Sally Jane Brown

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Sally Jane Brown is an artist, curator, and writer currently based in Morgantown. Her artwork including drawing, painting, and performance, explores womanhood, motherhood, and the body. She has exhibited her work in spaces nationally and in the UK. She has won two awards for illustration for Intimates and Fools and Leaves of Absence, both with poetry by Laura Madeline Wiseman. She also illustrated What We Do in the Hollows with poetry by Renée K. Nicholson. She has participated in artist residencies in Tennessee, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, and Argentina. Her writing has been published in Hyperallergic, Women's Art Journal, and Panorama, among others. She has curated group shows in Omaha, Nashville, Pittsburgh, and Morgantown. She has been awarded several grants and awards for her artistic and scholarly work, and presented at multiple national arts conferences. She holds a Bachelor of Arts-Studio Art, a Master of Public Administration, and a Master of Arts- Art History and Feminist Theory. She is a former member of the College Art Association National Committee on Women in the Arts, edited the online journal Les Femmes Folles, and currently serves as Curator for West Virginia University Libraries, Contributing Writer for the Borshch of Art Discover Database, and Art Editor for Thimble Literary Magazine.

Experience

  • 2017–present
    Curator, West Virginia University Libraries

Education

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    University of Nebraska, Bachelor or Arts, Studio Art
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    University of Nebraska, Master of Public Administration
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    West Virginia University, Master of Arts, Art History

Publications

  • 2024
    Dual Review: Water Talks: Empowering Communities to Know, Restore, and Preserve Their Waters By Betsy Damon; Stuff: Instead of a Memoir By Lucy R. Lippard, Woman's Art Journal
  • 2022
    Interview With Marie Bergstedt, Amy Chaiklin and Laurence de Valmy, ArtSpiel
  • 2021
    Institutional Time: Judy Chicago’s Career Through the Lens of Art Education,, Panorama
  • 2020
    The Curating of Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party, Woman's Art Journal
  • 2020
    Feminist Curating: What it means and why it matters, WVU Faculty Scholarship
  • 2019
    The Subtle Feminism in the Art Writing of Roberta Smith,, Widewalls

Professional Memberships

  • Southeast College Art Association

Honours

Mary Shipper Award for Gender Equity, WVU Accessibility Advocate

Contact Sally for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision