Around Town Panelists

Bill Dunlap

William Dunlap has distinguished himself as an artist, arts commentator and educator during a career that spans more than three decades.

His paintings, sculpture and constructions are included in collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Lauren Rogers Museum, ExxonMobil Corporation, Riggs Bank, IBM Corporation, Federal Express, The Equitable Collection, Ogden Rogers Collection, Arkansas Art Center, the U.S. State Department and U.S. embassies throughout the world.

He has had solo exhibitions at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, National Academy of Science, Aspen Museum of Art, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Museum of Western Virginia, Albany Museum of Art, Cheekwood Fine Arts Center, Mint Museum of Art, Mississippi Museum of Art and the Contemporary Art Center in New Orleans.

Dunlap co-curated several exhibits at the Meridian International Center in Washington, D.C., including "A Winding River: Contemporary Painting from Vietnam," and "Outward Bound: American Art on the Brink of the 21st Century."

He is an experienced speaker and has lectured on art-related subjects at colleges, universities, institutions and professional conferences. He also writes for such publications as Art & Antiques, Washingtonian and Arts Review, and has been on "Around Town" since 1988.

Dunlap's work can be viewed on his Web site www.williamdunlap.com.