Cullen Washington, Jr.
Cullen Washington, Jr. (born 1972) is an African-American contemporary abstract painter. Washington lives and works in New York. Early life and education Cullen Washington, Jr. was born in Alexandria, Louisiana in 1972. As a child, he loved science, but also knew he wanted to be an artist at a young age. He grew up in a very supportive environment, where not only his parents but his two sisters encouraged him to develop his artistic skills. At the age of 9, he presented his first art exhibition at his elementary school in Alexandria, which made his interest in art grow even more rapidly. He earned his Master of Fine Arts, MFA degree from School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts, Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA degree from Louisiana State University. Career Exhibitions His work has been exhibited at Studio Museum in Harlem, The Studio Museum in Harlem, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, The Contemporary Arts Museum ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Alexandria, Louisiana
Alexandria is the ninth-largest city in the state of Louisiana and is the parish seat of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It lies on the south bank of the Red River in almost the exact geographic center of the state. It is the principal city of the Alexandria metropolitan area (population 153,922) which encompasses all of Rapides and Grant parishes. Its neighboring city is Pineville. In 2010, the population was 47,723, an increase of 3 percent from the 2000 census. History Located along the Red River, the city of Alexandria was originally home to a community which supported activities of the adjacent French trader outpost of ''Post du Rapides''. The area developed as an assemblage of traders, Caddo people, and merchants in the agricultural lands bordering the mostly unsettled areas to the north and providing a link from the south to the El Camino Real and then larger settlement of Natchitoches, the oldest permanent settlement in the Louisiana Purchase. Ale ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]