Background
Sprague, Esther Sparks was born on September 18, 1932 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Aaron Millman and Heien Yvonne Singer.
Sprague, Esther Sparks was born on September 18, 1932 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Aaron Millman and Heien Yvonne Singer.
Bachelor, University Chicago, Illinois, 1951. Master of Arts, Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois, 1971.
Curatorial assistant Art Institute Chicago, 1970—1985, guest curator, 1985—1986. Gallery director W.Graham Arader III Gallery, Chicago, 1986—1994. Adjunct assistant professor Valparaiso University, Indiana, 1994—2009, University Mississippi, Oxford, 1995—2010.
Adjunct faculty Northwestern University, Chicago, 2005—2010. Director Print Council America, 1975—1978. Member Board Trustees, Lakeview Museum, Illinois, 1962—1966, Senate Monmouth College, Illinois, 1974—1978, Art Advisory Beloit College, Wisconsin, 1979—1983.
Member Illinois Arts Council, 1965—1970. Reviewer National Endowment, Washington, 1981—2000. Advisory committee member Center Study Southern Culture, University Mississippi, 1996—1999.
Member of Association Historians American Art, Arts Club Chicago.
Married Philip Allcock Sprague. Married Morton Jay Sparks, 1952. Children: Victoria Regina, Amy Hannah.