Sheila Dickinson

Sheila Dickinson has been involved in the Minnesota arts scene for fifteen years as an arts writer, curator and art history professor. Her arts writing is widely published in local, national and international outlets, such as Artforum, ArtNews, Hyperallergic, MN Artists, InReview and City Pages. Most recently Dickinson held the position of curator and Artistic Director of the Rochester Art Center where she built collaborative exhibitions with community, cultural and health organizations that sustained and nurtured artists and the art center. She developed a local art program, Rooted, wherein she helped artists from the seven counties of southeastern MN to apply for SEMAC grants for a solo exhibition at RAC. Many of the artists had never applied or received an artist grant. She continues to support local artists in her community through building connections between Rochester and the Twin Cities art scenes.