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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Campus Community,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt">It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of Douglas McCulloh, Interim Executive Director and Senior Curator of Exhibitions at UCR ARTS. Doug died on Sunday, January 5, after a brief illness
at his home per his wishes, surrounded by loved ones, including his longtime spouse, Dawn Hassett.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt">An artist by nature and a curator-photographer by trade, Doug was a
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglas-mcculloh-7480256/">self-described </a>
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglas-mcculloh-7480256/">“troublemaker”</a> who joined UCR ARTS as a full-time staff member in July 2018. In February 2023, he stepped in admirably as the Interim Executive Director, providing steady and calm leadership
as UCR ARTS mounted several significant exhibitions, including <a href="https://pst.art/en/exhibitions/digital-capture-southern-california-and-the-origins-of-the-pixel-based-image-world">
<i>Digital Capture: Southern California and the Pixel-Based Image World</i></a>, <a href="https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/exhibitions/the-impact-of-images/">
<i>The Impact of Images: Mamie Till's Courage from Tragedy</i></a>, and a marquee retrospective on the California Museum of Photography's first 50 years of collecting, archiving, and curatorship.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt">Doug’s partnership with UCR ARTS started well before 2018, including the 2009 curated exhibition
<a href="https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/exhibitions/sight-unseen/"><i>Sight Unseen: International Photography by Blind Artists</i></a>. It was described as “the first major museum exhibition on a subject rich with paradox, provocation, and revelation.” The show has
continued to travel extensively.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt">Doug was a featured artist and author whose many images and publications highlighted photographic practices in and about the Golden State. Doug also collaborated with Distinguished Professor of Creative
Writing Susan Straight, most notably on the 2013 Riverside Art Museum’s <a href="https://riversideartmuseum.org/exhibitions/more-dreamers-of-the-golden-dream-2/">
<i>More Dreamers of the Golden Dream</i></a> (described as “a love letter to generations of Riverside’s Eastside community”) and
<a href="https://riversideartmuseum.org/exhibitions/wild-blue-yonder-douglas-mcculloh-susan-straight-2/">
<i>Wild Blue Yonder</i></a>, a 2014 exhibition recording the many hidden stories of Southern California veterans in the IE.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt">Born in 1959 in Los Angeles, Doug was best known as an artist for his
<a href="https://www.douglasmcculloh.com/">system-driven projects</a> that combined Surrealist-inspired chance operations with high-volume photography. He was an honors undergraduate at the University of California, Santa Barbara and held an MFA in photography
from Claremont Graduate University. He was a five-time recipient of funding support from the California Council for the Humanities, and his work has been shown internationally in hundreds of exhibitions, from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing to
London’s Victoria & Albert Museum, to the Smithsonian Institution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt">In a <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-nov-27-ca-48162-story.html">
1998 </a><a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-nov-27-ca-48162-story.html"><i>Los Angeles Times</i></a><a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-nov-27-ca-48162-story.html"> article</a> about “Chance Encounters: The L.A. Project,”
Doug was described as possessing “a wondrous weirdness. He’s never unsympathetic... Empathy is also tied to his working habits…when McCulloh shoots, he chats with most everyone willing.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt">Many of us will remember Doug as a warm, sympathetic, smart, and humble man who was always willing to chat and exuded that wonderfully wondrous weirdness. I recall fondly many of our conversations
over the years at UCR ARTS, including the opening reception for our current acclaimed PST show,
<i>Digital Capture</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt">I am working closely with CHASS Dean Daryle Williams to create a leadership transition plan at UCR ARTS. Academic activities and public programming at our premier photography museum and arts center
continue uninterrupted. For today, we extend our deepest sympathies to Dawn and Doug’s wider circle of family and friends, as well as colleagues here at UCR and across the globe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Office: 951.827.1129 | Email:
<a href="mailto:corinnac@ucr.edu">corinnac@ucr.edu</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Liz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Elizabeth Watkins, PhD </span>
</b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(she / her / hers)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Professor of History</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">University of California, Riverside</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">951.827.1129 | </span><a href="mailto:Elizabeth.Watkins@UCR.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Elizabeth.Watkins@UCR.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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