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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Napoleon Jones-Henderson
Napoleon Jones-Henderson
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| Other authors / contributors: | Jones-Henderson, Napoleon, 1943- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Boston, Massachusetts 2013 April 22.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Artist Napoleon Jones-Henderson was born on November 23, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois. Jones-Henderson attended The Sorbonne in Paris, France for a year. Upon returning to the United States, he enrolled in the Art Institute of Chicago and graduated with his B.F.A degree in 1971. Jones-Henderson earned his M.A. degree from Northern Illinois University in 1971 and his M.F.A. degree from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2005. Active in AfriCOBRA since 1969 and its longest standing member, Jones-Henderson was appointed executive director of the Research Institute of African and African Diaspora Arts, Inc. in 1979. In 1989, Jones Henderson served as adjunct artist critic and lecturer at the Vermont College of Norwich University in Montpelier. In 2005, he was appointed associate professor of art at Benedict College. In 2015, he was selected as a finalist for a commission of work for Greater Grand Crossing Library reading room in Chicago.
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