Frances Whitehead (USA)

Frances Whitehead is an artist working from a multifaceted aesthetic position on publicly engaged projects that aim to contribute to a sustainable cultural future.  Understanding the imperative for artists to operate in a larger society she has focused on strategies to deploy the knowledge of artists towards these ends, asking What do Artists Know? Whitehead is currently developing a series of linked civic initiatives including The Embedded Artist Project  http://www.embeddedartistproject.com with the City of Chicago Innovation Program  and The Great Lakes Basin Phenologic Garden Project, a climate change/culture change initiative for the Chicago Park District.  Whitehead is Professor of Sculpture at SAIC since 1985.