Introducing Courtney McClellan, Burnaway’s Editor and Artistic Director (@courtneylmcclellan)!

Courtney McClellan (she/her) is an artist, writer, editor, and educator originally from Greensboro, North Carolina. She has served as the Fountainhead Fellow at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond; the Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence at the University of Michigan; a Working Artist Project fellow at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia; and the Innovator in Residence at the Library of Congress. Her work has been supported by residences at McDowell, Yaddo, Stove Works, and the Hambidge Center, among others. Her essay “Putting Words in Your Mouth and Images in Your Eyes” was published in “Ventriloquism, Performance, and Contemporary Art” (Routledge 2023), a volumed edited by Dr. Jennie Hirsh and Dr. Isabelle Loring Wallace. She is the editor and artistic director at Burnaway. _ Photo by Jill Frank