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ArtistHodge, Samuel A.
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Birth Year: 1934
Death Year: 2013
Biography: A native of Newburgh, NY, Mr. Hodge became interested in art in the late 1950's while stationed in the Air Force in Okinawa. Working with leather was his first craft, then photography, and then stained glass in which he used depictions of African-American history. After his stint in the military, he returned to upper state New York where he was a social worker, taught emotionally disturbed children, and later was an Associate Professor of sociology and physiology at Duchess Community College in Poughkeepsie, NY. When he officially retired, in reality Mr. Hodge only switched careers as he became interested in rug tufting winning many prizes in regional art exhibits. In February 2000 there was a very successful stained glass exhibition, "Clear Story" at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, MI. After the Hodge exhibition, twelve works were purchased and by 2004 installed in a long-term exhibition at the museum. Mr. Hodge by this time had moved to Spartanburg, SC where he died in 2013.
Description: Mr. Hodge discovered an interest in art in the late 1950s while stationed in the Air Force in Okinawa. After his stint in the military, he returned to upper state New York and continued his education. After college, Hodge was first a social worker, then taught emotionally disturbed children, and later was an Associate Professor of sociology and physicology at Duchess Community College in Poughkeepsie, NY. Although now officially retired, in reality Mr. Hodge has only switched careers.
Window Name: B.B. King
Building Name and City: Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Window Name: Civil Rights
Building Name and City: Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Window Name: Harriet Tubman
Building Name and City: Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Window Name: Harry Belafonte
Building Name and City: Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Window Name: James Brown-I Feel Good
Building Name and City: Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Window Name: Jim Crow Must Go
Building Name and City: Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Window Name: Lester Young
Building Name and City: Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Window Name: Lion of Soweto
Building Name and City: Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Window Name: Preservation Jazz
Building Name and City: Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Window Name: Street Life
Building Name and City: Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Window Name: John Coltrane
Building Name and City: Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
