| Title: | Associate Professor |
| Dept: | Art |
| Office: | AB 111 |
| Phone: | 216-687-2105 |
| Email: | K.CURNOW@csuohio.edu |
| Web: | http://academic.csuohio.edu/curnowk |
| Address: | 2121 Euclid Ave. AB 111, Cleveland, OH 44115 |
Education: | ||
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Ph.D., Art History and African Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1983
M.A., Art History, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1980 B.A., Art History, Pennsylvania State University, 1976 | ||
| Brief Bio: | ||
| Taught at CSU since 1990. Lived in Nigeria 1983-88, teaching at the
Nigerian Television College; spends time in Nigeria almost every year. Published on the art of the Benin Kingdom, the Itsekiri, and the Nupe of Nigeria. Currently working on a book on Benin art. Recently curated a Benin exhibition at Philadelphia's University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, with a large website (www.iyare.net) and upcoming catalogue. Guide to the University Museum's Benin Collection due out this year. Consulting for an exhibition on African health and healing (the object side of things). Interested in involving students in combining art history with new technology. Has also taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Lincoln University, The University of the Arts, and NTA Television College, Nigeria. Has received major grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Fulbright program. Completed first novel, working on more. | ||