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clyfford still | museum
clyfford still | museum
A baby sits on the floor and touches an orange and yellow shape in a tactile book
A mother holds her infant as they look at art together
Photo by Brent Andeck Photography

Early Childhood Education

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.

Applications are now open for the 2025 Institute Residential Fellowship Program at the Clyfford Still Museum. A committee of staff and external advisors will select six Fellows to engage the Museum and its collections from July 1–31, 2025, in Denver, CO. Applications are due by January 31, 2025.

Learn More and Apply

The program is built on three pillars of study: art; education; and social enterprise.

  • Early Childhood Education – The 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 CSM. Proposed projects would advance the development of new possibilities at the intersections of art museums, education, and early learning.

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

Past Early Childhood Fellows

About Early Childhood Education at CSM

Learn more about Early Childhood Education at the Clyfford Still Museum by downloading this .pdf.