Background
Blackmun, Barbara Winston was born on June 29, 1928 in Merced, California, United States. Daughter of Walter Lafayette and Marian Lewelyn (Warner) Winston.
academic administrator educator art historian
Blackmun, Barbara Winston was born on June 29, 1928 in Merced, California, United States. Daughter of Walter Lafayette and Marian Lewelyn (Warner) Winston.
Bachelor in Fine Art, University of California at Los Angeles, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy in Art History, University of California at Los Angeles, 1984. Master of Arts in Art History, Arizona State University, 1971.
Teacher elementary, secondary schools, California, 1949—1964, 2009. Instructor humanities Malawi Polytechnic College, Blantyre, 1965—1966. Lecturer, chairperson arts and crafts board University Malawi, Limbe, 1967—1969.
Instructor art history San Diego Mesa College, 1971—1976, professor chairman department art, 1976—1979, 1983—1985, professor emeritus, 2000—2010. Curator African art collection Mesa College, since 1986. Adjunct lecturer visual arts department University California, San Diego, 1987, 2008, adjunct faculty art history, 2004.
Adjunct associate professor art history department University of California at Los Angeles, 1987, visiting associate professor art history, 2000. National program director African American Institute, Malawi, 1968—1969. Member National Craft Development Committee, Malawi, 1968—1969, National Committee for Development O Level Syllabus in Art, Malawi, 1968—1969.
Member education council, contemporary arts committee San Diego Museum Art, 1975—1978, founding member African arts council, since 1976, guest curator, 2010. Board member San Diego Mesa College Foundation, since 1983. Curatorial consultant Chicago Field Museum, 1990—1993, Chicago Art Institute, 1994, 2006—2008, Detroit Institute Art, 2002—2010, Museum fuer Voelkerkunde, Vienna, 2003—2008, Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, 2003—2008.
Curator Glass Gallery exhibitions Mesa College, 2003—2010. Board member African and African-American Studies Research Program University California, San Diego, since 2004. Chair African Arts Council, San Diego Museum Art, since 2008.
Founding chairman San Diego County Public Arts Advisory Council, 1976—1978. Member of Arts Council African Studies Association, University of California at Los Angeles Fowler Museum Cultural Art, Mingei Museum International Art, San Diego Museum Art, Archaeol. Institute American, African Studies Association, College Art Association, Art Historian Southern California, Delta Kappa Gamma (Beta Gamma chapter).
Married Rupert Beall Blackmun, April 16, 1951. Children: Monica Blackmun Visona, William Winston, Karl Warner.