Ellen Fleurov is an American museum curator and photography historian. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development open to the public which acquires conserves researches communicates and exhibits the Curator (from Latin cura care means manager overseer. A curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution (e Photography (fә'tɒgrәfi or fә'tɑːgrәfi (from Greek φωτο and γραφία is the process and Art of recording pictures by means of capturing See also History An historian is an individual who studies and writes about History, and is regarded as an Authority on it
Fleurov lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia and is the founder and President of "Ellen Fleurov & Associates LLC/Crossroads Traveling Exhibitions". The founding curator of the photography department at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Fleurov has curated more than 50 exhibitions, site specific projects and multimedia installations. The High Museum of Art is a leading art museum in the Southeastern United States. Many of Fleurov's exhibits have toured internationally and have been featured in publications such as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Art in America. Art in America is an illustrated monthly Magazine published since 1913 [1] In March of 1997 Ellen Fleurov was honored by the Georgia Commission on Women for "Georgia Women in the Visual Arts"
Works
- Curated & Produced first major museum exhibition on the life and career of Otis Redding (marking the 40th anniversary of his death) for Georgia Music Hall of Fame, Macon. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar "Otis Redding: I've Got Dreams To Remember" includes more than 250 artifacts as well as four interactive kiosks, two special video compilations and four wall text panels created exclusively for show. Named Best Exhibition of the Year in 2007 (for project budgets over $100,000) by Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries.
- Curated All Eyez on Me: Hip and Photography, Vaknin Gallery, Atlanta, GA, November 13, 2006 -January 8, 2007,the largest exhibition on subject ever seen in the Southeast, with work by Annie Leibovitz, Mark Seliger, Jonathan Mannion, Danny Clinch, Jim Fiscus, Nitin Vadukul, Jerome Abertini, Janette Beckmann, George DuBose, David Corio, Estevan Oriol, Piotr Sikora, Roger Erickson, Eric Johnson, Michael Schreiber, Shannon McCullom, and Simone English-Green
- Developed creative concepts and wrote study determining competitive market potential, communications strategy, technical feasibility and costs for international sculpture exhibition at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. :Niki in the Garden" became second best-attended attraction in Garden’s history, with 210,000 visitors over five-month period.
- Second Sight: The Photographs of Edward Sturr, 1961–1970 (Joseph Bellows Gallery: La Jolla, CA, 2002, 31 pp. ).
8No Sun Without Shadow: The Art of Harry Sternberg (California Center for the Arts, Escondido, 2000, 148 pp. ).
- Foreword, Eloy Tarciscio: Recent Work /Obra Reciente (California Center for the Arts, Escondido, 2000, 48 pp. ).
* "This Sporting Life, 1878-1991" (High Museum of Art and University of Washington Press, 1992). The University of Washington Press is the nonprofit book and multimedia publishing arm of the University of Washington. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Exhibition was named 1992 Museum Exhibition of the Year by Georgia Association of
Museums and Galleries, 1992.
- Curated "Sites Unseen—Shimon Attie: Public Projects and Photographs, 1992-1998"
Organized by Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, November 17, 1999–January 16, 2000 Venue: Museum, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, February 13–May 7, 2000
- Curated "To the Moon and Beyond: Astronomers and Photographers Explore the Heavens
Organized by Museum, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, October 7, 2001–January 11, 2002 (Featured the highly acclaimed photographs from Michael Light's Full Moon, coupled with over 50 images from the Hubble Space Telescope, Gemini, Voyager and other unmanned space voyages since the 1960s. )
- *No Sun Without Shadow: The Art of Harry Sternberg
Organized by Museum, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, October 8–December 31, 2000 (accompanied by catalogue of same name).
- "Ralph Gibson/Light Years: Recent Gifts from the Kuniansky Family Collection" (High Museum of Art, 1997). Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar
- "Walker Evans, Simple Secrets: Photographs from the Collection of Marian and Benjamin A. Hill Collection" (High Museum of Art and Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1997). Harry N Abrams Inc is a book publishing company in New York City, New York founded in 1949 by Harry Nathan Abrams to publish high-quality art and illustrated books New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar
- "Pictures from Home: Six African American Studio Photographers in the South, 1900-1950" (Tubman African American Museum, Macon, GA, 2005). Macon is a city located in central Georgia, USA It is among the largest metropolitan areas in Georgia and the county seat of Bibb County. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [2]
- Successfully designed,launched and directerd only Southern California presentation of landmark, international touring exhibition, "Here Is New York: A Democracy of Photographs" with 500 photographs, honoring the first anniversary of 9/11, opening in San Diego's
Gaslamp Quarter on September 10, 2002. Positioned as the “must-see” event of fall 2002, serving 52,000 visitors over a 56-day run. Generated $1. 54 million for restaurants, hotels and retailers in San Diego’s historic Gaslamp Quarter. Lead Sponsor was Viejas Enterprises(Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians.
- "The South by Its Photographers" included many Southern artists, among them William Christenberry, Jack Spencer, Melissa Springer and Thomas Tulis among others. William Christenberry (born November 5, 1936) is a Photographer, painter and sculptor who works with personal and somewhat mythical Jack Spencer (born 1951) is a self-taught American Photographer. Melissa Springer is an American Photojournalist More than 50 magazines including Aperture, Elle, Forbes, Harpers Bazaar Thomas Tulis (born 1961 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is an American Photographer and painter living and working in Atlanta This exhibition traveled from the Birmingham Museum of Art to Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia, South Carolina and the Louisiana Center for Arts and Sciences Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Founded in 1951 the Birmingham Museum of Art today has one of the finest collections in the Southeast with more than 17000 paintings sculptures prints drawings and decorative arts The Columbia Museum of Art, South Carolina's international art museum has a collection of European and American fine and decorative art that spans several centuries The exhibition was also made into a book by Susan Sipple Elliott, with an introduction by John E. Schloder and a short forward by Fleurov and other jurors "The South By Its Photographers". - ISBN 0-87805-954-7
- Fleurov authored "Walker Evans Simple Secrets: Photographs from the Collection of Marian and Benjamin A. Hill". - ISBN 1080963620which
was named as one of the top 50 American books of 1998 by the American Institute of Graphic Arts Award
- Her Olympic exhibition http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2479/is_n4_v25/ai_20418249 "Picturing the South"] while curator of photography at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia The exhibit was also made into a book, "Picturing the South, 1860 to the Present" (Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1996)and was awarded the Mary LoPresti Award for Excellence in Publishing, Art Libraries Society, North America, 1997. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games The High Museum of Art is a leading art museum in the Southeastern United States. The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar)
External links
- ^ Crossroads Founder Ellen Fleurov. Retrieved on 2006-08-28. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital
- ^ Ellen Flurov Biography. Atlanta Photography Group. Retrieved on 2006-08-28. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital
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