Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over

Title: Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over Author: Nell Painter ISBN: 9781640090613 Publisher: Counterpoint Published: 2018 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: Used: Near Fine D 1637491 Publisher Description: A New York Times Book Review Editor's ChoiceFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award A Princeton professor-turned-artist recounts her late-in-life career change in this "feisty and delightfully irreverent memoir" about art and coming-of-age in your 60s (Boston Globe). "A glorious achievement . . . a cup of courage for everyone who wants to change their lives." --Tayari Jones, author of An American MarriageFollowing her retirement from Princeton University, celebrated historian Dr. Nell Irvin Painter surprised everyone in her life by returning to school--in her sixties--to earn a BFA and MFA in painting. In Old in Art School, she travels from her b