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Author: Sheila Dickinson Sheila Dickinson

Sheila Dickinson, PhD, is a curator, an art critic and art history professor focusing on contemporary art. She’s published widely on platforms, such as Artforum, ART News, Brooklyn Rail, Hyperallergic, and Hong Kong’s Artomity. Most recently, she was Visiting Assistant Professor in the Art and Art History Department at Macalester College. She held the position of Artistic Director of the Rochester Art Center and currently teaches medical students through looking at art for the Mayo Clinic.

A person stands to the side of an industrial post and spinning chain in a white-walled gallery corner
1Liz Larner, Corner Basher, 1988. Gaby and Wilhelm Schürmann Collection, Herzogenrath and Berlin. Photo by Eric Mueller, courtesy Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
Visual Art
8-19-2022

Held in a Corner: Mater(iality) and Mater(nality) in Liz Larner’s Corner Pieces

Sheila Dickinson
Large print of a light-skinned person holding a child with curly blond hair stands on a gray floor, with multicolored drawings hanging on a white wall behind it.
1Installation view of A Glitter of Seas, Dreamsong, Minneapolis.
Visual Art
7-14-2021

Messy from the Start: Birth, Breastfeeding, and Abjection

Sheila Dickinson
1Artist Andy Sturdevant and Abigail Statinsky, editor of Phonebook (a national directory of artist run spaces), created this image during a live-mapping project at the closing party for Hand in Glove to visualize connections between Phonebook contributors and audience members.
Literature Visual Art
10-29-2015

Art is Transformation

Sheila Dickinson
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1Art (Like It Matters) in progress at this year's Fringe Fest. Photo by Craig David, courtesy of Roger Nieboer
Design Performing Arts Visual Art
8-5-2015

Object Lessons

Sheila Dickinson
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Moving Image Visual Art
3-23-2015

In Heavy Rotation

Sheila Dickinson
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Literature Performing Arts Visual Art
5-7-2014

Dance the Body Electric

Sheila Dickinson
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Moving Image Performing Arts Visual Art
5-24-2013

Digital Culture and Art(ists) on the Verge

Sheila Dickinson
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Moving Image Visual Art
10-24-2012

The Art of Play

Sheila Dickinson
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