Background
McKown, Richard George was born November 30, 1947 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Son of Joseph Maxwell and Miriam (Barker) McK.
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Richard George McKown
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Bachelor in Studio Arts, University New Hampshire, 1969; Master of Arts in Photography, University Iowa, 1971; Master of Fine Arts in Photography, University Iowa, 1972.
Career
Director media services Emerson College, Boston, 1973-1975; acting director Provincetown (Massachusetts) Group Gallery, 1976; real estate broker Foster and Foster, Incorporated, Acton, Massachusetts, 1979-1981; photography instructor Decordova Museum School, Lincoln, 1979-1981; artist-in-residence Cultural Education Collaborative Institute for the Arts, Boston, 1983-1988; instructor visual arts Middlesex Community College, Bedford, Massachusetts, from 1984; instructor photography Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, from 1988; Artist-in-residence Massachusetts Cultural Council, since 1991; computer coordinator Concord-Carlisle Regional High School, since 1994. One-man shows include Abbott Memorial Libr., Emerson College, Boston, 1974, 75, Tirca Karlis Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1976, Photoworks Gallery, Boston, 1977, Photographic Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, 1978, Grey Gallery, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, 1979, 417 Gallery, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, Illinois, 1980, Concord (Massachusetts) Free Public Libr., 1981, Andover (Massachusetts) Gallery, 1985, Meridien Hotel, Boston, R.J. Grey Art Gallery, Acton, 1988, New East End Gallery, 1989, Cherrystone Gallery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts, 1993, Fire-house Center for Arts., Newbury, Massachusetts, 1993, Merrimack College, North Andover, Massachusetts, 1994, Middlesex Community College, Bedford, Massachusetts, 1994, William-Scott Gallery, Provincetown, 1997, Bangs St. Gallery, Provincetown, 1998; group shows include Danforth Museum, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1987, J.L. Becker East End Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1988, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York , 1989, Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, Massachusetts, Middlesex Community College, Burlington, Massachusetts, Institute de Bachillerato Federico Garcia Lorca, Granada, Spain, 1990, Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, 1990, University New Hampshire Art Gallery, Durham, 1990, 94, Hudson Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston, 1996, 97, 98; films and multimedia productions include Autobiographical Film, 1969, Bellybutton, 1969, Marianne in Morning, 1970, December Observations, 1971, My Hillside--A Day in June, 1971, A History of American Landscape Photography, 1972, video, 1994, A Nightmare, 1972, Primary, 1973, Annum, 1974; appeared in numerous publications; paintings in numerous corporation and private collections; writer Art New England Magazine, since 1994.
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Spouse Deborah J. Berry, August 10, 1969.
