In 1963 he received a doctorate from New York University
J. Eugene Grigsby went to which school from 1940 to 1963?
J . Eugene Grigsby J . Eugene Grigsby ( October 15 , 1918 – June 9 , 2013 ) was a multimedia artist and educator . His primary mediums were printmaking and painting ; his style of painting was abstract and expressionistic . Grigsby was an influential educator for both college and high school students . He was also heavily involved with community programs focused on uplifting lower socio-economic communities . Early life and education . Grigsby was born in Greensboro , North Carolina , in 1918 . His parents were both teachers and relocated to Charlotte , North Carolina , after moving around throughout much of his childhood . At age 12 , he knocked on a neighbors door to sell newspapers and saw works of art lining the walls of the house . After inquiring about the artwork , the neighbor , a stonemason and painter , began to teach Grigsby to draw . As Grigsby fell in love with painting , his mother was accepting of it immediately , but his father did not believe he could make a living as a painter and was skeptical . He attended Johnson C . Smith University for one year and transferred to Morehouse College in Atlanta , Georgia to finish his Bachelor of Fine Arts . There , he studied under Hale Woodruff , a famed social activist and artist . He completed his masters from Ohio State University two years later . In 1963 he received a doctorate from New York University in Arts Education . Additionally , he studied at the American Artists School in New York and Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Marseilles , France . Career . Grigsby volunteered for World War II in 1942 and served in the Army . Upon returning after the war , he eventually settled in Phoenix , Arizona , where he spent much of his professional career . Starting in 1946 Grigsby served as the Founder and Chair of the Art Department at Carver High School for eight years , followed by serving as the Chair of Phoenix Union High School , once Carver High School closed due to desegregation . Grigsby , who joined Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity while a student at Morehouse , was one of the seven founders of the alumni chapter of the fraternity in Phoenix , in 1949 . In 1966 , Grigsby became a professor in the School of Art at Arizona State University . During his tenure he became the first black author and artist to publish a book for art educators with his book Art and Ethnics : Background for Teaching Youth in a Pluralistic Society . According to Dr . Laura Chapman , an art education consultant , his book remains today , a landmark in literature of art education . She goes on to say it was also the first to address issues and stakes for all students in respecting the heritage and diversity in American society . Art and Ethnics was reprinted by the National Art Education Association in 2000 . As an educator Grigsby was known for encouraging students to use their cultural heritage to understand their own identities and to inform their art practice . Aside from teaching , Grigsby was an active community leader . He attributes his involvement to his experiences working for three months teaching art at the American Pavilion at the Worlds Fair in Brussels in 1958 . Following his time there , he began to start art programs in unlikely places , such as daycare centers and housing projects . He also worked to provide opportunities for young minority artists to exhibit their work . One of the ways he did this was through the founding of COBA ( Consortium of Black Artists and Others for the Arts ) which puts on an invitational exhibition of work from inner-city high school students in Phoenix annually and brings in a prominent African American artist to the Phoenix region every two years among other community supported programs . Additionally he started the Arts in Job Development program through the Opportunities Industrialization Center which provides employment training programs for under-served populations in the United States . On a national stage , Grigsby was involved with the National Art Education Association . He attended the second convening and was Chair of the Committee on Minority Concerns which is now the Committee on Multiethnic Concerns . Grigsby was a prolific artist who continued to create art even at the age of 93 . According to Grigsby a visual artist expresses himself/herself about human conditions , within a framework of design . Grigsbys aesthetics are heavily influenced by African art , specifically from the Kuba Kingdom . Family is cited as one of his many inspirations , however other themes of social injustice and humanity are often present in his work as well . Selected exhibitions . - 1940 : Tanner Art Galleries , Chicago Illinois , Exhibition of the Art of the American Negro - 1968 : Johnson C . Smith University , Charlotte , NC Encounters - 1992 : Delta Arts Center , Winston-Salem , NC - 2001 : Phoenix Art Museum , Phoenix , AZ Eye of Shamba ; A 65 year retrospective - 2014 : Harvey B . Gantt Center , Charlotte , NC The Identity of a Master : Dr . J . Eugene Grigsby , Jr - 2015 : University of North Carolina , Chapel Hill , NC Selected Works of J . Eugene Grigsby , Jr. : Returning to Where the Artistic Seed Was Planted Selected awards . - 1958 : One of 6 artists selected by Museum of Modern Art to represent United States at Worlds Fair in Brussels - 1966 : National Gallery of Arts 25th Anniversary Medallion of Merit - 1988 : National Art Educator of the Year from National Art Education Association - 1992 : Historymaker by Arizona Historical Society - 2007 : Distinguished Contributions to African-American Art and Education from Congressional Black Caucus Celebration of Leadership in the Fine Arts - 2012 : Mayors Art Award , Phoenix , AZ ( now the Eugene Grigsby Visual Art Award )