Erin Keever
Professional Publications
ARTICLES by Erin Keever (by date)
2023
October 10, 2023 "Cats & Cheez Doodles: an Interview with Sandy Skoglund" Glasstire Magazine
April 20, 2023, “Modern meets Baroque in Lance Letscher collages at Stephen L. Clark Gallery,” Sightlines Magazine
March 3, 2023, “At the Blanton, the exhibition ‘Day Jobs’ reveals stories of how artists work beyond their artwork,” Sightlines Magazine
February 2023, “A Gift of New Cutting: In the Studio with Lance Letscher” TAI Modern Catalog Lance Letscher Santa Fe, New Mexico
January 4, 2023, “‘Agents of change: On view at the Contemporary Austin, women artists show new ways of being in the world,” Sightlines Magazine
2022
October 12, 2022, McNay exhibition bridges two artists across generations: Benny Andrews and Deborah Roberts, Sightlines Magazine
August 30, “‘At the Blanton, ‘Painted Cloth’ presents more than the sumptuous clothes of Colonial Latin America,” Sightlines Magazine
August 2, “‘Banksyland’ capitalizes on Banksy’s anti-capitalist message, Sightlines Magazine
July 10, “‘Adventures in sound art and installation: Tarek Atoui’s ‘Whispered Pulses’ and Kate Newby’s ‘Feel Noise’,” Sightlines Magazine
May 6, “Mexic-Arte’s Chicano/a Art, Movimiento y Más en Austen, Tejas 1960s to 1980s” offers an important history lesson,” Sightlines Magazine
March 10, 2022 “Austin Does Austin at gallery-cum-garage Goodluckhavefun,” Sightlines Magazine
March 3, 2022, “Between being and nothingness: Oscar Muñoz at the Blanton Museum of Art,” Sightlines Magazine
January 27, 2022, “ Neuroplastic abstraction: Zoë Shulman’s ketagons,” Sightlines Magazine
2021
December 23, 2021, “At the Menil, Niki de Saint Phalle’s groundbreaking embrace of violence, joy, and women’s empowerment,” Sightlines Magazine
November 18, 2021, “At UT’s Visual Arts Center, two shows are both timely in their own right,” Sightlines Magazine
November 12, 2021, The Complicated Legacy of Daniel Johnston’s Art,” Sightlines Magazine
October 16, 2021, “ The Black Index upends the impulse for classification,” Sightlines Magazine
October 5, 2021, “Denise Prince In highly staged, color-saturated tableaux, Denise Prince bends expectations,” Sightlines Magazine
September 18, 2021, “In this Texas Biennial, Texas is the Protagonist,” Sightlines Magazine
September 2, 2021, “Review: ‘Fortune Teller’ at Ivester Contemporary,” Sightlines Magazine
August 16, 2021, “Bale Creek Allen moves his gallery — and himself — to Fort Worth” Sightlines Magazine
June 19, 2021, “Interactive in San Antonio: Current exhibitions at the McNay Art Museum, Ruiz-Healy Art and the Mexican Cultural Institute,” Sightlines Magazine
June 21, 2021, “At Blue Star Contemporary, ‘The Sitter’ gets a voice,” Sightlines Magazine
May 4, 2021, “Art review: Shirin Neshat’s land of dreams,” Sightlines Magazine
2020
December 23, 2020, “Best in Show: The Blanton Museum’s Expanding Abstraction,” Sightlines Magazine
October 8, 2020, “Review: Shelli Tollman’s Delicate Disorders,” Sightlines Magazine
September 4, 2020, “Review: Two from Radius Books on Ellsworth Kelly and Sol LeWitt,” Sightlines Magazine
August 5, 2020 “At Icosa Collective, The Exhibition Strategy is Nimble,” Sightlines Magazine
June 15, 2020, “At the Stephen L. Clark Gallery, Remaining Resilient,” Sightlines Magazine
April 28, 2020, “In Pease Park, Offer to Experience Mystic Raven Still Stands,” Sightlines Magazine
April 19, 2020, “Speed Distancing,” Sightlines Magazine
March 20, 2020, “Getting Prescient: Elizabeth Schwaiger’s Paintings Suggest Disaster …” Sightlines Magazine
February 6, 2020, “The Pleasure of Making” makes Viewing a Pleasure,” Sightlines Magazine
January 2, 2020, “Monster-Making at The Blanton is Not All Fun and Games,” Sightlines Magazine
2019
December 4, 2019, “WORK PLAY MONEY LOVE: At Northern-Southern,” Sightlines Magazine
October 1, 2019, “Andy Coolquitt’s Latest Exhibition Adds Welcome Kink,” Sightlines Magazine
