Power Boothe

Background

Boothe, Power was born on March 12, 1945 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of Tom Wheeler and Shirlee Boothe.

Education

Bachelor, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, 1969. Doctor Arts (honorary), Colorado College, Colorado Springs, 1989.

Career

Fellow independent study program Whitney Museum, 1967-1968. Educator, instructor painting School Visual Arts, New York City, 1979-1988. Associate professor Princeton University, 1989-1995.

Artist and critic-in-residence Maryland Institute College Art, Baltimore, since 1993, acting director graduate Painting School, 1994-1995. Director School Art, Ohio University, Athens, 1998-2001. Dean Hartford Art School, University Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut, since 2001.

Guest artist State University of New York, Buffalo, 1981, University Iowa, Ames, 1979, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1986, New York Studio School, 1987, San Francisco Art Institute, 1987. Guest instructor New York Studio School, 1987, Maryland Art Institute, 1990, Bard College, 1990, Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1993, Messiah College, Pennsylvania, 1994, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1994, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1995, The Cooper Union, New York City, 1995, Pennsylvania Academy Arts, 1995, Museum African Art, New York City, 1996, Kennedy Center, Washington, 1996, Elizabeth College, Pennsylvania, 1997, Columbia Festival, Maryland, 1999, Emporia State University, Kansas, 1999, University Minnesota, 1999, St. Mary's College, 1999.

Achievements

• Power Boothe has been listed as a notable visual artist, filmmaker, set designer by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Sarah Schoentgen, March 22, 1969 (divorced 1974). Married Elizabeth Rheem Rectanus, August 17, 1980 (divorced 1989). Married Lynne Steincamp, May 12, 1998.

Father:

Tom Wheeler Boothe

Mother:

Shirlee Boothe

Spouse:

Sarah Schoentgen

Spouse:

Elizabeth Rheem Rectanus

Spouse:

Lynne Steincamp