Ron BechetSwords to Ploughshares2014
2014
About the Item
- Creator:Ron Bechet (1956, American)
- Creation Year:2014
- Dimensions:Height: 37 in (93.98 cm)Width: 42 in (106.68 cm)Depth: 6 in (15.24 cm)
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- Gallery Location:New Orleans, LA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU10521234633
Ron Bechet
Ron Bechet is a Professor of Art in the Department of Art at the Xavier University of Louisiana. Mr. Bechet had served as chair of the department for nine years. He has exhibited his work nationally and internationally. He has been teaching for 20 years at the college level. Bechet holds a BA degree in Fine Arts from the University of New Orleans and an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the Yale School of Art, Yale University. He has served on the board of the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans and served as a member of the Arts Council of New Orleans Percent for art committee Public Art Commission Program, NOCCA Institute Board and many other commissions and boards. Bechet has served as the first director of the Xavier Art Department’s Community Arts Partnership Program and served in many arts and youth programs in the New Orleans area both as an advisor and a practitioner. Bechet was also the recipient of the Mayor’s Arts award in 2006 and nominated this year for the Joan Mitchel Artist and sculptor’s fellowship.
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