August 8, 2019, “Lily Cox-Richard” Recasting the Blanton’s Battle Casts,” Sightlines Magazine
June 28, 2019, “The Babe Cave: Jennifer Ling Datchuk’s Truth Before Flowers,” Sightlines Magazine
April 30, 2019, “Why is Impressionist artist Berthe Morisot not well known today?” Sightlines Magazine
February 16, 2019, “Extreme Facilitator: Flatbed Press’ Katherine Brimberry,” Sightlines Magazine
2018
November 28, 2018, “The Fiction of Image Making: Sarah Canright Transcends Subject,” Sightlines Magazine
October 8, 2018, “Looking Not Entirely Like Anything: Huma Bhabha’s Other Forms of Life,” Sightlines Magazine
August 28, 2018 “Parking Lots, Pools and Palm Trees: From Ed Ruscha’s Archive ….” Sightlines Magazine
July 7, 2018, “In Fort Worth from Murakami to Meta-ish,” Sightlines Magazine
June 14, 2018, “Today’s Australian Aboriginal Artists Uproot Ancestral Stories,” Sightlines Magazine
May 22, 2018, “Sydney Yeager: A Willingness to Take What is Immediately Given,” Sightlines Magazine
March 29, 2018, “Weaving Light: In her newest work Elizabeth Chiles embraces serenity,” Sightlines Magazine
2015
Spring/Summer 2015 Issue of Aether Magazine, “Three Blocks Away but Move Up for Co-Lab”
2014
Fall/Winter 2014 issue of Aether Magazine, “Sydney Yeager: From Deconstruction, Transformation”
Spring/Summer 2014 issue of Aether Magazine, “Call for Austin Community College Art Gallery”
Special Edition January 2014 Issue of Aether Magazine, “International Printmakers: Crossing Boundaries, Making Connections
2013
Review for fyi/Art “Landscape Perspectives / Jerry Ruthven + Kirk Tatom”
Spring/Summer issue of Aether Magazine, “Award Recipient James Surls and his New Model”
2012
Fall/Winter 2012 Issue of Aether Magazine “Collecting with a Social Conscience: Ricardo and Harriett Romo”
Spring/Summer 2012 Issue of Aether Magazine (aetherart.com), “Leonard Lehrer: Artist, Educator, Advocate”
Spring/Summer 2012 Issue of Aether Magazine (aetherart.com), “In Review: Gary Webernick: Bots, Gizmos, Thingamajigs, Whatchamacallits and other Phenomena” at Kramer Gallery, Austin Community College
2011
Fall/Winter issue of Aether Magazine (aetherart.com), “Marc Burckhardt: A Personal Conversation”
Fall/Winter issue of Aether Magazine (aetherart.com), “Shawn Camp: A Review” (Shawn Camp: Sum of All Parts at Gallery Shoal Creek)
2009
Sept. 2009, “Annual Austin Museum Guide,” Austin American-Statesman Insert
Jan. 2009, “Community Colleges Affordable Option,” Austin American-Statesman Education Special Section Insert
2008
Feb. 14, 2008, “Weekend in Waco: Enjoy Parks, Museums, Shops and Eats,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT Insert
Aug. 28, 2008, “Coffee with Ben and Murph Willcott,” Austin American-Statesman, Life & Arts Section
Apr. 10, 2005, “Coffee with Greg Foley,” Austin American-Statesman, Life & Arts Section
May 29, 2008, “Artist Finds Connections at New Center,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, (Benito Huerta at Mexican American Cultural Center)
Nov. 2008, “Marble Falls Get Outta Town Guide” Austin American-Statesman, Special Insert
2007
Jan 11, 2007, “Exhibit Captures art of the Islands,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, (Christopher Schade: Islands at D. Berman Gallery)
Aug. 2007 Consignment Store Guide, Austin American-Statesman, Shopping Insert
Oct. 4, 2007, “Coffee with David Everett,” Austin American-Statesman, Life & Arts Section
Nov. 19, 2007, Austin American-Statesman, Austin 360.com, (Jonathan Marshall: The Book of Lenny at Art Palace)
2006
Jan.26, 2006, “Gabbiani Pulls Pieces Together, “Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, (Francesca Gabbiani: Wonderland at Lora Reynolds Gallery)
Mar. 2, 2006, “Leñero Casts Art History Net,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, (Red: Alberto Castro Leñero at Mexic-Arte Museum)
Mar. 6, 2006, “Mexico in Black and White” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, (Faustinus Deraet in Pulse at F8 Fine Art Gallery)
