Larry Walter Smolucha
Author, art educator, artist
Born Jan. 30, 1954, Chicago (IL), U.S.; son of Walter and Dolores (Langner); married Francine (Ziemba).
Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) (in art and humanities), St. Xavier University, Chicago, 1976; Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), 1978, Master of Arts (M.A.) (in psychology), 1992, University of Chicago.
Career: adjunct instructor, Chicago area colleges, 1979-86; free-lance artist, 1984-88; adjunct faculty, Elmhurst College (IL), 1988-90; instructor, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn (IL), 1988 -; adjunct assistant prof. (education psychology), School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1991 -.
Author: The Visual Art Companion: A Guide to Further Knowledge and Appreciation of the Visual Arts, 1994; numerous research monographs published by U.S. Department of Education and American and European journals; exhibitions: Franklin Furnace Gallery, 1980, Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, 1982, International Conference on Psychology and the Art (United Kingdom), 1983, 1985; research papers at conferences in United States and Europe.
Member: International Association for Empirical Aesthetics; U.S. Naval Institute; Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America.
Honors: fellowship, University of Chicago, 1977-78; exhibit grants, New York State Arts Council, 1980, National Endowment for the Arts, Borg - Warner Foundation, and Illinois Arts Council, 1982; black belt (1st Dan) in tae kwon do, kundo; listed in Who's Who in American Education.
Language: English.
Hobbies: tae kwon do, kundo.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.