Minneapolis, MN | Rochester, MN
Also known as: middlewest
Scott Stulen is the Curator of Audience Experiences and Performance at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. He is also an artist, programmer, writer, DJ, former Director of the McKnight Artist Fellowship for Photographers and Project Director of mnartists.org at the Walker Art Center, an online art hub serving over , Midwest artists and arts organizations. He created, produced and curated innovative on and off-line programming including the first Internet Cat Video Festival (#catvidfest), Artist Designed Mini Golf, Community Supported Art (CSA), mnartists.org Field Trip, Drawing Club and is the co-curator of the Walker Art Centers ongoing Open Field initiative. Prior to joining the Walker, Scott was the Associate Curator and Curator of Education at the Rochester Art Center. He is the co-founder of SELLOUT gallery and has served on the board of The Soap Factory and TuckUnder Projects, both Minneapolis-based alternative art spaces. Scott is a frequent, and highly sought guest lecturer in college and university art courses as well as national and international conferences on topics of professional development for artists, social media, public practice and arts entrepreneurship. He has recently presented at the SXSW Interactive conference (Austin), CultureTECH (Derry, Northern Ireland) and TEDx (Indianapolis). He is the recipient of numerous awards for his visual artwork, including the Katherine E. Nash Purchase Prize, and Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grants and Meet the Composer's Creative Connections Grant. He holds a BFA in Sculpture from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and a MFA in Painting and Drawing with a minor in Art History from the University of Minnesota.
