Carol Mickett & Robert Stackhouse

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Carol Mickett and Robert Stackhouse have worked collaboratively for over sixteen years. Their practice includes painting, printmaking, and large-scale, site-specific sculpture techniques to explore water and environmental decay. Dr. Carol Mickett received her BA from the University of New Hampshire in 1974 and her PhD in Philosophy from the University of Minnesota in 1988. Dr. Robert Stackhouse received his BA from the University of South Florida in 1965, his MA at the University of Maryland in 1967, and his Honorary Doctorate from the University of South Florida in 2006. They have work in the National Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, and Art Institute of Chicago collections among others. They currently live and work in St Petersburg, FL.

Education and Academic Appointments

Dr. Carol Mickett

1988
University of Minnesota, Ph.D.  Philosophy

1974
University of New Hampshire, B.A. (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa)

1971
New York University, Undergraduate Work (Professor, Philosophy, CMSU and Kansas City Art Institute, 1989 – 1999, Visiting Professor, Museum Studies, USF, 2013-14)

Dr. Robert Stackhouse

2006
University of South Florida, Honorary Doctorate.

1967
University of Maryland, M.A.

1965
University of South Florida, B.A. (Professor, Art, 1966-1987, Professor Emeritus, Corcoran College of Art, 1987, Lamar Dodd Distinguished Chair, University of Georgia, 2000-2003, Richard Koopman Distinguished Chair, Hartford School of Art, 2001)

Select Mickett-Stackhouse Exhibitions

2015
FOREVER: The Corcoran 30th Annual Print Portfolio, Carroll Square Gallery, Washington, DC.
Architectured Water, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA

2013
Carol Mickett-Robert Stackhouse, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University, Auburn, AL.  (August 31-January 4)
Tidal Works, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Gallery, Sarasota, FL.
Phases of Identity, Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, FL.

2012
Breath of Water The Lab Gallery, New York, NY.
Florida Focus Exhibition:  A Celebration of Contemporary Florida, Art, Ken Rollins Fine Art and The Studio @ 620, St. Petersburg, FL.

2011
Crossing Bridges, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL.

2010
50th Anniversary Invitational Show, International Sculpture Center, New York, NY.
2010 Affordable Gifts of Art: a juried exhibition, Spattered Columns at Art Connects New York, NYC, NY.
Visual Unity 2, Polk Museum, Lakeland, FL.

2009
First Class, Terrasanti, Penngrove, CA.

2008
Site Matters: Proposed Installations for the New TMA, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
Waves of Meaning, St. Petersburg Art Center, St. Petersburg, FL (catalogue).
Robert Stackhouse:  Editions Archive, Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
Harper College 40th Anniversary Art Invitational, Harper College, Palatine, IL.

2007
The Water is Wide: The Art of Boat Making, The Studio @ 620 w/The Florida Maritime Museum of Cortez, St. Petersburg, FL.

2006
Arts Alive 2006, Tampa, FL.

2005
ArtBiz, College of Business, University of South Florida-St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, FL.

2003
Works from Studio 101 and a collaboration with Carol Mickett, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

2002
Carol Mickett/Robert Stackhouse:  A Collaboration, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Select Mickett-Stackhouse Commissions

2015
Central Avenue Art-In-Transit (design phase), commissioned by City of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, FL
Gateway Trio, commissioned by Clayco Corporation for Gateway Plaza, Richmond, VA.

2014
Central Avenue Art-In-Transit (conceptual phase), commissioned by City of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, FL.

2013
Breath of Cypress Moon, commissioned by Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, FL.

2012
Breath of Water The Lab Gallery, New York, NY.
Delaware Passage, redesign, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE.

2011
On Board: Gulf NEWS and USFSP Icondance, Art in State Buildings Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, FL.
Raw Flamboyancy, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL.

2010
Place In The Woods, commissioned by Hunter Museum of American Art through the Benwood Foundation, Chattanooga, TN.

2008
In The Blue, commissioned by St. Petersburg Art Center, St. Petersburg, FL.

2007
Peace o’ Eight, commissioned by First Night, St. Petersburg, FL.

2006
Factor 24, commissioned by Arts Alive 2006, Tampa, FL.

2004
Confluence, commissioned by Indianapolis Art Center for Artspark (a sculpture park designed by Michael Graves) Indianapolis, IN.

2001
American Print and Cortona Print, Published by Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia at the International Print Symposium, Cortona, Italy.

