J. Eugene Grigsby

J. Eugene Grigsby (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la Silimiin October biɛɣ'pinaanu dali yuuni 1918 ka daa kpi Silimiin goli June dabaa awɔi yuuni 2013) daa nyɛla nuchee ni baŋda mini shikuru baŋda. O nuchee ni tuma ŋɔ nyɛla din tooi jɛndi pɛntibu.Stephens, Reggie A. “Dr. Eugene Grigsby's Connections to Art, African American Life in the South, and Social Justice Education: Implications for Art Education Curriculum.” (PhD diss., Georgia Southern University, 2015), 69. Grigsby nyɛla ŋun wuhi collagɛ mini "high school" shikuru bihi.Pancrazio, Angela. “African-American Painter Blends Art, Activism.” Arizona Republic, September 25, 2002.

 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 World's Fair in Brussels
1966: National Gallery of Art's 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: Mayor's Art Award, Phoenix, AZ (now the Eugene Grigsby Visual Art Award)

 Kundivihira 

Pubu:Lahabaya zaa
Category:1918 births
Category:2013 deaths
Category:American educators
Category:American multimedia artists
Category:Morehouse College alumni
Category:Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development alumni
Category:United States Army personnel of World War II
Category:Ohio State University alumni