| Jacquelyn Lewis-Harris |
I am a curator an art consultant. I assist artists in promoting their art through exhibits, international exchanges and referrals to museums, art galleries and collectors. I also assist museums and collectors in managing their Pacific art collections through exhibits and sales to institutions. My latest exhibition promoted contemporary Papua New Guinea art at the East West Center in Honolulu Hawai'i. Contact me at : This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
369 Marillac Hall
Ferguson, Missouri, 63135
Current Research Projects
My current research relates to the role of indigenous culture and the arts in the development of young people's identities and learning within education systems and extra-local communities.
Education
2005 Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. "Anina Asi A Mavaru Kavamu" - We don't dance for nothing Solien Besena Cultural Retention in Urban Australia. 1992 Master of Arts, Anthropology, Sepik River Art and Identity, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. 1972 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking, Art History Minor from St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana. Awards and Honors
2007 New Faculty Teaching Scholar 2005 Center for International Studies travel award 2003 Hyack Fund Travel Fellowship 2001 Ronald McDonald Foundation grant for the Center for Human Origin and Cultural Diversity 2000 Visiting Fellow, Gender Relations Centre, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra Australia. Missouri Arts Council Award for CHOCD school programs 1999 One of three national panel experts for America Creates for the Millennium.
Courses Taught
World Cultures (Anthropology) Cultures of Oceania (Anthropology) Special Topics in Women's Studies (Anthropology) Senior Seminar Tutorial (Anthropology) Examining History, Community and Social Justice in Education Teacher Action, Advocacy and Leadership
Teaching Of Social Studies In The Elementary School
Field Research
2005 Senegal (4 weeks) interviewed African, European, and American contemporary artists in preparation for an exhibit 2004 Belau (three weeks) interviewed contemporary Pacific artists 2003 Australia/New Zealand (4 weeks) dissertation research 2000 New Caledonia (3 weeks) research on contemporary Pacific art Australia (6 months) dissertation research 1996 Western Samoa (4 weeks) research on Pacific contemporary art 1995 Hawai'i (3 weeks) research on contemporary dance forms and identity Samoa (3 weeks) research on contemporary and traditional textiles in Samoa 1994 Fiji (3 weeks) field research on contemporary Pacific art forms 1993 (3 weeks) Research and collection study in Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney, and Hawai'i 1992 Cook Islands (3 weeks) research on contemporary Pacific art
Academic and Professional History
2008 Curator and judge Venus Envy 2008 St. Louis, Missouri. Curator and project consultant, Conjunctions: Ubjects, Subjects and Place Schmidt Art Center, Southwestern Illinois College and Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. 2007 Education consultant The Nanakuli-Honolulu Academy of Art Community Initiative, Honolulu and Nanakuli, Hawai'i. 2007-2008 Collections consultant for Hintz Collection of Pacific and Philippines Art, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawai'i. 2005-2006 Consulting curator, Life in the Pacific of the 1700's, The Cook/Forester Collection of the George August University of Gottingen. Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawai'i. 2004-2005 Consulting curator, Tambacounda Dakar Geneva (TDG4) University of Missouri-St. Louis International Art Exchange, Tambacounda, Senegal. 2003-2007 Consulting curator, African Heritage Association art exhibits, St. Louis, Missouri. 2003-2004 Pacific Arts Festival Advisor, Ministry of Culture, Government of Palau.
Curatorial and Educational consultant for African art exhibit, Shaped by the Spirit, African Art from St. Louis Collections Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, Missouri 2002-2007 Consulting curator for Pacific Island and African collections, Honolulu Academy of the Arts. Honolulu, Hawai'i.
2000-2003 Melanesian content and curatorial consultant for the Bower's Museum Oceanic exhibit and gallery reinstallation, Santa Anna, California. 1998-Present Director Center for Human Origin and Cultural Diversity (CHOCD), University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.
1998- 2003 Curator, Anheuser-Busch Kings and Queens of Africa Collection. St. Louis, Missouri 1994- 1998 Assistant Curator, Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, The Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. Board member and American liaison, Vaka Moana - Ocean Roads Programme, UNESCO/Apia, Western Samoa.
Selected Exhibitions
2008 Ai Bilong Olgeta: Contemporary Papua New Guinea Art. East West Center Gallery, Honolulu Hawai'i. From West Africa to the Midwest a Journey of Space, Time, and Movement: the art of Ibiyinka O. Alao and Khalifa Ababacar Dieng, Belas Artes Gallery, St, Louis, Missouri. Venus Envy 2008 Mad Art Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri. 2007 Aya, Art of Endurance; Regional African American Artists. St. Louis Artist Guild, St. Louis, Missouri. 2006 Masks, Rituals & Ceremonies throughout the World, Belas Artes Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri. Khalifa Dieng- Time Series, Gallery Visio, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri. Creating a Culturally Rich Mosaic: Senegalese Contemporary Art, St. Louis Artist's Guild, and St. Louis, Missouri Nu Arts and Gallery Visio Emerging Artists, for the opening of the Centene Center for the Arts, St. Louis, Missouri.
