2007 Rosen Juror:

Shannon Fitzgerald

Independent Curator & Writer, St. Louis, MO

Shannon Fitzgerald is an independent curator and writer based in St. Louis. Recent publications include Larry Krone: Artist/Entertainer (2006), Ruby Osorio: Story of A Girl (Who Awakes Far, Far Away) and Dzine: Punk Funk (2005), Yun-Fei Ji: The Empty City and Michael Lin (2004) all of which accompanied exhibitions she curated for the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. She was Chief Curator at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, where she worked from 2000-2007, and curated the thematic group exhibitions Staging: Janieta Eyre, Julie Moos, Zwelethu Mthethwa (2002) and co-curated with Tumelo Mosaka the Contemporary's inaugural and traveling exhibition A Fiction of Authenticity: Contemporary Africa Abroad (2003). She has curated solo exhibitions of new work by international artists: Larry Krone, Michael Paul Britto, Ruby Osorio, Dzine, Keith Piper, Yun-Fei Ji, Polly Apfelbaum, William Pope.L, and Michael Lin, among others. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Massachusetts College of Art in Boston and a Master of Arts degree in Art History and Museum Studies from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. Prior to moving to St. Louis, Fitzgerald worked at the Institute of Visual Arts (inova), University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. Fitzgerald is currently teaching in the department of Art and Art History at Webster University, St. Louis.

The Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition is a national juried competition presented annually by the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts on the campus of Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. The Rosen has become an integral part of An Appalachian Summer Festival, the university's annual multi-arts celebration presented by the Office of Arts & Cultural Programs.

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