biography of Nick Dante VACCARO (1931)

Birth place: Youngstown, OH

Addresses: Lawrence, KS

Profession: Painter, educator

Studied: Univ. Washington (B.A., 1958); Univ. Calif., Berkeley (M.A., 1960); David Park.

Exhibited: Butler IA, 1956 & 1959; SFMA Ann., 1958; Riverside Mus. Print Int., New York, 1959; CPLH, 1961; Mid-Am., Nelson Gal., Kansas City, 1964-66 & 1970. Awards: purchase awards, SFMA, 1958, Dallas MFA, 1961 & Montgomery MFA, 1962.

Work: San Francisco AA; Dallas MFA; Montgomery MFA, AL; Univ. Calif., Berkeley; Youngstown (OH) Univ. Commissions: mosaic, Pacific Coast Paper Mills, Seattle, WA, 1957.

Comments: Preferred media: mixed media. Publications: illustr., Texas Quarterly, Vol. 5, No 1; illustr., Image, Univ. Texas, Austin, 1963; auth., "Gorky's Debt," Art J., 1963. Teaching: Univ. Texas, 1960-63; Univ. Kansas, 1963-, chmn. dept. art, 1963-67; visiting artist, Penn. State Univ., 1970.