Education
Scoates has an MFA in photography from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA in graphic design from the University of Florida. o Cranbrook Academy of Art is a graduate school and offers Master of Architecture and Master of Fine Art degrees only, and is located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Scoates also studied at Salisbury College of Art in the Film and Photography program.·
Career
Scoates was formerly chief curator for the University Art Museum at UC Santa Barbara.§ Announced February 2002o
When he came to CSULB in July 2005, he had 20 years’ experience as a curator.o Was also acting director of UC Santa Barbara’s University Art Museum. He served as the director of the Atlanta College of Art Gallery.
His writings have appeared in New Art Examiner, Sculpture, and Art Papers magazines.o He has published numerous exhibition catalogues including Nosegays and Knuckle Sandwiches: Work By Thomas Woodruff; Green Acres: Neo Colonialism in the US; On Translation: The Games; and Mining Culture in Technicolor.
2005: “I believe the mission of a university art museum is to pursue the margins, explore unknown territory, rediscover the familiar and take risks,” said Scoates. “It is my goal to guide the UAM with the conviction that contemporary art is a vital social force that extends beyond the art world and into the broader culture.”
Scoates has an MFA in photography from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA in graphic design from the University of Florida. o Cranbrook Academy of Art is a graduate school and offers Master of Architecture and Master of Fine Art degrees only, and is located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Scoates also studied at Salisbury College of Art in the Film and Photography program.·
Career
Scoates was formerly chief curator for the University Art Museum at UC Santa Barbara.§ Announced February 2002o
When he came to CSULB in July 2005, he had 20 years’ experience as a curator.o Was also acting director of UC Santa Barbara’s University Art Museum. He served as the director of the Atlanta College of Art Gallery.
His writings have appeared in New Art Examiner, Sculpture, and Art Papers magazines.o He has published numerous exhibition catalogues including Nosegays and Knuckle Sandwiches: Work By Thomas Woodruff; Green Acres: Neo Colonialism in the US; On Translation: The Games; and Mining Culture in Technicolor.
2005: “I believe the mission of a university art museum is to pursue the margins, explore unknown territory, rediscover the familiar and take risks,” said Scoates. “It is my goal to guide the UAM with the conviction that contemporary art is a vital social force that extends beyond the art world and into the broader culture.”
*Photo from www.csulb.edu
