Curtis Cravens received his master’s in fine arts in 1987 from the University of New Mexico after completing his undergraduate education at Bowdoin College. He moved to New York in the 1980s to create art that focused on disused, unseen parts of the city, particularly abandoned industrial sites. Cravens’ work has been exhibited nationally and widely reviewed. He was the recipient of a MacDowell Fellowship, and a grant from the LEF Foundation in St. Helena, California, which supports projects that meet the public in non-traditional ways. Cravens wrote Copper on the Creek, a history of the Laurel Hill Works, and is currently an economic development specialist for New York State.
Discipline:
Visual Art
Curtis Cravens
Discipline:
Visual Art
Region: Brooklyn, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 1993
Studios
Nef
Curtis Cravens worked in the Nef studio.
Nef Studio, the first entirely new studio built after 1937, was donated by esteemed photographer, explorer, author, and MacDowell Fellow Evelyn Steffanson Nef in 1992. Endowed funds for the studio’s maintenance in perpetuity and an annual Fellowship for photographers were given in addition to funds for construction. Mrs. Nef said she had known about MacDowell all her…