Select Collections
Clayco Corporation, Chicago, IL
Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
City of Takamatsu, Japan
International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ
Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
University of Central Florida, Public Art Collection, Orlando, FL
Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
ARTSPARK, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
Law Firm of Thomas & LoCicero, Tampa, FL
Jamie Johnson, New York, NY
Roy & Agnes Slade, Clearwater, FL
Bonita Cobb, St. Petersburg, FL, Robert Glaser and Rob Bowen, St. Petersburg, FL
Marilyn and Kenneth Harrison, Chattanooga, TN
Murry Bring, Sarasota, FL
Charlotte and Charles Perret, Sarasota, FL
George Gloesel, Bay City, MI

Robert Stackhouse:
John and Maxine Belger Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO.
Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Oliver Ranch Sculpture Park, Geyserville, CA
Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia
Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
National Gallery, Washington D.C
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
Prudential Life Insurance Company of America, Minneapolis, MN
Kemper Insurance Company, Long Grove, IL
Exxon Corporation, New York, NY
Citicorp, New York, NY
Sunrise Foundation, Inc., Charleston, WV
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
Thomas & LoCicero, Tampa, FL
Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
Philadelphia Savings Fund Society, Philadelphia, PA
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Phillip Morris, New York, NY
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Smith College Museum of Art, North Hampton, MA
Newsweek Magazine, New York, NY
J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated, New York, NY
American Express, New York, NY
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C
The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C
Hallmark Cards Inc., Kansas City, MO
Rayovac, Madison, WI
Texaco USA, Houston, TX
Corndisco, Inc., Rosemont, IL
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
Beach Museum, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Knoxville Museum, Knoxville, TN
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
Imagery Estate Winery, Sonoma, CA

Publications (About and By Mickett-Stackhouse)

2015
20th Anniversary Corcoran College Print Portfolio, Hand Print Workshop and the Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, DC.

2013
Tampa Review. Cover and interior images and essay by Richard Matthews, editor (Tampa, FL, University of Tampa, Vol. 45/46, 2013).
Tyler Whitson, “Visual Artists Carol Mickett and Robert Stackhouse Discuss the collaborative process at their current Tidal Works Exhibition Downtown,” Sarasota News
Leader, Sarasota, FL, March 1, 2013.
Megan Voeller, “Satellites of Love,” Creative Loafing, Tampa Bay, FL, February 2013.
Cheri Castro, “12 years of Collaborating Artistry,” Herald-Tribune, Sarasota, FL, Feb., 14, 2013.
Cover Image, Season: The Observer’s guide to the arts and society, Sarasota, FL, Spring 2013.
Pamela Beck, “Art Travels,” Sarasota Visual Art, sarasotavisualarts.com, January 2013.
Mallory Gnaegy, A&E Editor, “Backstage Pass:  Light is Shed on the Inner Working of an
Installation,” The Observer, Sarasota, FL, January 9, 2013.
Madison Chapman, “Artists See Connected Cycles,” Herald-Tribune, Sarasota, FL, January 2013.

2012
Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann and M. Kathryn Shields (New York: Thames & Hudson, 2012) pp. 42 & 69.
Jonathan Goodman, “Reviews: New York, Carol Mickett and Robert Stackhouse, The Lab Gallery,” Sculpture Magazine, November 2012: Volume 31, Number 9, pp. 74-75.
The Lab Video see:  http://vimeo.com/35592492
Luis Gottardi, “From St. Pete to NYC: A Breath of Water,” Art Taco, Tampa, FL.

2011
Luis Gottardi, “Tangled up in Blue: Crossing Bridges,” Art Taco, Tampa, FL.
Lennie Bennet, “Carol Mickett and Robert Stackhouse Show Depth in Blue-hued Art
Show at UT,” Tampa Bay Times, July 3, 2011.

2010
Kevin Sims, “Park Sculpture is Work in the Woods, “ News Channel 9, Chattanooga, TN, March 5, 2010.
Michael Crumb, “Organic Dynamic,” The Pulse, Chattanooga, TN, February, 24, 2010.

2009
“Place In The Woods,” Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga, TN, November 8, 2009.
Tampa Review. Cover Image and Essay by Richard Matthews, editor (Tampa, FL, University of Tampa, Vol. 36, 2009).
Karla Jackson, “Stackhouse: Snapshots of an Artist,” Alumni Voice, April 2009.  (Cover image).

