Katie Watson-Best

Katie Watson-Best is the Digital Media Manager at the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver, Colorado. Watson-Best studied photography and new media at the Kansas City Art Institute and received an MFA in advanced photographic studies from the International Center of Photography and Bard College. Before shifting to museum work in 2019, Katie was a long-standing faculty member at University of Denver and Metropolitan State University where she developed interdisciplinary courses in new media and video art.

Katie Watson-Best will be speaking at the Museum Marketing Summit 2024 :

Finding Creativity Within Constraints: Storytelling at a Single-Artist Museum

Clyfford Still’s personal story is one of the many things that makes the Clyfford Still Museum unique. He planned to give 93% of his life’s work to an American city willing to house and care for the collection after his death, with the specific request that no other artist would ever be shown within the Museum’s walls. The City of Denver cherishes Still’s gift, but the pre-established restrictions present unique challenges as our marketing team endeavors to expand the Museum’s stories, include our communities, and highlight diverse perspectives in the single-artist museum’s audience communication.