Background
Brockington, Horace was born on April 30, 1954 in New York City. Son of Horace and Mattie (Kennedy) Brockington.
Brockington, Horace was born on April 30, 1954 in New York City. Son of Horace and Mattie (Kennedy) Brockington.
Bachelor, Columbia University, 1975. Postgraduate, Columbia University, 1977. Postgraduate, Brown University, since 1979.
Curatorial intern Whitney Museum of America Art, New York City, 1975. Gallery assistant Just Above Midtown Gallery, 1974-1978. Curatorial director Roosevelt Art Gallery, Hempstead, New York, 1978-1980.
Director, co-founder Art Across the Park, New York City, 1980-1985. Professor Kean College, Union, New Jersey, 1981-1982, 84-85. Professor art history Brown University, 1982.
Curator Institute for Contemporary Art, New York City, 1982. Curatorial director Horace Brockington Gallery, since 1985. Teacher fine arts City College of New York/CUNY, summer 1970.
Assistant to curator of exhibitions Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, 1972-1973, guest lecturer, 1975, guest curator, 1979, Franklin Furnace, New York, 1979, 83, Brown U./Afro-American Studies Department, Providence, 1980, 81, Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut, 1982, Alternative Museum, New York, 1982, New York Art Parade, 1983, Sculpture Center, New York, 1984, Tyler School Art Temple University, Philadelphia, 1988, Montage Foundation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1990, others. Intern primitive art department Baltimore Museum Art, 1973. Art consultant education program Northside Center for Child Development, New York, 1974.
Guest curator, consultant Metropolitan Museum Art, New York, 1974. Co-curator Whitney Museum of America Art, New York, 1975. Special lecturer in American art history Dalton School, New York, 1976.
Assistant to account executive Ruder and Finn Incorporated, New York York, 1976-1977. Assistant to coordinator Video/Media Resource Center Columbia University, New York City, 1977. Consultant V.A.R.A.C., New York, 1978, Nippon Museum/Ruder and Finn., New York, 1978, Chester (Pennsylvania) Museum, 1987, Just Above Midtown, New York, 1978, guest lecturer, 1979.
Artists studio visits coordinator Lafayette Club, New York, 1981, Stanford Club, New York, 1980-1982, 84. Curatorial director Projects in Art and Architecture, New York, 1989-1991, Archit, New York, since 1986. Active numerous other career related activities.
Workshop assistant Children's Art Carnival/Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1973-1974. Panelist committee for small institutions National Education Association, New York, 1972. Contribution advisor Private Donor Art to Small Institutions, New York City, 1981.
Member American Management Association, BTC Book Club (vice president).