2008
Waves of Meaning:  Robert Stackhouse and Carol Mickett, Essay by Roy Slade, Director
Emeritus, Cranbrook Art Museum and Former Director, Corcoran Gallery of Art
Margaret Buchen, Harper College 40th Anniversary Art Invitational: A Celebration of Collecting Art at the College
James Borchuck, “Last Night in St. Petersburg,” St. Petersburg Times, January 1, 2008.
“New Year’s Resolve Before The Fire, St. Petersburg Times, January 1, 2008.
Megan Voeller, “Home Port,” Creative Loafing, January 9 -15, 2008.
Lennie Bennett, “Dual Nature,” St. Petersburg Times, January 27, 2008.
Catherine Ward, “Art Goes Big in Haven Park,” Lakeland Ledger, March 11, 2008.
Paul Swinder, “Whole-Brain Approach to Art,” St. Petersburg Times, April 9, 2008
Mary Jane Park, “Artist’s name, like his work, will live on,” St. Petersburg Times, April 24, 2008.
Carol Mickett and Robert Stackhouse, “Sculpture 2008,” 7th Annual Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition Catalogue (Lakeland, FL: Polk Museum of Art, 2008).
“City’s First Night Wins For Creative Programming,” St. Petersburg Times, July 6, 2008.

2007
Carol Mickett and Robert Stackhouse, “True Dutterer,” True Dutterer:  The Work of William S. Dutterer (Washington, DC: American University Museum, 2007).
David Ellis, The Water is Wide: The Art of Boat Making (St. Petersburg, FL: The Studio @ 620, 2007).
Laumeier Sculpture Park Benefit Catalogue (St. Louis, MO: Laumeier Sculpture Park, 2007).
Esther Hammer, “Symbol of Divide Unifies Past, Future,” Tampa Tribune, May 4, 2007.
Mary Jane Park, “On The Town,” St. Petersburg Times, November 4, 2007.
Anne Shamas, “The Artistry of First Night,” Best in St. Pete, Nov/Dec 2007.
Mary Jane Park, “Water Retreat,” bay: a magazine of the St. Petersburg Times, December 2007.
Scott Keeler, “Building it to burn,” St. Petersburg Times, December 28, 2007.
Cristina Silva, “Welcome 2008 at First Night,” St. Petersburg Times, December 30, 2007.

2006
“Scene & Heard,” Tampa Tribune, April 20, 2006.
Mary Jane Park, “On The Town,” St. Petersburg Times, April 16, 2006.

2005
Sam Yates, 58th Annual Student Art Competition (Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee, 2005).
S. L. Berry, “Gallery Under The Clouds,” The Indianapolis Star, August 21, 2005.
Mary Jane Park, “Live Arts Recalls Bay’s Early Days,” St. Petersburg Times, February 12, 2005.
Mary Jane Park, “Arts Events Share Lot of Weekend Attention,” St. Petersburg Times, March 9, 2005.

2004
S. L. Berry, “Want to Work In Stone? Try ‘Confluence’,” The Indianapolis Star, July 18, 2004.
S. L. Berry, “Cornerstone,” The Indianapolis Star, July 18, 2004.
S. L. Berry, “Carving Out A Niche,” The Indianapolis Star, June 26, 2004.
S. L. Berry, “Park Draws Art Outdoors,” The Indianapolis Star, May 30, 2004.
Mary Jane Park, “Artist’s Glass Brightens Stuart Society Benefit,” St. Petersburg Times, Jan. 25, 2004.
Mary Jane Park, “Crowd Tunes In To Leavengood-Ahlin Sampler,” St. Petersburg Times, Nov. 14, 2004.
Mary Jane Park, “Hoosiers Huddle With Newcomers,” St. Petersburg Times, March 30, 2005.
Jim Judy, “Stackhouse/Mickett – A Great Collaboration,” Cultural Affairs, Volume 8, Issue 1.

2003
Carol Mickett and Robert Stackhouse, Cover Image and “Collaborations,” The Georgia Review, Vol. LVII, No. 1, Spring 2003.
Jon Wilson, “Artists Look To Turn Home Into Studio,” St. Petersburg Times, April 2, 2003.
Jessica Sandler, “The Rise of Tampa Bay’s Creative Class,” Tampa Bay Metro, October/November 2003.
Mary Jane Park, “Lecture Pays Tribute to City’ Art Reputation,” St. Petersburg Times, Nov. 19, 2003.

Honors, Awards, and Related Activities

2015
Host/Curator of Our Town, Carol Mickett, Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, FL (since 2011).
Community Advisory Board, Institute for Research in Art, USF, Tampa, FL
MUSE Arts Ambassador Award, St. Petersburg Arts Alliance, St. Petersburg, FL.

2012
Hall of Fame, Robert Stackhouse, Auburndale High School, Auburndale, FL.

2010-12
Arts Advisory Committee, Carol Mickett, City of St. Petersburg, FL

2010
Hall of Fame, Robert Stackhouse, Polk County, FL.

2009
“40 in 40” outstanding alumni, Robert Stackhouse, 40th anniversary USF Alumni Association.

