| Bettye J. Stull | |
| Birth Place: | Wheeling, West Virginia |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Arts Curator |
| Birth Date: | June 13, 1931 |
| Spouse: | Robert J. Stull |
Bettye J. Stull (June 13, 1931 in Wheeling, West Virginia) is a curator, arts educator, and collector and is a pivotal figure in the Columbus Black arts community,[1] known for her mentorship of young Black women, including artist April Sunami and activist Jessica Byrd.[2] [3] In her work as staff curator at the King Arts Complex, she was the founding director of the Elijah Pierce Gallery. Her other African and African-American art shows have appeared at the Ohio Craft Museum, the McCoy Community Arts Center, the Cultural Arts Center[4] and several other area venues.[1] She served as an art advisor for the Long Street Bridge “Culture Wall,”[1] a collaboration between the City of Columbus, the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, and the Ohio Department of Transportation, which created an innovative arts-based solution to the long-standing problem of urban neighborhoods divided by freeways.[5]
Stull was married to ceramicist Robert J. Stull, a professor of art at Ohio State University, from 1971 until his death in 1994. He was Dean of the Fine Arts department from 1979 to 1984.[6]