About The Other White Cube Project

Everyone is a collector.

Some people collect paintings and others collect bellybutton lint (it’s true). Many books and projects have focused on what people collect but rarely do they address how collectors display their items. The Other White Cube Project explores one venue on which many people gather, arrange, and share their collections – on the refrigerator.  Functioning as mini-museums, refrigerators display objects of value, from wedding photographs to children’s drawings. Even seemingly unimportant items, like take-out menus and appointment reminders, tell a story about our lives, our personalities, and our interests. With 99.5% of households owning at least one, the refrigerator is the most popular and widely used exhibition space in the U.S, and likely elsewhere. For these reasons and more, I invite you to share pictures and details about your refrigerator displays. Be a part of the Other White Cube Project.  

About the Creator

Stuart Robinson is an associate professor of art and chair of the art department at Radford University. He completed his doctorate in Art and Visual Culture Education at the University of Arizona in 2014, and his dissertation used the Other White Cube Project to study arts-based, online research; museum and community education; and post-material ethics. Formerly, Stuart was the arts educator at Fenster High School, a private boarding school in Tucson, Arizona, where he taught courses in art, anthropology, film studies, and creative writing. Prior to teaching, Stuart performed educational roles at a number of art museums across the country, from Ohio to Alaska to Arizona. His experiences inspired the Other White Cube Project, which he began developing in 2010. Stuart has shared his research at conferences, nationally and internationally, and he recently published an article in the Journal of Social Theory in Art Education, which he later joined as a reviewer. From 2017-2020, Stuart served as the assistant professor of art education at Southern Utah University, and, from 2014-2017, as the assistant professor of art education at Northwest Missouri State University. In 2016, Stuart received the Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching from Northwest Missouri State and Higher Education's Art Educator of the Year Award, given by the Missouri Art Education Association. In his personal time, Stuart has a passion for hiking, live music, and the preservation of Appalachian folk traditions. 

For more information on Stuart and his art projects, please go to the portfolios page.