Background
Marlowe, Willie was born on January 17, 1943 in Whiteville, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of John David and Tessie Ernestine (McLawhorn) Marlowe.
Marlowe, Willie was born on January 17, 1943 in Whiteville, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of John David and Tessie Ernestine (McLawhorn) Marlowe.
Student, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1964. Bachelor of Science, East Carolina University, 1965. Master of Fine Arts, University Idaho, 1969.
Postgraduate, Peace College, 1993.
Instructor department art Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1970-1974, mentor university without walls, 1972-1974. Instructor department art Columbia-Greene Community College, Hudson, 1973-1974. Instructor Empire State College State University of New York, Albany, 1974.
Professor emerita Department Visual Arts Sage College, 1977—2008. Chairman The Sage Colleges, 1979-1981, artist in residence, 2007—2008. Co-founder, teacher Saratoga Arts Workshop, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1970-1974.
Watercolor teacher abroad Sage Colleges, Scotland, Ireland, 2001. Teacher Somerville College, Oxford University, England, 1992. Visiting artist University Georgia studies abroad program, Cortona, Italy, 1989.
Visiting artist, Wexford Arts Center, Ireland, 1998, Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogica L University, Tula, Russia, artist-in-residence for Partners of the Americas, Barbados, West Indies, 1986, The Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, New York, 1999. Artist selection committee Albany Center Gallery, 1998. International artists' residency Cill Rialaig Project, Ballinskelligs, Ireland, 2005, Emily Harvey Foundation, Venice, 2006, 2008, 2010.
Delegate to Russia with Albany Tula Alliance. Lecturer in field.
Member of National Association Women Artists, Albany Institute History and Art, Fulton St. Gallery, Albany Center Gallery, Woman's Caucus For Art.
Married Thomas Blakeslee Speight, July 11, 1980.