Copyright © 2018 by Nell Painter
First hardcover edition: 2018
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
This is a work of nonfiction. I have tried to re-create events, locales, and conversations from my memories of them.
In some instances I have changed the names of individuals, indicated initially with an asterisk.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Painter, Nell Irvin, author.
Title: Old in art school : a memoir of starting over / Nell Painter.
Description: Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint Press, 2018.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017055407 | ISBN 9781640090613 | eISBN 9781640090620
Subjects: LCSH: Painter, Nell Irvin. | Artists—United States—Biography. | Adult college students—United States—Biography. | Older artists—United States—Biography. | African American women artists—Biography.
Classification: LCC N6537.P23 A2 2018 | DDC 700.92 [B] —dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017055407
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