Kaleta Doolin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1950 |
| Education | Southern Methodist University Meadows School of the Arts |
| Occupation(s) | Artist and philanthropist |
| Organization | Kaleta A. Doolin Foundation |
Kaleta Ann Doolin (born 1950) is an American artist and philanthropist. Doolin is known for her advocacy for women artists. [1]
Doolin was born in Dallas, Texas to Mary Kathryn (Kitty) Doolin and Charles Elmer Doolin. [2] Her father Charles was the inventor of Fritos and Cheetos. [3] [4] Doolin received a B.F.A. degree in 1983 and an M.F.A. degree in 1987, both from the Southern Methodist University Meadows School of the Arts. [5] A survey of her works, entitled Crazier than Crazy Quilts, was featured in the Erin Cluley Gallery in 2023. [6]
In 1995, with her husband Alan Govenar, she founded the Texas African American Photography Archive, consisting of 60,000 photographs by vernacular and community African-American photographers in Texas. [7] [8] The pair donated the archive to the International Center of Photography in 2014. [9]
In 1998, Doolin founded the Kaleta A. Doolin Foundation in order to help American art institutions purchase and exhibit the work of women artists. [3] [10] The foundation supported the Nasher Sculpture Center, the Dallas Museum of Art, [11] the Hammer Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Dia Beacon, the DIA Chelsea and the Modern Women's Fund of the Museum of Modern Art in New York [3] In 2015 the foundation created the Kaleta A. Doolin Acquisitions Fund for Women Artists at the Nasher Sculpture Center. [12] [13] [14]
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