Apr. 12, 2006, “Flato’s New Works a Pixel Party,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, (Malou Flato, Barely Still Lifes at Davis Gallery)
Apr. 20, 2006, “Superspace feels a Bit Chaotic,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, (Hana Hillerova: Superspace at Women and Their Work)
May 11, 2006, “No One Place You Might Recognize,” Austin American-Statesman, (No One Place: Jimmy Jalepeeno at D. Berman Gallery)
May 25, 2006, “Studio 107 Fleshes Out Fine New Art,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, (Slick, Furry, Lush, Line :Candace M. Briceño, Miguel Cortez, Young-Min Kang and Jeongmee Yoon at Studio 107 Art Gallery)
July 27, 2006, “Few Highlights at UT Show,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, (Making it Alone at Creative Research Laboratory)
Aug. 4, 2006, “Wild & Bushy at Volitant Gallery,” Issue 74 of … Might Be Good, A Project of Fluent Collaborative
Aug.15, 2006, Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, “Bove’s Blanton Works Look Dated for a Reason,” (WorkSpace: Carol Bove: Setting for A. Pomodoro at The Blanton Museum of Art)
Sept. 25, 2006, Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, “A Closer look at Architecture, ”“Sean Perry: Transitory”, Stephen L. Clark Gallery
Nov.20, 2006, “Installation Art Fails to Take Flight,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, Workspace: Cristián Silva’s Black Sun: Green Flamingo at Blanton Museum of Art)
2005
Jan. 20, 2005, Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, “Open in This House Means Obvious,” (Michelle Mayer: Open House at Women and Their Work)
Feb. 3, 2005, “Works from A Beautiful Era,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, (Works from the Belle Epoque at Russell Collection of Fine Art)
Feb. 10, 2005, “Album, Poster Art Worth the Escape,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, (William Schaff and Mark Pedini : New Works at, Escapist Bookstore)
Feb. 17, 2005, “Bozarth Finds Audience for Whimsy,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, (William Bozarth: Pretty Pictures at TR Rodriquez Gallery)
Mar. 3, 2005, “Pocket Leaves Need to Feel,”Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, (Susan Whyne: Pocket Full of Posey at D. Berman Gallery)
Mar. 24, 2005, “From Drab to Dreamy in Watercolor,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, (Christopher St. Leger: Light to Dark at Davis Gallery)
Mar. 31, 2005, “ Livefeed Unfolds layers of Meaning,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, (Jeff Shore and Jon Fisher: Live Feed at Texas State University Galleries, Joann Cole Mitte Building)
Apr. 7, 2005, “Art Looks at the Spiritual Side of Nature,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, (Stella Alesi and Connie Arismendi: Sky Above-Earth Below at 2040 Gallery)
Apr. 21, 2005, “Something Fresh Without Motif,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, (Wheeler Brothers: Now Even Fresher at Flatbed Press)
Apr. 30, 2006, “Blanton Museum Opening,” Austin American-Statesman, Austin360.com
May 5, 2005 “At Umlauf, A Lighter Side of Schatz,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, (Mark Schatz: Umlauf Sculpture Award Exhibition at Sculpture Garden and Museum)
May 26, 2005, “Work, Like Its Exhibit Space, A Collaboration,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, (Tex- Mex Casserole from Brandon Petree and Dennis Hodges at Flux)
June 2, 2005, “Urban Roots Gallery Joins West End Scene,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT (Cinematic Collection, E. Moses Diaz at Urban Roots Gallery)
Aug. 2, 2005, “Interview with Zoe Nauman about her latest series: The Lower Bottoms,” Glasstire: Texas Visual Art Online
Aug. 4, 2005, “A Clever Collage of Clutter at Camp Fig,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, (Four Collaborative Collage at Camp Fig)
