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Gallery Director

gallery director
Michael Dickins - director and curator of The New Gallery and University Art Collections
MFAIA - Goddard College, BFA - Georgia Southern University

Dickins' role as a curator in a university setting is to provide diverse programming that is visually appealing, physically engaging and intellectually challenging to the university and surrounding communities. "As a gallery director, it is my privilege to provide a safe space for artists to experiment with their craft, engage with the public, and participate in a dialogue on issues of social, cultural and political identity that is welcoming and accessible to the public."

Dickins earned an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College and a BFA from Georgia Southern University. He also completed the International Curatorial Program, NODE Center for Curatorial Studies, based in Berlin, Germany. He has attended, chaired, and presented on various conference panels at CAA, SECAC, and F.A.T.E.. He is a member of AAMG, AAM, AAMC and has served as juror for apexart NYC, SouthArts, AIRE, UAH and other institutions.

His work has been exhibited throughout the Southeastern U.S. as well as Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Denver, Houston, San Diego, Portland; Augusta, Maine, Istanbul and Berlin. He has twice been a featured artist at {Re}Happening at Black Mountain College, and has received commissions from the Pittsburgh Playhouse and the Houston Metropolitan Dance Company for original sound score and projection design.

dickinsm@apsu.edu
931-221-6519



Gallery Assistants

mai mai
Mai Mai Newberry '26 - gallery assistant. 2023 Hazel Smith Summer Research Fellow / CECA performance scholarship recipient
BA Art History
lily
Lily Goodowens '26 - gallery assistant. CECA performance scholarship recipient
BFA Studio Art
jordan fulsom
Jordan Fulsom '25 - gallery assistant. Jewel Birdsong Curatorial Scholarship recipient
BFA Graphic Design
TNG-social media
Abbi Farthing '25 - gallery social media manager. CECA Performance Scholarship recipient
BFA Graphic Design

Former Gallery Assistants

gallery assistant
Sara Roach '24 - gallery assistant. 2021, 2023 Jewel Birdsong Curatorial Scholarship recipient / Online Collections Database manager / collection education/media creator
BFA Animation + VFX
zoe farren
Zoe Farren '24 - Social Media Intern - The New Gallery / College of Arts and Letters
BS Professional Communications
gallery assistant
Katie Boyer '23 - chief gallery assistant / social media manager. CECA Performance Scholarship Recipient / 2021 Hazel Smith Summer Research Fellow / 2020, 2022 Jewel Birdsong Curatorial Scholarship recipient / 2022 Summer Gallery Assistant, Chautauqua Visual Arts Galleries
BFA Graphic Design
gallery assistant
Rheanne Bouchard '23 - gallery assistant. CECA performance scholarship recipient / 2022 Hazel Smith Summer Research Fellow / 2023 Summer Gallery Assistant, Chautauqua Visual Arts Galleries
BFA Studio Art
Jamie Erwin '22 - gallery assistant / Art History Intern
BA Art History

When not working directly with The New Gallery on exhibition installation, the gallery assistants work primarily with the University Art Collection This work includes the cataloging, photographing, handling, restoring, researching, exhibiting and care of the 3500+ piece art collection of Austin Peay State University. The online database was created and implimented by Sara Roach '24.

Gallery Assistants are scholarship recipients that are interested in applying their work hours to learn valuable museum-management skills in an active, hands-on environment. If you are interested in becoming a gallery assistant, please contact Michael Dickins, dickinsm@apsu.edu or in person at AD 235e.