BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRICAN AMERICAN " JOHN OUTTERBRIDGE " ONE OF AMERICA'S TOP PROFESSIONAL ARTIST/DIRECTOR - LECTURER - FOUNDER, SIMON RODIA WATTS TOWERS ARTS CENTER, ;OS ANGELES : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

                  BLACK          SOCIAL        HISTORY                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       JOHN OUTTERBRIDGE
Born: Greenville, North Carolina, 1933
Education: Agricultural &Technical University, Greensboro, NC, 1952-53;
The American Academy of Art, Chicago, Illinois, 1956-59;
State of California Teaching Credential, 1970;
Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, Otis College of Art and Design,
Los Angeles, California, 1994.
Professional: Artists/Director, Watts Towers Arts Center, Los Angeles California, 1975-92.
Advisory Committee, Getty Institute for Arts Education, 1978-80.
Visual Arts Panelist, California Arts Council, 1978-80.
Visual Arts Panelist, National Endowment for the Arts, 1978-80.
Founder, Simon Rodia Watts Towers Jazz Festival, 1977
Co-Founder/Artistic Director, Communicative Arts Academy, Compton, California,
1969-75.
Lecturer, California State University, Dominguez Hills, California, 1970-73.
Art Instructor/Fine Art Installer, Pasadena Museum of Art, Pasadena, California,
1967-72.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 John Outterbridge, Tilton Gallery, New York
2011 John Outterbridge: The Rag Factory, LA><ART, Los Angeles, California
2009 John Outterbridge, Tilton Gallery, New York
1997 John Outterbridge: Mobilization of the Spirit, El Camino College Art Gallery,
Torrance, California
1996 A Man Named John: John W. Outterbridge, Watts Towers Art Center, Los Angeles,
California
1993 John Outterbridge: A Retrospective, California Afro-American Museum, Los
Angeles, California