Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Jefferson Eugene Grigsby
Jefferson Eugene Grigsby
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| Other authors / contributors: | Grigsby, J. Eugene (Jefferson Eugene), 1918-2013, interviewee.
Lesure, Jacques, interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
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, Scott Stearns.
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Jacques Lesure, interviewer.
Recorded Phoenix, Arizona 2007 July 11.
Recorded Phoenix, Arizona 2007 July 13.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Artist and professor Jefferson Eugene Grigsby was born on October 17, 1918, in Greensboro, North Carolina. Grigsby received his B.A. degree from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia; his M.A. degree in art from Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio; and his Ph.D. from New York University in New York, New York. In 1946, Grigsby began working as an art teacher at Carver High School in Phoenix, Arizona; in 1954, he moved to Phoenix Union High School. In 1958, Grigsby taught art at the Brussels World Fair. While working at Arizona State University, Grigsby published Art and Ethics: Background for Teaching Youth in a Pluralistic Society. It was the first book ever written for art teachers by an African American artist and author. Grigsby was on the boards of numerous organizations, including the National Art Education Association. Grigsby passed away on June 9, 2013, at the age of 94.
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