Sept. 22, 2005, “Tiretreads Rolls in Unexpectedly,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, (Tumbleweeds and Tiretreads: New Work by Bale Creek Allen at D. Berman Gallery)
Oct. 27, 2005, “In the Beginning, We’re Lost,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT (Suspended Narratives at Lora Reynolds Gallery)
Dec. 1, 2005, “You Won’t Believe Jack Spencer’s Photos,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, (Jack Spencer: New Works, Mixed Media at Stephen L. Clark Gallery)
2004
July 8, 2004, “Photos Illuminate Dillo Daze,” Austin American Statesman (Burton Wilson: Photographs, at Threadgill’s)
July 22, 2004, “In Black and White and Color at F8,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, (Summertime Hues: Jennifer Balkan and Nathan Jensen atF8 Gallery)
Aug. 5, 2004, “Yard Dog Keeps it Weird” Austin American-Statesman (Mr. Hooper and Kevin Titzer at Yard Dog)
Aug.26, 2004, “D. Berman Fills Seasonal Gap,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, (Hillevi Baar and Beverly Penn at D. Berman Gallery)
Sept. l6, 2004, “Art and Science Mix with Fashion,” XLENT, (Health Matters: Prints by Eric Avery at Slugfest Gallery)
Sept.18, 2004, “Ups and Downs at Guadalupe and Dougherty Shows,” Austin American-Statesman, Life & Arts Section, (Three: Honora Jacob, Jill Alo, and Amy Lindsay-Joynt at Guadalupe Arts Center)
Sept.18, 2004, “Ups and Downs at Guadalupe and Dougherty Shows,” Austin American-Statesman, (Multiple Originals IX at the Julia C. Butridge Gallery, Dougherty Arts Center)
Oct. 3, 2004, “Wood, Old and New at Davis Gallery,” Austin American-Statesman, Life & Arts Section, (Caprice Pierucci and David Hefner: Wood: Rhythm and Grain at Davis Gallery)
Oct. 3, 2004, “Wood, Old and New at Davis Gallery” (Headline for 2 Reviews), Austin American- Statesman, Life & Arts Section, (Testsite 04.4: A Collaboration between artist Annette Lawrence and writer Annette Carlozzi at Testsite)
Oct 28, 2004, “Midcentury Pioneer’s Work Recalled at Fort Worth Modern Art Museum,” Austin American-Statesman, Robert Motherwell: From The Collection 1941-1990, Fort Worth Modern
Nov. 7 “O2’s Uplift Feels Fresher than B-Side,” Austin American-Statesman, (B-Sides Faculty Show at Creative Research Laboratory (CRL), The University of Texas at Austin)
Nov. 7 “O2’s Uplift Feels Fresher than B-Side,” Austin American-Statesman, (Uplift and Rotation: by Cassandra James at O2 Gallery)
Nov. 11, 2004, “In New Braunfels, What’s the Ulterior Motif? Texas Art With an Attitude,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, (Wheeler Brothers: Ulterior Motifs No.8A at New Braunfels Museum of Art)
Nov. 11, “Aztlan Fills the Stage with Love,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT (Noches de Amores by Aztlan Dance company at Santa Cruz Center for Culture)
Dec. 2, 2004, “Maturity Has Taught Artist to Relax,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, (Contrasting Views: Jerry Ruthven and Tony Saladino at Gallery Shoal Creek)
Dec. 9, 2004, “Mo Scollan’s Artful Trip to Taos,” Austin American-Statesman, XLENT, (Mo Scollan: Paintings at 2040 Gallery)
Dec. 23, 2004, “Animal Planet in Art Form, Austin American-Statesman, XLENT (Jayne Hinds Bidaut: Animalerie at Wittliff Gallery, Texas State University, San Marcos)
1999
Aug 7, 1999, “Palter Brushes Up on Sophistication,” Austin American-Statesman, Life & Arts Section, (Chromatic: Adam Finch Palter at Austin Java Company)
Aug. 7, 1999, “Gallery Watch” Austin American-Statesman, Life & Arts Section, (Pools: Photos by Shelley Wood at City Municipal Building)
Oct. 2, 1999, “Painter’s Work Picques Morbid Curiosity,” Austin American-Statesman, Life & Arts Section, (Francis Bacon: A Retrospective at Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth)
BOOKS
Perry, Eugenia. (Contributor) Free Within Ourselves: African-American Artists in the Collection of the National Museum of American Art. Washington, D.C. National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, in association with Pomegranate ArtBooks, 1992.
