Terry Brown

Terry Brown was Director of the NY Society of Illustrators from 1982-2007 and was on staff beginning 1974. During his tenure the Society grew its educational programs, exhibition outreach and library/archives. He was also Executive Director of the Graphic Artists Guild 1974-1976. He is currently the Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association in Oyster Bay, New York.

He has lectured at universities and museums nationwide on the History of American Illustration and taught American Culture and the Applied Arts at the School of Visual arts 1995 - 2000. He is currently on the faculty of The Illustration Academy at Ringling School of Art. He has served on the Advisory Boards of the National Museum of American Illustration (Newport, RI) and the National Art Museum of Sport (Indianapolis).

He is currently on the Board of Artists Fellowship, a foundation that supports artists in need, and chairs the Reprographics Committee on the Board of Directors of the Society of Illustrators. His writings have included This Face You Got, The Education of an Illustrator and many biographical sketches in Society publications. He has also curated exhibitions for the San Diego Museum of Art and the Society.

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