{"id":972,"date":"2016-01-26T19:31:27","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T19:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keithmorrison.com\/?page_id=972"},"modified":"2022-08-16T22:35:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T22:35:13","slug":"curator","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/keithmorrison.com\/?page_id=972","title":{"rendered":"Curator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1>EXHIBITIONS CURATED BY KEITH MORRISON<\/h1>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Caribbean Transitions<br \/>\n<\/strong>June 11\u2013August 9, 2022<br \/>\nArt by 20 artists of Caribbean descent at the Katzen Museum, Washington D.C.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.american.edu\/cas\/museum\/2022\/caribbean-transitions.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>View the exhibition catalog<\/b><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/arts-entertainment\/2022\/06\/28\/american-university-museum-caribbean-transitions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Washington Post article<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magical Visions\u00a0&#8211; 2012<br \/>\n<\/strong>An exhibition Keith Morrison curated at the University of Delaware Museums. The exhibition included the work of ten internationally known contemporary artists of African and African-American descent: Terry Adkins, Melvin Edwards, Sam Gilliam, Barkley L. Hendricks, Kalup Linzy, Odili Odita, Karyn Olivier, Faith Ringgold and William T. Williams. The exhibition included paintings, sculptures, photographs, video and animation. The catalogue essay for the exhibition was also written by Keith Morrison.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Curator\u2019s Eye III &#8211; 2008<br \/>\n<\/strong>An exhibition Keith Morrison curated at the National Gallery of Art, Kingston, Jamaica, 2008<br \/>\nExhibition including film, video, performance, multimedia, painting, sculpture, prints.<br \/>\nWrote catalogue essay.<br \/>\nGuest curator for the exhibition of international artists from the US, Denmark, Britain, Jamaica.<br \/>\nArtists include: Michelle Eistrup, Cleve Bowen, Carol Campbell, Carol Creigton, Paula Daly, Lawrence Graham-Brown, Albert Chong, Khepera Hatsheptwa, Andy Jefferson, O\u2019Neil Lawrence, Tal Rickards, Ebony Patterson<\/p>\n<p><strong>Metaphor\/Commentaries: Artists From Cuba &#8211; 1999<br \/>\n<\/strong>An exhibition jointly curated with Helmo Hernandez, Director of the Ludwig Foundation in Havana. The exhibition of photographs, prints, installations and videos included work of the following artists, all of whom lived in Cuba at the time: Juan Carlos Alon, Cirenaica Moreira, Marlon Castellanos, Jos\u00e9 Manuel Fors, Abigail Gonz\u00e1lez, Antonio N\u00fc\u00f1ez, Ram\u00f3n Pacheco, Ren\u00e9 Pe\u00f1a, Manuel Pi\u00f1a, Sandra Ramos, Enrique Alvarez, Tania Bruguera, Pavel Giroud, and Luisa Marisy. The catalogue essay, \u201cContemporary Artists for Cuba,\u201d was written by Keith Morrison. The exhibition was selected in Cuba and shown at the Art Gallery, San Francisco State University, Feb. 21 \u2013 March 24, 1999<\/p>\n<p><strong>American Prints at the Brandywine Workshop &#8211; 1987<br \/>\n<\/strong>A United States Information Agency exhibition traveling throughout Africa (1987-89). Including 50 offset lithographs, serigraphs and etchings of 35 artists. Some of the artists: Jules Olitski, John Dowell, Richard Hunt, Sam Gilliam, James DuPree, Hitoshi Nagazato. The show is accompanied by a color catalogue whose main essay is written by Keith Morrison (see &#8220;Catalogues&#8221;).The exhibition traveled to: the National Museum, Bamako, Mali; the American Cultural center, Niamey, Niger; the School of Fine Arts Gallery, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; Municipal Gallery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contemporary Print Images &#8211; 1986<br \/>\n<\/strong>An exhibition of prints from the Brandywine Workshop prepared and traveled to museums throughout the U.S. (1986-88) by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The exhibition included work by 19 artists, including Frank Smith, Elizabeth Catlett-Mora, Benny Andrews, Selma Burke, John Wade and James Wells. A catalogue with photographs and an essay written by Keith Morrison accompanied the exhibition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Myth and Ritual &#8211; 1986<br \/>\n<\/strong>An exhibition of nine artists from Washington, D.C., at Touchstone Gallery (a co-op. gallery), Washington, D.C., February, 1986. The artists: Sam Gilliam, Martha Jackson-Jarvis, Yvonne Carter, Sylvia Snowden, Frank Smith, Denise Ward-Brown, Michael Platt, Jerome Meadows and Percy Martin. The