2008
First Night International Creative Programming Award: Peace O’ Eight, sculpture Mickett/Stackhouse.
Art Building of Auburndale High School named Robert Stackhouse Art Center.
Artist Lifetime Achievement Award, Robert Stackhouse, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL.
Alumnus of Notable Achievement, Carol Mickett, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota.

2006
Honorary Doctorate, Robert Stackhouse, University of South Florida.

2000-03
Lamar Dodd Distinguished Chair, Robert Stackhouse, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

2001
Richard Koopman Distinguished Chair, Robert Stackhouse, Hartford School of Art, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT.
New Voice, Carol Mickett, Salina Annual Poetry Series, Salina, KS.

2000
Missouri Arts Council, Carol Mickett, Grant for Art Radio.  (1997-2000)
Squaw Valley Writers Community, Carol Mickett, Squaw Valley, CA.

Lectures, Visiting Artists, Judges, and Awards
2015
Creating Unified Places in a Contemporary Cityscape, 2015 Florida Main Street Conference, St. Petersburg, Fl.
Commencement Speaker (Robert Stackhouse), Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington DC.
Host and curator (Carol Mickett), Our Town, conversations with mythmakers of St. Petersburg, FL, Dalí Museum, St.Petersburg, FL (since April 2011).

2014
Lecture, Art and the City, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL.

2013
Judges and Keynote Lecture for Inaugural year long Out of the Box Sculpture Exhibition, and Visiting Artists, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University, Auburn, AL. (October 2013).
Lecture, Phases of Identity, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL.
Artist Talk, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Gallery, Sarasota, FL.

2012
Visiting Artists, Tandem Press, Madison, WI
Lecture, Carol Mickett & Robert Stackhouse, Chazen Museum of Art w/Tandem Press, Madison, WI.

2011
Visiting Artists, Studio F, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
Lecture, Recent Work: Carol Mickett & Robert Stackhouse, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.
Lecture, Crossing Bridges, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL.
Lecture, Place In The Woods:  1 year anniversary, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN.
Lecture, Revenue, Reputation, and Resources, Culture Builds Florida Conference – Department of State’s Division of Cultural Affairs, Tampa, FL.

2010
Public Art Expert Webinar, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
Lecture, Carol Mickett and Robert Stackhouse, Artist Table, Morean Art Center, St. Petersburg, FL

2009
Judges and Keynote, Mid-South Sculpture Alliance Conference, Chattanooga, TN.
Lecture, Public Art, The Holmberg Arts Leadership Institute, Allied Arts, Chattanooga, TN.
Keynote, Hillsborough County Public Schools Art Teachers. USF, Tampa, FL.

2008
Keynote, Mid America College Art Association, Heron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN.
Keynote, Art and Business, Self-employment in the Arts Conference, Univ. of Tampa, Tampa FL.
Judges, 7th Annual Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Polk Museum, Lakeland, FL.

2005
Judges, for the 58th Annual Student Competition, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
Lecture, Mickett-Stackhouse Collaboration, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TX

2004
Lecture, Mickett-Stackhouse Collaboration, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN.

2003
Lecture, Art of Collecting, Mickett/Stackhouse Studio, St. Petersburg Art Center, St. Petersburg, Fl

2002
Judges, 15th Annual ARTstravaganza National Exhibition Competition, Association for
Visual Artists and the Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN.

2000
Visiting Artists, International Print Symposium, University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy.

A significant portion of their work explores water both two dimensionally and three dimensionally.  Their explorations are not literal representations, but look at water and its ways-of-being metaphorically.  Of their installation Breath of Water (Lab Gallery, NYC), Jonathan Goodman wrote in Sculpture Magazine:  “It was abstract and did not show water, or its movement in any directly recognizable way, but the idea of water, its ability to change subtly, was beautifully portrayed.” As collaborators, they are continually intrigued by the challenge of exploring different ways of depicting water.

In explaining their interest in water, they reference water as the substance that is omnipresent and occurs in many forms and many shapes.  And yet, it cannot exist alone.  It requires architecture or an infrastructure.  For example, if you think about the water in a river, the form the water takes as it moves down river or even if it stands still is shaped by the banks, the river bed, the rocks, tree limbs or objects that exist in the river.  The manifestation of the water is shaped by its form (liquid, solid, gas) and its environment.

The “idea of water” allows them to explore how structure or environment or an imposed conceptual scheme shapes our world, and us and how, in these structures, we are nevertheless always in flux – in the constant flow of life.