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artist educator

Curtis Arthur Rhodes, American artist, educator. National Endowment for Arts artists creative fellow, 1975-1976; Ford Foundation grantee, 1976-1982; Michigan Arts Council grantee, 1984-1985; Michigan Artist fellow, 1989-1990, Artist fellow, 1976, 77, 81, 85. Member College Art Association.

Background

Rhodes, Curtis Arthur was born on November 5, 1939 in Butler, Missouri, United States. Son of Scott C. Rogers and Alberta M. Eveland Shern.

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts, University Kansas, 1962. Postgraduate, University Kansas, 1964. Master of Fine Arts, Ohio University, 1966.

Career

Teaching fellow, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1963-1964; teaching associate, Ohio U., Athens, 1965-1966; instructor art, Western Michigan U., Kalamazoo, 1966-1969; assistant professor, Western Michigan U., Kalamazoo, 1969-1973; associate professor, Western Michigan U., Kalamazoo, 1973-1979; professor, Western Michigan U., Kalamazoo, since 1979; graduate art program coordinator, Western Michigan U., Kalamazoo, since 1991. Member arts advisory board Michigan Council for the Arts, Lansing, 1975-1978. Print curator, director We.

Michigan U. Art Department, since 1970.

Achievements

  • Curtis Arthur Rhodes has been listed as a notable artist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member College Art Association.

Connections

Married Tonya Le Stalons, December 24, 1960 (divorced November 1968). Married Carol Hazel Langan, September 12, 1970. 1 child, Monte Rainer Rhodes.

Father:
Scott C. Rogers

Mother:
Alberta M. Eveland Shern

Spouse:
Carol Hazel Langan

Spouse:
Tonya Le Stalons

child:
Monte Rainer Rhodes