About me...
Photograph by William Fridrich
Born: January 5, 1947
Durham, North Carolina, USA
Contact: Tel: ++ 910 232 0027 mobile
dickdow64@gmail.com
Education:
Brevard High School
Brevard, NC
1965
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL,USA
Marine Biology, 1965-1968
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC, USA
Creative Writing Program 1970-1972
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC, USA
BFA Ceramics and Painting 1979
Employment:
Science Museums of Charlotte
Charlotte, NC, USA
Exhibits Tech
1979-1982
North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher
Kure Beach, NC, USA
Curator of Design and Exhibits
1982 – 2008
Artist
1979 – present
Poet
1970 - present
Affiliations:
WHQR Public Radio – Local Advisory Board
Wilmington, NC, USA
1996-2004
North Carolina Museums Council
1979 – 2002
Wilmington Railroad Museum – Planning committee chairman
Wilmington. NC, USA
1995
Acme Art Studios – co-founder
Wilmington, NC, USA
1991 – present
No Boundaries International Artist Colony – co-founder
Wilmington, NC, USA
1997 – 2010
Art Point Gumno
Sloestica, Macedonia
2005 – present
African American Heritage Foundation
Wilmington, NC
2009 - 2011
Projects:
No Boundaries International Artist Colony (co-founder)
International Colonies 1998, 2000 - 2009
Bald Head Island, North Carolina, USA
Le Petit Atelier du Monde 2012, 2013 (host)
Art residency program
Dick Roberts Studio
Acme Art Studios, Wilmington, NC, USA
Publications:
Southern Poetry Review
Saint Andrews Review
Kostroma Poetry Project (Russian translation)
Between the Lines - Poetry festival chapbook
Poems for Macedonia
Various chapbooks