Draft:Barclay Sheaks
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Comment: Needs independent sources. This can include reviews of his books and exhibitions, so you're sure to find some. asilvering (talk) 07:05, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Barclay Sheaks was an artist and a faculty member.[1] at Virginia Wesleyan College, now Virginia Wesleyan University (VWU)[2][circular reference]. Sheaks also wrote seven books on painting[3]; served as artist-in-residence for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts[4], and hosted a PBS show, Acrylic Painting with Barclay Sheaks[5].
Sheaks was born on October 22, 1928, and grew up in New Market, Virginia[6]. He earned his undergraduate degree from Richmond Professional Institute, his Master of Fine Arts degree from the College of William & Mary, and his Doctorate of Humane Letters from Christopher Newport University[7].
Sheaks moved to Newport News, Virginia, where he was a teacher at Warwick High School[8] from 1948 to 1967. He then joined Virginia Wesleyan College, where he founded the Art Department and served as Associate Professor of Art. The college hosted the Barclay Sheaks Retrospective Exhibition in November 1988, featuring thirty-nine of his works. A permanent exhibition, The Barclay Sheaks Gallery, was established on the campus in 2000, displaying fifty of his paintings, the Barclay Sheaks Collection. His paintings have also been displayed at the Butler Institute of American Art, the Columbia Museum of Art, the Chrysler Museum of Art[9], the Seaside Art Gallery, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the Smithsonian Institution[10].
Sheaks served as a faculty member at Virginia Wesleyan College for 36 years before retiring in 2006 as Associate Professor and Distinguished Artist in Residence[11]. After retirement, Sheaks struggled with Parkinson's disease, but continued painting. A book about his later years as he struggled with the progression of the disease while continuing his painting was written by Dr. Glenn H. Shepard, MD, entitled An Artist’s Victory over Parkinson’s: The Barclay Sheaks Miracle (ISBN-13: 9798823042260).
Barclay Sheaks died on April 13, 2010, at the age of 81.[12]
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[edit]- ^ "About Barclay Sheaks".
- ^ "Virginia Wesleyan University".
- ^ "Barclay Sheaks List of Books". 8 September 2024.
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- ^ "Barclay SHEAKS Obituary (2010) - Newport News, VA - Daily Press". Legacy.com.
- ^ "Barclay SHEAKS Obituary (2010) - Newport News, VA - Daily Press". Legacy.com.
- ^ "About Barclay Sheaks".
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- ^ "About Barclay Sheaks".
- ^ "Barclay SHEAKS Obituary (2010) - Newport News, VA - Daily Press". Legacy.com.