exhibition included a catalogue essay written by Keith Morrison (see &#8220;Catalogues&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Evocative Abstraction &#8211; 1986<br \/>\n<\/strong>An exhibition of abstract art from Washington, D.C., at Nexus Gallery (Suzanne Horowitz, director) Philadelphia, PA., January, 1986. The artists: William Willis, W.C. Richardson, Walter Kravitz, Chris Gardener, Martha Jackson-Jarvis, Patrice Kehoe, Steven Cushner and Keith Morrison. The exhibition was accompanied by a catalogue with photographs and essay written by Keith Morrison (see &#8220;Catalogues&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Art in Washington and its Afro-American Presence: 1940-1970 &#8211; 1985<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An exhibition of 140 historical works, including paintings, sculptures, prints, crafts from the U.S., Central and South America, and Ancient African art. Accompanied by a catalogue\/book, with black and white and color reproductions, written by Keith Morrison (see &#8220;Catalogue\/Book).<\/p>\n<p>Exhibition held at Washington Project for the Arts (Jock Reynolds, director) April, 1985.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alternatives by Blacks &#8211; 1981<br \/>\n<\/strong>An exhibition of painting, sculptures and environmental installations of eight artists including: Terry Adkins (Virginia), Yvonne Carter (Washington), David C. Driskell (Maryland), Sherman Fleming (Washington), Sam Gilliam (Washington), Lois Mailou Jones (Washington), Jerome Meadows (Maryland), Martha Jackson-Jarvis (Washington), Robert Owings (Baltimore), Lorenzo Pace (Chicago), Gregg Pitts (Los Angeles), Joyce Scott (Baltimore). A catalogue accompanied the exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>Held at Washington Project for the Arts (Al Nodal, director) Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Black Experience in Art &#8211; 1971<br \/>\n<\/strong>An exhibition of ten Mid-Western artists including Geraldine McCullough, Ralph Arnold, Bertram Phillips, Nelson Stevens, Sherman Beck.<\/p>\n<p>Exhibition held at Bergman Gallery (Virgil Bernett, director), University of Chicago, 1971.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Jacob Lawrence&#8217;s Toussaint L&#8217;Ouverture Series &#8211; 1969<br \/>\n<\/strong>An exhibition of the 39 works of the series of paintings, borrowed from Fisk University. 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The exhibition included the work of ten internationally known [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"EXHIBITIONS CURATED BY KEITH MORRISON\n\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phl.org\/Arts\/Pages\/Current\/keith-morrison-Recalling-jamaica.aspx\">Recalling Jamaica<\/a> 2019<\/strong>\n\nJamaican-born Philadelphia artist Keith Morrison is a painter, printmaker, author, curator, and educator who has devoted himself to a lifetime of creativity. At a young age, Morrison dreamed of becoming an artist. He left Jamaica to attend the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he earned his Bachelor and Master of Fine Arts degrees. He remained in the United States and has been an art professor and arts administrator at numerous universities throughout the country. Morrison has been a professional artist for more than 50 years exhibiting his work around the world and is represented in public collections in the United States, Mexico, and Jamaica. <strong>To read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phl.org\/Arts\/Pages\/Current\/keith-morrison-Recalling-jamaica.aspx\">click here.<\/a><\/strong>\n\n<strong><u>Magical Visions<\/u> 2012<\/strong>\n\nAn exhibition Keith Morrison curated at the University of Delaware Museums. The exhibition included the work of ten internationally known contemporary artists of African and African-American descent: Terry Adkins, Melvin Edwards, Sam Gilliam, Barkley L. Hendricks, Kalup Linzy, Odili Odita, Karyn Olivier, Faith Ringgold and William T. Williams. The exhibition included paintings, sculptures, photographs, video and animation. The catalogue essay for the exhibition was also written by Keith Morrison.\n\n<strong><u>The Curator\u2019s Eye III<\/u> 2008<\/strong>\n\nAn exhibition Keith Morrison curated at the National Gallery of Art, Kingston, Jamaica, 2008\n\nExhibition including film, video, performance, multimedia, painting, sculpture, prints.\n\nWrote catalogue essay.\n\nGuest curator for the exhibition of international artists from the US, Denmark, Britain, Jamaica.