The Institute unlocks the potential of Still’s extraordinary gift, enabling artists and thought leaders the freedom to innovate and transform our present and future. The Institute Residential Fellowship Program at the Clyfford Still Museum focuses on three pillars of study: art; education; and social enterprise. The Early Childhood Education Fellow will develop projects that would benefit from and contribute to the practices in early childhood education pursued by the Learning and Engagement team at the Clyfford Still Museum. Proposed projects would advance the development of new possibilities at the intersections of art museums, education, and early learning.
2026 Institute Fellowship applications are open from December 2, 2025 through February 2, 2026.
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Past Early Childhood Education Fellows
Learn more about the past Early Childhood Fellows and their projects.
- Kyong-Ah Kwon, PhD, 2025
- Dr. Michael A. Barla, 2024
- Dr. Heather Kaplan, 2024
Early Childhood Advisory Board Members
- Cristina Gillanders, Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education, School of Education and Human Development, University of Colorado, Denver
- Sharon Shaffer, Founding Director, Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center, Routledge series editor, Global Perspectives on Children in Museums
About Early Childhood Education at the Still
Learn more about Early Childhood Education at the Clyfford Still Museum by downloading this .pdf.