Background
Beck, Al William Son of Joseph Emanual Beck and Celia Frances Garfinkle.
Beck, Al William Son of Joseph Emanual Beck and Celia Frances Garfinkle.
Bachelor, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1956. Master of Fine Arts, Clayton University, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1977.
Elementary visual arts specialist Ashtabula City Schools, Ohio, 1957—1959. Chairman, visual arts department Eastlake-North High School, 1959—1967. Dean for students Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, 1967—1968.
Head art department, gallery director Culver-Stockton College, Canton, 1968—1996, artist-in-residence, professor emeritus, 1997—2004. Summer director water safety Camp Taconic, Hinsdale, Massachusetts, 1959—1974. Film creator, 1970; midwest field researcher Gallop Poll Princeton Research Center, New Jersey, 1977—1978.
Artist, photography, painting, design, and visual literacy educator John Wood Community College, Quincy, Illinois, 1976—1993. Coordinator research project of history photographic evidence Illinois Humanities Council, 1982. Attendee various workshops and summer programs in field.
Corporal United States Army, 1953-1955, Korea.
(Book by Beck, Al)
(Book by Beck, Al)
(Book by Beck, Al)
Author, artist: book Gnomes and Poems, 1992, Sight Lines, 1996, Songs From The Rainbow Worm, 1997, Beaucoup Haiku, 1999, God Is In The Glove Compartment, 2000, Survival Weapons, 2001, Warm Verse, Cold Turkey, 2002, Rapping Paper, Mythic Thundermugs, 2002, Conversations With Lizard's Bones and Wizard's Stones, 2003, Lifepsychles, 2004, folksinger: album Vintage Voices/Timeworn Tunes, 1998. Contributor articles to professional journals and magazines.
Participant educational evaluation teams NCA, 1967. English as Second Language teacher Taegu, Republic of Korea, 1955. Children's swimming instructor American Red Cross, 1958—1976.
Member of Monroe City Arts Council, Hannibal Art Center (Hannibal Sculpture prize 2000), Quincy Art Center (Best in Show award 2000), Veterans Foreign Wars (life), Korean War Veterans (life).
Married Carmen Isabel Federowich, September 11, 1939. Children: Jeremy, Adam, Zoe.