\n\nArtists include: Michelle Eistrup, Cleve Bowen, Carol Campbell, Carol Creigton, Paula Daly, Lawrence Graham-Brown, Albert Chong, Khepera Hatsheptwa, Andy Jefferson, O\u2019Neil Lawrence, Tal Rickards, Ebony Patterson\n\n<strong><u>METAPHOR\/COMMENTARIES: ARTISTS FROM CUBA <\/u>\u00a01999<\/strong>\n\nAn exhibition jointly curated with Helmo Hernandez, Director of the Ludwig Foundation in Havana. The exhibition of photographs, prints, installations and videos included work of the following artists, all of whom lived in Cuba at the time: Juan Carlos Alon, Cirenaica Moreira, Marlon Castellanos, Jos\u00e9 Manuel Fors, Abigail Gonz\u00e1lez, Antonio N\u00fc\u00f1ez, Ram\u00f3n Pacheco, Ren\u00e9 Pe\u00f1a, Manuel Pi\u00f1a, Sandra Ramos, Enrique Alvarez, Tania Bruguera, Pavel Giroud, and Luisa Marisy. The catalogue essay, \u201cContemporary Artists for Cuba,\u201d was written by Keith Morrison. The exhibition was selected in Cuba and shown at the Art Gallery, San Francisco State University, Feb. 21 \u2013 March 24, 1999\n\n<strong><u>American Prints at the Brandywine Workshop \u00a0 \u00a01987<\/u><\/strong>\n\nA United States Information Agency exhibition traveling throughout Africa (1987-89). Including 50 offset lithographs, serigraphs and etchings of 35 artists. Some of the artists: Jules Olitski, John Dowell, Richard Hunt, Sam Gilliam, James DuPree, Hitoshi Nagazato. The show is accompanied by a color catalogue whose main essay is written by Keith Morrison (see \"Catalogues\").The exhibition traveled to: the National Museum, Bamako, Mali; the American Cultural center, Niamey, Niger; the School of Fine Arts Gallery, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; Municipal Gallery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.\n\n<strong><u>Contemporary Print Images<\/u>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1986<\/strong>\n\nAn exhibition of prints from the Brandywine Workshop prepared and traveled to museums throughout the U.S. (1986-88) by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The exhibition included work by 19 artists, including Frank Smith, Elizabeth Catlett-Mora, Benny Andrews, Selma Burke, John Wade and James Wells. A catalogue with photographs and an essay written by Keith Morrison accompanied the exhibition.\n\n<strong><u>Myth and Ritual<\/u> 1986<\/strong>\n\nAn exhibition of nine artists from Washington, D.C., at Touchstone Gallery (a co-op. gallery), Washington, D.C., February, 1986. The artists: Sam Gilliam, Martha Jackson-Jarvis, Yvonne Carter, Sylvia Snowden, Frank Smith, Denise Ward-Brown, Michael Platt, Jerome Meadows and Percy Martin. The exhibition included a catalogue essay written by Keith Morrison (see \"Catalogues\").\n\n<strong><u>\u00a0Evocative Abstraction <\/u>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01986<\/strong>\n\nAn exhibition of abstract art from Washington, D.C., at Nexus Gallery (Suzanne Horowitz, director) Philadelphia, PA., January, 1986. The artists: William Willis, W.C. Richardson, Walter Kravitz, Chris Gardener, Martha Jackson-Jarvis, Patrice Kehoe, Steven Cushner and Keith Morrison. The exhibition was accompanied by a catalogue with photographs and essay written by Keith Morrison (see \"Catalogues\").\n\n<strong><u>Art in Washington and its Afro-American Presence: 1940-1970<\/u>.\u00a0\u00a0 1985<\/strong>\n\nAn exhibition of 140 historical works, including paintings, sculptures, prints, crafts from the U.S., Central and South America, and Ancient African art. Accompanied by a catalogue\/book, with black and white and color reproductions, written by Keith Morrison (see \"Catalogue\/Book).\n\nExhibition held at Washington Project for the Arts (Jock Reynolds, director) April, 1985.\n\n<strong><u>Alternatives by Blacks <\/u>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01981<\/strong>\n\nAn exhibition of painting, sculptures and environmental installations of eight artists including: Terry Adkins (Virginia), Yvonne Carter (Washington), David C. Driskell (Maryland), Sherman Fleming (Washington), Sam Gilliam (Washington), Lois Mailou Jones (Washington), Jerome Meadows (Maryland), Martha Jackson-Jarvis (Washington), Robert Owings (Baltimore), Lorenzo Pace (Chicago), Gregg Pitts (Los Angeles), Joyce Scott (Baltimore). A catalogue accompanied the exhibition.\n\nHeld at Washington Project for the Arts (Al Nodal, director) Washington, D.C.\n\n<strong><u>Black Experience in Art<\/u>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1971<\/strong>\n\nAn exhibition of ten Mid-Western artists including Geraldine McCullough, Ralph Arnold, Bertram Phillips, Nelson Stevens, Sherman Beck.\n\nExhibition held at Bergman Gallery (Virgil Bernett, director), University of Chicago, 1971.\n\n<strong><u>\u00a0Jacob Lawrence's Toussaint L'Ouverture Series.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1969<\/u><\/strong>\n\nAn exhibition of the 39 works of the series of paintings, borrowed from Fisk University. 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