Curator Talk with Daniel Duford

The Center for Contemporary Art & Culture is honored to present Don’t Be Clever, Be True: Late Works by David Eckard, curated by Daniel Duford. This memorial exhibition honors the artistic achievement and community impact of David Eckard, an artist and educator who touched the lives of generations of students, having served as Associate Professor and Head of the Sculpture Department of PNCA from 2000-2025.

Join us in discussion with the curator of the exhibition, Daniel Duford

For 25 years, Daniel Duford has woven visual narratives — stories that flow through large paintings, graphic novels, installations and figurative sculpture. His work is born from the mythic and political history of North America. He is a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow, a 2010 Hallie Ford Fellow and a 2012 Art Matters Grant recipient. His work has been exhibited nationally including MASS MOCA, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at PSU, Orange County Museum of Art and the Museum of Northwest Art. He is the founder and director of The Ground Beneath Us, a place-based art educational experiment and publisher.

His curatorial projects include the 2012 exhibition Fighting Men: Leon Golub, Jack Kirby, Peter Voulkos (2012) at the Hoffman Gallery at Lewis and Clark College and An Earth Song, A Body Song: Figures with Landscapes. Works from the Permanent Collection (2020) at Orange County Museum of Art. He is currently Visiting Professor of Art at Reed College and founding director of The Ground Beneath Us.