Powers, John & Deborah. (Contributor) Texas Painters Sculptors & Graphic Artists: A Biographical Dictionary of Artists in Texas before 1942. Austin, TX: Woodmont Books, 2000.
Keever, Erin, Renfro, Robert, Roberts, Deborah and Morehead, Susan, Artistic Triumph Amid Darkness: The Creative Odyssey of Nancy Renfro,1937-1993, 2014.
Bonfitto, Peter, (Contributor) World Architecture and Society: From Angkor Wat to One World Trade, ABC-CLIO, 2020.
CATALOGS
Keever, Erin. The Gift of Cutting: In the Studio with Lance Letscher, Exhibition Catalog Essay TAI Modern, 2023.
Keever, Erin. (Co-Author) International Printmakers, exhibition catalog, Gallery Shoal Creek, January, 2014.
Keever, Erin. From El Manantial: An Exhibition of work by Rene Alvarado, Catalog for exhibition organized by Instituto de Mexico en San Antonio, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Unit of Cultural Affairs, 2004.
Keever, Erin. Going West exhibition catalog, Arthouse at the Jones Center, January 23-March 7, 2004.
NEWSLETTERS
Homework Helpline Newsletter, Austin American-Statesman, Writer and Editor, 1998-2000
Community Outreach Newsletter, Austin American-Statesman, Writer, 1998-2000
ArtsNews, Arthouse, Writer and Editor, 2000-2005
Memberships, Boards, Committees
ACC Exhibition Committee (2012- 2023)
Art History Intern Mentor (2019-2023)
Member AICA, International Association of Art Critics
Member, The Blanton Museum
Member, The Contemporary Austin
Board of Directors, Sightlines Magazine
Exhibition Committee, Austin Community College
Additional Professional Experience in the Arts
Employment
Fine Art Appraiser (Self-Employed), International Society of Appraisers, Member and Candidate for Full Accreditation. Completed Core Coursework Online. USPAP Compliant. Completed “Identifying Prints: Original, Fake or Reproduction?” “Understanding Historic Frames” and “Identifying Prints” .
Eliza Morehead Appraisals, Research Assistant, Consulting with clients and providing research and analysis on artwork provenance and value. Focusing on fine art appraisal.
Independent Writer and Visual Arts Critic, 1999-Present. Frequent Contributor and Board Member of Sightlines Magazine. Past Member Editorial Board of Aether Magazine (online). Austin Critics Circle; Writing over 100 art reviews in addition to human-interest pieces for Austin American-Statesman.
Arthouse at the Jones Center (now The Contemporary Austin), Exhibitions Coordinator and Public Relations Manager.
Nasher Company, Dallas, Texas. Arts Writing for Nasher Collection.
Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas. Director.
Lady Tennyson d’Eyncourt Slide Library, Division of Art History, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Slide Library Staff.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Graduate Intern.
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, Graduate Work in Photography Department.
State Preservation Board, Texas State Capitol Restoration, Austin, Texas, Curatorial Assistant and Photodocumentation Assistant.
Exhibitions
Print Austin Panel Discussion, The Contemporary Print 2020, February 15, 2020, Artist Talk Moderator.
In the Public Eye: New Work by Nathan “SLOKE” Nordstrom Austin Community College, Kramer Gallery March 27- May 14, 2017, Curator.
Going West, Arthouse, Austin, Texas 2004-2005, Curator.
Dynamic Duos, Cidnee Patrick Gallery Dallas, Summer 2004, Co- curator.
Inside the Display: The Digital Face of Interactive Art, Arthouse, Austin, Texas, 2003, Co-curator.
Published: January 19, 2025