Since joining the Galleries in 2015, he has curated 19 exhibitions, established the Fisk Museum Leadership Program, expanded, and nurtured partnerships, and implemented innovative programs to foster access to, and engagement with the collections. Sheats is a Trustee of the Frist Art Museum and Board Member of the HBCU Alliance of Museums and Galleries; Association of Academic Museum and Galleries; and the Maddox Fund. He received an MFA from Tufts University and BS in Art from Fisk University.