2005 Bridging the Waters, Africa to America, St. Louis Artist Guild, and St. Louis. Missouri. U.S. Africa Sister Cities Contemporary Art Exhibit, World Trade Center, Clayton, Missouri. Nu Arts Gallery Visio: New Artists, Ferguson United Methodist Church, and Ferguson, Missouri. 2004 Local Women and Exotic Places, Regional Arts Commission Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri.
Shaped by the Spirit, African Art from St. Louis Collections, Sheldon Art Galleries, and St. Louis, Missouri. 2003 The Pacific Islands: Oceanic Galleries Reinstallation, Honolulu Academy of Art. Honolulu Hawai'i 2002 Art on Call: 10 African American Artists, Gallery Visio, University of Missouri-St. Louis, and St. Louis, Missouri 2001 Tradition and Change, Art from Oceania, Museum of Art and Archaeology, Columbia Missouri.
Books, Articles and Chapters
2007 Motu Koita Textiles of Papua New Guinea in the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, London, United Kingdom. The Center for Human Origin and Cultural Diversity: Mixing Social Justice, Literacy, Science and Self-discovery, in Social Justice Literacy in Education. (in production) The Solien Besena Example: Informal Cultural Education in Australia, in Confluence and Change in the Pacific, University of Hawai'i Press. (In production) 2006 Soilen Besena Women Artists - Keeping the Culture In Oz, in Pacific Arts Festivals, ed. Anne Allen and Deborah Waite, Bathurst: Crawford House. Addressing Race through Applied Anthropology, in Kroeber Anthropological Society Papers, Berkley, California.
Exhibit catalog, Life in the Pacific in the 1700's, J.A. Lewis-Harris and S. Little Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts. 2005 Gender, Location and Tradition: A Comparison of Two Papua New Guinean contemporary artists, Exploring World Art, ed. Pamela Rosi, Robert Welsch, and Eric Venbrux. Long Grove: Waveland. Multicultural Education Techniques for Pre-Service Education Students: Social Studies Methods Course, International Journal of Learning 2005 issue. 2003 Exhibit catalog The Art of Solomon Thurman, Vaughn Cultural Center, St. Louis, Missouri. 2002 Exhibit catalog, Mak Bilong Ol. Nijmeegs Volkerkundig Museum, Nijmeegs, Netherlands. 1999 Exhibit catalog, The Art of Abraham L. Walker, Abraham Lincoln Walker Foundation, East St. Louis, Illinois. Art of the Papuan Gulf, The St. Louis Art Museum art bulletin, St. Louis, Missouri.
Selected Professional Presentations and Invited Lectures
2008 Presentation, Impact of Backward Assessment and Guided Reflection on Social Studies Education: A Four-Step Teaching Cycle, American Educational Research Association conference, New York, New York. 2007 Invited lecture, Educating Curators and Collectors; Understanding Papua New Guinea Contemporary Art, Symposium, Papua New Guinean Art 1789 to 2007, De Young Museum, San Francisco, California. Invited lecture, Australian Aboriginal Art and Sense of Place, Art and Soul series, Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis, Missouri. Invited lecture, Women, Class and Power In the Workplace, YWCA Racial Justice Series, Harrriet Tubman YWCA, St. Louis, Missouri. Paper presentation, Creating Relevant Connections: The Nanakuli-Honolulu Academy of Art Community Initiative, National Association of Asian and Pacific American Education 29th conference, Honolulu Hawai'i. 2006 Discussant, Changing Contexts-Shifting Meanings: Transformations of Cultural Traditions in Oceania, Symposium, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawai'i. Lecture and Panelist, Culture Preservation and Diversity, 2006 International Cultural Summit, Honolulu, Hawai'i. Lecture, Center for Human Origin and Cultural Diversity, Community panel on Race, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Missouri. Lecture, Reading the Art of the Malangan, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. 2005 Lecture, What is Race?" Human Origin and Diversity, Racial Justice Lecture Series, Harrriet Tubman YWCA Metro St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri. Guest lecture and panel presentation, The Interpretation of Native Cultures and Their Objects, Hawai'i Museums Association, Honolulu, Hawai'i. Guest lecture, African American art in the WPA era, St. Louis Art Museum St. Louis, Missouri. 2004 Paper presented, CHOCD and Pre-Service Teacher Training, International Literacy and Learning Conference, Havana Cuba Lecture on Pacific Arts, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawai'i. Gallery talk, "Local Women and Exotic Places", Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, Missouri. Guest Lecture, Shaped by the Spirit-African Art in St. Louis Collections, Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, Missouri. Guest Lecture, Rites of Passage-Africa and the Pacific, The Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. Guest Lecture, Voices of the Ancestors-Africa and the Americas, The Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. 2003 Paper presented, Holding the Culture in Oz, Pacific Arts Association, Christchurch New Zealand. Docent Pacific Arts training, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawai'i. West African Cultures Training, National Imaging and Mapping Agency, St. Louis, Missouri 2002 Paper presented, Contemporary Papua New Guinea art, College Arts Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Anthropology Association, New Orleans, Louisiana. Guest lecture, Contemporary Pacific Arts, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawai'i. Cultural Diversity workshops, National Imaging and Mapping Agency, St. Louis, Missouri. 2001 Guest lecture, Tradition and Change, Art from Oceania, Museum of Art and Anthropology, Columbia, Missouri. 2000 Guest lecture, The Anheuser-Busch Kings and Queens of Africa Series, The Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri.
