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Akili Ron Anderson
Akili Ron Anderson is a lifetime resident of Washington, DC. He has successfully practiced as a full time visual artist for more than thirty years. Mr. Anderson is primarily a public artist. He designs, fabricates and installs stained glass windows, sculptural forms, and fine art paintings. Mr. Anderson attended The Corcoran School of Art (1964-65) and Howard University, School of Fine Arts (1965-1969), (2005-2008), BFA, MFA. He held the position of Artist in Residence for the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities (1971-73) and was the first chairperson of the Visual Arts Department at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts (1974-76), in Washington DC. Mr. Anderson was chosen to exhibit and perform at the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) in Lagos, Nigeria (1977). He has also had major one-man exhibits at the Corcoran Gallery of Art (1973), the Gallery of Fine Art at Howard University (1973) and the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corp (1975). Mr. Anderson has also exhibited nationally and internationally in group shows, primarily as a member of the "AfriCOBRA" artist collective. Mr. Anderson has designed theater sets for the Kennedy Center (Eisenhower Theater 1975), The DC Black Repertory Theater (1974-75) and the Ira Aldridge Theater at Howard University (1969).

Mr. Anderson has received art contracts with the following institutions:
Stained Glass: John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church (1980) and (1985); Saint Augustine Catholic Church (1990); Union Temple Baptist Church (1992); Howard University, Rankin Chapel (1995); Saint Paul United Methodist Church (1996); Asbury United Methodist Church (1998); Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro), (2002); Prince George’s County Courthouse, Duval Wing, Prince George’s County Government, Art in Public Places (2009).
Sculpture: New Home Baptist Church (1982); C & P Telephone Company (1977-79); Southern District Police Station, Baltimore MD (1986)

Mr. Anderson currently is working on a series of large sculptures and teaching painting and drawing at Howard University.

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