Stephen C. Wicks is the Barbara W. and Bernard E. Bernstein Curator at the Knoxville Museum of Art. He served as curator of collections and exhibitions at the Columbus Museum (Georgia) between 2003 and 2006, but has overseen KMA’s collections for nearly 20 years. He holds a Master’s Degree in Art History and Museum Studies from Case Western Reserve University. During his curatorial career, he has organized dozens of exhibitions devoted to contemporary art, including Forest of Visions (1993), Awakening the Spirits: Art by Bessie Harvey (1998), Richard Jolley: Sculptor of Glass (2000) and New Directions in American Drawing (2006).