Harriet Forte Kennedy
Harriet Arline Forte Kennedy (November 22, 1931 – February 12, 1994) was an American museum administrator, sculptor, and singer.
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Harriet Forte Kennedy
- Name
- Hariett Forte Kennedy
- Birth Name
- Harriet Arline Forte Kennedy
- Born
- November 22, 1931
- Birthplace
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Died
- February 12, 1994 (aged 63)
- Place of death
- Medford, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Education
- Northeastern University (BA)
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- administrator · sculptor · curator · opera singer
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Harriet Arline Forte Kennedy (November 22, 1931 – February 12, 1994) was an American museum administrator, sculptor, and singer.
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Harriet Forte Kennedy (1931–1994) was an American administrator, curator and opera singer, among other activities. The administrator was born in Cambridge. Harriet Forte Kennedy studied at Boston University, Harvard University and Massachusetts College of Art and Design, among others.
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• Name — Hariett Forte Kennedy • Birth Name — Harriet Arline Forte Kennedy • Born — November 22, 1931 • Birthplace — Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. • Died — February 12, 1994 (aged 63) • Place of death — Medford, Massachusetts, U.S. • Education — Northeastern University (BA)
Early life and education
Early life and education
Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Kennedy was educated in local schools before attending the Massachusetts College of Art, the Institute of Art Administration at Harvard University, and Northeastern University, where she received a bachelor's degree. She studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston from 1960 to 1965, and undertook graduate studies at Boston University in 1965.
Career
Career
She began her career with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston before becoming assistant director of the Museum of Afro-American Artists. Kennedy was also a coloratura soprano who sang at venues throughout the Boston area.
Personal life
Personal life
Kennedy died in Medford, Massachusetts 1994. She has three children, including a foster daughter.
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- 1.Kristen Johnson & Ann Noling. A Legacy Remembered: The African American Community of West Medford. Author House. 99–. 29 March 2012. 978-1-4685-6368-9.
- 2.Routledge. North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. 19 December 2013. 978-1-135-63882-5.
- 3.Johnson Publishing Company. Jet. 38–. 12 February 1976. 0021-5996.
- 4.Johnson Publishing Company. Jet. 29–. 13 August 1984. 0021-5996.
- 5.Obituary for Harriet A. KENNEDY-Of. The Boston Globe. 20. 1994-02-15.
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