Cathryn Keller

From the American Southwest to the Middle East, versatile writer-editor (former publisher, producer), quick study, writes about arts, culture, travel with clarity, wit, insight. Exceptional ability to translate the complex into accessible public language for diverse audiences. Recent assignments include reviews/interviews with museum directors/curators for Washington Post; reviews and think pieces for art and museum trades. Expertise/current interests: Middle East travel, culture, art, fiction (Egypt, Turkey, Israel, Palestine); public memory and memorials; museum issues (governance, history, meaning); post-9/11 anxiety expressed in art and fiction; high end residential architecture/ design/interiors; book reviewing (visual arts and fiction); New Mexico and Southwest; Hawaii.

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

• Smithsonian magazine (and Smithsonian.com) (3-5)
• Washington Post Style/Arts (3-5)
• Sculpture magazine (1-2)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

• National Gallery of Art (3-5)
• Architecture, design, preservation, real estate (10+)
• Smithsonian Institution (3-5)

Awards

Recent recognition related to arts and culture writing: Critics' Residency, Maryland Art Place 2004 (one of two writers selected to write catalogue essay and serve on public panel); story collection short-listed for Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction (Sarabande Press, 2001); American Association of Museums publications awards for museum publications (annual reports) I edited and published

Associations

ArtTable