, will be a shared review process between Michael Duncan and Risa Puleo.



Michael Duncan is Corresponding Editor for Art in America and his writings have focused on maverick artists of the twentieth century, West Coast modernism, twentieth century figuration, and contemporary California art. His curatorial projects include surveys and recontextualizations of works by Pavel Tchelitchew, Sister Corita Kent, Kim MacConnel, Lorser Feitelson, Eugene Berman, Richard Pettibone, and Wallace Berman. In addition to his work nationally, Duncan has continued ties with Texas by participating in the 2005 Viewpoint lecture series at the University of Texas at Austin, contributing essays for the UT Press book, Melissa Miller, the catalog for Arthouse at the Jones Center’s 2006 exhibit, The Gospel of Lead: Dario Robleto and Jeremy Blake, and curator of 2007’s Art in the Metroplex at TCU, Fort Worth, TX.


Risa Puleo is the Assistant Curator of American and Contemporary Art at the Blanton Museum of Art. Prior to this position, she worked in various arts organizations across Texas such as Fluent-Collaborative, ArtLies, Texas Art Journal, Blue Star Contemporary Art Space (San Antonio), and The Station (Houston, Texas). She received her Master’s Degree in Curatorial Studies from Bard College, and she serves as Vice-Chair for the Austin Art in Public Places Panel.