Lee Morais is a noted museum educator, award-winning filmmaker and artist. As a painter he was represented by art galleries in New Orleans, Santa Fe, and Washington, D.C. As an arts administrator with the Arts Council of New Orleans, Morais helped administer a Percent for Art program that helped artists create works for public facilities. He brings his extensive museum, educational and creative experiences to the design of learning-based interactive exhibits in art and children's museums around the country.
As former Director of Education at the New Orleans Museum of Art, he established the Museum's interactive educational exhibition, the stARTing Point, one of the first permanent interactive educational installations in the United States.
Morais taught art and film making for over 25 years at Michigan State University, Towson State University, the University of New Mexico and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where he chaired the Fine Arts Department.
EDUCATION
Tulane University, B.A. 1954 – 58
Indiana University, M.F.A. 1958 – 60
RESUME´
Michigan State University 1962-63
University of New Mexico 1963 – 66
Towson State University 1966 – 69
University of Maryland, Baltimore County 1969 – 84
Independent Film Producer 1984 – 87
Arts Council of New Orleans 1987 – 91
New Orleans Museum of Art 1991 – 99
Artist/Museum Interactive Exhibit Designer 1999 – present
MUSEUM EXHIBIT DESIGN
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
Lakes Art Center, Okoboji, Iowa
Historic New Orleans Collection, New Orleans, Louisiana
The Great Lakes Children's Museum, Traverse City, Michigan
The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Jacksonville, Florida
Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo, Iowa
Frost Art Museum, Miami, Florida
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan