User:Daddysseeta/Edward A. Love

Edward A. Love American sculptor and installation artist ... BORN: Los Angeles, California, 21 September 1936.He was the son of Edward Leon and Alyce Johnson Love. Ed attended the Manuel Arts Senior High. Upon graduation, he joined the Air Force where he served for five years. MILITARY SERVICE: UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, 1954-58: AIRMAN FIRST CLASS. FAMILY: After the military service, married Winada Arlene Chapman and had two children, Edward Scott and Nia Lori Arlene Love born from this union. EDUCATION earned his bachelor and Master degrees from California State University of Los Angeles. University of Uppsala,Sweden, 1967-68 (postgraduate fellowship in Humanities and fine arts). CAREER:Professor of art, Howard University, Washington, D.C., 1968-87.During this period, Ed also taught at Workshop for Careers in the Arts and was one of the co-founders and co-creators of what would soon become the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. From 1987 to 1990, he was the Founding Dean of the Art Division of the New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida. Since 1990 professor of art, Florida State University, Tallahassee. Senior engineering draftsman, north American Aviation, Downey, California: architectural designer, Interim Assistance Project Design of Park/outdoor Recreation Centers, Washington, D.C.:associate fellow, Institute for Pan-African Culture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1972. Artist-in-residence, Workshop for Careers in the Arts, Washington, D.C., 1973-74. Board of advisors, Washington Project for the Advancement of the Arts, Miami 1988-90. AWARDS:District of Columbia Commission on the Arts Fellowship, 1986-87: District of Columbia Award in the Arts,1987:Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 1987-88; Arts Educator Award, National Foundation for advancement in the Arts, 19990: Art Educator Recognition Award, Pratt Institute, 1990; Distinguished Alumni Award, California State University,1991; Council on Research and Creativity Award, 1996. AGENTS:Nia Love- Blacksmith's Daughter Co., 25 St.Nicholas Terr Suite #23 New York, NY,10027 email: Dancemusicbsd @gmail.com,U.S.A; Scott Love- Aqua Blue5161 Shenandorh Ave. Los Angeles,Ca. 90056 email:Love4Blue@aol.com U.S.A.