Robert McDonald

Background

McDonald, Robert was born on January 13, 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Anthony and Dorothy Elizabeth (Herwick) McDonald.

Education

Bachelor, University California, Berkeley, 1954. Master of Arts, University California, Berkeley, 1959.

Career

Director Daniel Weinberg Gallery, San Francisco, 1974-1976. Administrative assistant to director University California Art Museum, Berkeley, 1977-1979. Chief curator La Jolla (California) Museum Contemporary Art, 1979-1982.

Director The Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, California, 1982-1984. Chief curator Laguna Beach (California) Art Museum, 1984-1985. Art critic L.A Times San Diego Edition, 1985-1987.

Syndicated columnist Copley News Service, San Diego, 1985-1986. Lecturer University San Diego, 1986-1987. Director de Saisset Museum Santa Clara (California) University, 1987-1991.

Achievements

• Certified Museum Management Institute, 1983.
  
  Silver Medal, for editing The Unseen Peninsula, Commonwealth Club of California, 1995

Works

More photos

• book

  • Zyzzyva Volume IX, Number 4: Winter 1993 (Zyzzyva #36)

    (Contents: FIRST TIME IN PRINT: Apollo: Four Wolves an...)

  • ZYZZYVA : Spring 2003 : XIX 1 : 18th Anniversary

    (This is a softcover book.)

• Other Work

  • Author (exhibition catalog): Craig Kauffman, 1981, Terry Allen, 1983, D.J. Hall, 1986. Contributor articles to professional publications. Contributing editor: Artweek, 1973-1988, Zyzzyva, 1987-1992.Editor: The Hidden Peninsula (photographs by Robert Buelteman), 1994.

Membership

Visual arts panelist, California Arts Council, Sacramento, 1981-1983. Board directors Bay Area Consortium for the Visual Arts, 1990-1992, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, 1977-1979. Member grants committee VISUAL Agency for International Development, San Francisco, 1992-1995.

With United States Army, 1954-1956. Member College Art Association, American Association Museum, International Association Art Critics, University California Alumni Association, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Father:

William Anthony McDonald

Mother:

Dorothy Elizabeth (Herwick) McDonald