Background
Fagaly, William Arthur was born on March 1, 1938 in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, United States. Son of William James and Dorothy Rae (Wheeler) Fagaly.
Fagaly, William Arthur was born on March 1, 1938 in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, United States. Son of William James and Dorothy Rae (Wheeler) Fagaly.
Bachelor, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1962. Master of Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1967.
Assistant registrar Art Museum, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1965-1966. Registrar New Orleans Museum Art, 1966—1967, curator collections, 1967-1973, chief curator, 1973-1980, assistant dir for art, 1980-2001, Francoise Billion Richardson curator African art, since 1997. Curator art University Art Museum University Louisiana Lafayette, 2002—2003.
Guest curator Louisiana Folk Painting exhibit, Museum American Folk Art, 1973, Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1989, Preacher Art, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, 1990, Geography of the Body: The Art of Mignon Faget, Contemporary Arts Center, 1995, Preacher Art, Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York City, 1997, Watercolor United States of America 1999, Springfield Art Museum, Missouri, 1999, National Works on Paper, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana, It's a Wonderful World, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, 2003, Aristides Logothetis, Cue Art Foundation, New York City, 2003, Tools of Her Ministry: The Art of Sister Gertrude Morgan, American Folk Art Museum, 2004, Resonance from the Past: African Sculpture from the New Orleans Museum of Art, Museum for African Art, New York City, 2005. Advisory panel visual arts and crafts division arts Louisiana Arts Council, 1978—1981, 1992. Guest lecturer S.S. Rotterdam, 1983, H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth II, 1986, Sotheby's, New York, 1996.
Consultant Liberian Pavilion Louisiana World Exposition, 1984, Shapes of Power, Belief and Celebration: African Art from New Orleans Collections, 1989, Fritz Bultman: A Retrospective, 1993, Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, 1995, Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, 1995, Roots of America Jazz: African Museum Instruments from New Orleans Collections, 1995, He's the Prettiest: A Tribute to Big Chief Allison "Tootie," Montana's 50 Years of Mardi Gras Indian Suiting, Inside the Congo: An Introduction to the Field Research Archives of Frere Joseph Cornet, New Orleans Museum Art and Monroe Library., Loyola University, New Orleans, 2006. Selection panelist McKnight Foundation Fellowship Program, Minnesota College Arts and Design, Minneapolis, 1986, Southern Arts Federation, National Education Association Arts Regional Artists Fellowships, 1990. Selecton panelist 1984 Visual Arts Fellowships, Wyoming Arts Council, 1993.
Selection panelist Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Artist Fellowships, New York City, 1995, Western States Art Federation/National Education Association, 1996. Board directors Center for African and African-American Studies, Southern University, New Orleans, Sac-O-Lait-The Keith Sonnier Foundation, since 2002, Prospect 1 and 2 First International United States Biennial, New Orleans, since 2007. Board advisors Wilkinson County Museum, Woodville, Mississippi.
Adjunct curator University Art Museum, University Louisiana, Lafayette, since 2002. Founder art activities business FUN (Fagaly Unlimited), since 2001.
Member American Association Museum (member visiting committee for Tampa Museum Art accreditation program 1999).