1999 Guest lecture, Community and Museums, Pacific Island Museum Association, Port Vila, Vanuatu. Panel member, Lift Every Voice and Sing, Vaughn Round Table, Vaughn Cultural Center and art gallery, St. Louis, Missouri Lecture, Art of the Papuan Gulf, Indiana University South East, New Harmony, Indiana. 1998 Guest lecture, Exhibiting Non-Western Art, Honolulu Academy of the Arts, Honolulu, Hawai'i.
Service to Academic Institutions and Foundations
2006 Cultural Diversity Consultant to the Regional Art Commission.
2005-2006 Planning committee Association of African American Museums conference, St. Louis, 2004 Community Advisory Committee Captive Passages exhibit, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Missouri. Planning committee "Rites of Passage Program" St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri 2004-2005 Advisory Board for the St. Louis TDG4 International Art Exchange 2003 Community Advisory committee, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis exhibit, A Fiction of Authenticity: Contemporary Africa Abroad. 2000-2007 Board member, African Heritage Association St. Louis, Missouri. 1998-1999 Award panel member for Regional Arts Council, St. Louis, Missouri. Award panel member for Missouri Arts Council Festival awards, St. Louis, Missouri. 1998-2000 Member of the Missouri State Arts Foundation Task Force. Member of the Missouri State Standards curriculum committee for fine arts standards grades k-12, St. Louis, Missouri. 1998-1999 Reviewer for National Leadership grants program, The Institute of Museum and Library Services, Washington D.C. 1997-1998 Award panel member for Missouri Arts Council, various panels, St. Louis, Missouri.
University of Missouri-St. Louis Service
2007 Anthropology and Language Merger committee Teacher Education Revision committee Teaching and Learning Online committee
2007-2008 Graduate Education committee 2006-2008 Recruitment, Admissions, Retention, and Student Financial Aid, University Assembly committee DCSJ recruitment and retention committee, College of Education 2006 School for the Future Advisory Committee University Senate Representative for Student Grievance Panel Center of Excellence in Urban Education Advisory Committee 2005-2007 Teacher Education Committee of the Division of Teaching and Learning, College of Education 2005 Chancellor's Taskforce on Diversity Faculty Advisor for GLBT Student Association Search Committee for Assistant Professor of art education Research Team St. Louis Teacher Enhancement Program Search Committee for Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology 2004 Search Committee for the Endowed Professor for Civic Education 2004- 2007 College of Education Student Advisory Committee 2003-present Deans Committee on Social Justice (formerly College of Education Social Justice committee) African /African American Studies Advisory Board
2000 - present Board member Center for the Humanities. 1998- 2006 Board member Institute for Women and Gender Studies
Service to the Community
2007 - 2008 CHOCD service provider director Ferguson Florissant 21st Century Enrichment Program
2006 Gateway to Science-St. Louis Region, member. Literacy for Social Justice Teacher Research, member. Education Committee of the St. Louis Refugee and Migrant Consortium, member. Television interview local NBC station, "CHOCD and African American. Studies". CHOCD service provider director for Saint Louis Teacher Enhancement Program. 2005-present Special School District, Cultural Diversity Advisory Board member, Ladue, Missouri. CHOCD service provider director for St. Louis In-Gear for Success. 2004 CHOCD-Combining Science, the Arts and Language Art Teacher workshops, advisor. Dances of India Video, CHOCD presentation. Television interview, Access cable-About St.Louis. 2003-2002 CHOCD service provider Ferguson Florissant Saturday Enrichment Academy. 2001-2000 CHOCD service provider Heart of our Community-Art and Culture, summer after-school programs for Wellston and Normandy middle schools. 2000-2004 CHOCD service provider Ferguson Florissant After-school Enrichment Programs. 1999- 2004 CHOCD service provider for Gear Up! IN-Gear for Careers, teacher enrichment programs for St. Louis Public, Wellston, Normandy, Maplewood/Richmond Heights school districts. 1999-2000 CHOCD service provider African Cosmos Program, Normandy-Wellston schools. 1999 Hands-On Teaching and Learning Teacher workshops, Normandy School District.
1999-1998 CHOCD service provider Summer of Service/Summer of Fun: Kids Building Community, St. Louis area middle school students. 1998-1999 CHOCD service provider Normandy Summer Science Camp, Normandy middle school students.
1995-1998 Africana Committee, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. Cultural Diversity Committee, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri.
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