Background

Conn, Richard George was born on October 28, 1928 in Bellingham, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Bert Grover and Mary Ann (Slack) Conn.

Education

Bachelor, University Washington, 1950. Master of Arts, University Washington, 1955.

Career

Curator history, Eastern Washington State History Society, Spokane, 1959-1961; director, Eastern Washington State History Society, Spokane, 1961-1966; chief human history, Manitoba (Canada) Provincial Museum, Winnipeg, 1966-1970; director, Heard Museum, Phoenix, 1970-1972; curator Indian art, Denver Art Museum, 1955-1959; curator native art, Denver Art Museum, 1972-1990; chief curator, Denver Art Museum, 1990-1993; retired,, 1993. Board directors Native American Art Studies, 1989-1993.

Achievements

• Richard George Conn has been listed as a noteworthy art museum curator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Robes of white shell and sunrise: Personal decorative arts of the native American : catalog of an exhibition Denver Art Museum, November 9, 1974-January 19, 1975

    (Robes of white shell and sunrise: Personal decorative art...)

  • Circles of the World Tradition

    (A brief narrative description of the journal article, doc...)

  • Robes of White Shell and Sunrise: Personal Decorative Arts of the Native America
  • A Persistent Vision, Art Of Thje Reservation Days
  • A persistent vision: Art of the reservation days : the L.D. and Ruth Bax Collection of the Denver Art Museum

Membership

With United States Army, 1951-1953. Member American Association Museum, An. Anthropological Association, Westeners (Denver Posse).

Interests

• Avocations: recorders, viola da gamba, gardening.

Connections

Father:

Bert Grover Conn

Mother:

Mary Ann (Slack) Conn