Background
Berkson, William Craig was born on August 30, 1939 in New York City. Son of Seymour and Eleanor (Lambert) Berkson.
Berkson, William Craig was born on August 30, 1939 in New York City. Son of Seymour and Eleanor (Lambert) Berkson.
Student, Brown U., Providence, 1957-1959; student, The New School, New York City, 1959-1960; student, Columbia College, 1959-1960.
Editorial associate, Art News, New York City, 1960-1963;
associate producer, WNDT-television Art/New York, New York City, 1964-1965;
instructor, The New School, New York City, 1964-1969;
reviewer, Arts Magazine, New York City, 1965-1966;
visiting fellow, Ezra Stiles College, Yale University, New Haven, 1969-1970;
editor/publisher, Big Sky, Bolinas, California, 1971-1978;
professor, San Francisco The Art Institute of Chicago, since 1984;
director Letters and Science, since 1994. Reviewer Artforum, New York City, 1985-1990. Adjunct Professor Southampton College, 1979-1980.
Guest editor Museum Modern Art, New York City, 1964-1969. Instructor Poets in Schools, 1974-1983. Coordinator Bay Area Consortium for Visual Arts, San Francisco, 1985-1987.
Correspondent editor Art in American, New York City, since 1988. Lecturer in field; visiting artist and scholar American Academy in Rome, 1991.
Faculty representative to board of trustees San Francisco The Art Institute of Chicago, 1985-1993. Member International Art Critics Association, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association.
Married Lynn Blacker, July 17, 1975. Children: Siobhan O'Hare, Moses Edwin Clay.