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Kendra Paitz

Director and Chief Curator
Office
CPU College Place Uptown 103
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Biography

Kendra Paitz has curated more than fifty exhibitions, which have been on view at Contemporary Art Museum (CAM), Raleigh; Unscripted Bal Harbor, Miami; The Frankin, Chicago; Gallery 210 at University of Missouri-St. Louis; and University Galleries of Illinois State University, among others. She has been the principal investigator for grants awarded by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Illinois Arts Council Agency, and Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation, among others. She has edited and supervised production of fifteen monographs and exhibition catalogues published by University Galleries.

Current Courses

ART 398.002 Professional Practice: Internship In Museum/Gallery

MA Visual Culture

Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois

MBA Arts Administration

Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois

BA Studio Art

Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, Illinois

Grants and Contracts

General Operating Support
Kendra Kathleen Paitz.
IIlinois Arts Council Agency. 2023 - 2024
Kambui Olujimi Exhibition and Publication
Kendra Kathleen Paitz.
National Endowment for the Arts. 2023 - 2025
Teen Art Group
Kendra Kathleen Paitz.
Illinois Prairie Community Foundation. 2023 - 2024
General Operating Support
Kendra Kathleen Paitz.
Illinois Arts Council Agency. 2022
General Operating Support
Kendra Kathleen Paitz.
Illinois Arts Council Agency. 2021
Teen Art Group
Kendra Kathleen Paitz.
Illinois Prairie Community Foundation. 2020
University Galleries Program Grant
Kendra Kathleen Paitz.
Illinois Arts Council Agency. 2020
Su Hui's Reversible Poem
Kendra Kathleen Paitz.
National Endowment for the Arts. 2019
Two-year programming support
Kendra Kathleen Paitz.
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. 2019
University Galleries Program Grant
Kendra Kathleen Paitz.
Illinois Arts Council Agency. 2019
Publication support
Kendra Kathleen Paitz.
Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation. 2016
Multi-year programming support
Kendra Kathleen Paitz.
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. 2015
Exhibition and publication support
Kendra Kathleen Paitz.
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. 2012
Publication support
Kendra Kathleen Paitz.
Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation. 2012