Background
Luca, Mark was born on October 14, 1918 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Angelo and Jessey (Dorr) Luca.
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Mark Luca
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Mark Luca, American art educator. Certified elementary, secondary educator, California. Recipient mural scholarship Columbia University, 1948, international fellowship Mexican government Instituto Politecnico Mexico, D.F., 1951, United States government grants for E.P.O.C.H. project, 1968-1972; named Outstanding Art Educator California Art Education Association, 1978.
Education
Bachelor with honors, San Francisco State College, 1940. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, University California Berkeley, 1958.
Career
Art instructor State College, Potsdam, New York, 1948-1950. Supervisor education University California, Berkeley, 1958-1978. Retired, 1978; exchange professor University London, 1969.
Art instructor California College Arts and Crafts, Oakland, 1978-1988. Education instructor Hayward State University, 1984-1987, 89-90. Instructor Columbia Pacific University, from 1986.
Art supervisor (part-time) Castro Valley (California) schools, 1964-1965. Coordinator child art University California Extension, Berkeley, 1965. Assistant director/curator/education director Museo Italo-Americano, San Francisco, 1978-1981.
Achievements
Membership
Consultant art and multi-ethnic education San Mateo County schools, 1970. Radio readings Station KPFA-FM, Berkeley, 1970-1971. Art judge San Francisco public schools, 1969, 70, 71.
Consultant statewide humanities framework, Sacramento, 1970. Board directors Youth-in-Arts, San Rafael, 1987-1992, Rohnert Park Association for the Arts 1994-1995 (director visual arts FTA gallery 1996-1997). Member, exhibits coordinator North Bay Italian Cultural Foundation, 1995-1997.
Member California Teachers Association (life), California Society Printmakers (founding, secretary 1968-1998, historian 1972-1973), California Writers Club (president Berkeley branch).
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1 child, Angelo.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Unitarian Universalist -
Political Party
Democrat
Education
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1940
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1948
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1958
Career
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1948 - 1950
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1958 - 1978
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1969
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1978
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1978 - 1988
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1984 - 1987
Awards
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Recipient mural scholarship Columbia University, 1948, international fellowship Mexican government Instituto Politecnico Mexico, D.F., 1951, United States government grants for E.P.O.C.H. project, 1968-1972. Named Outstanding Art Educator California Art Education Association, 1978.Recipient mural scholarship Columbia University, 1948, international fellowship Mexican government Instituto Politecnico Mexico, D.F., 1951, United States government grants for E.P.O.C.H. project, 1968-1972. Named Outstanding Art Educator California Art Education Association, 1978.