Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over

by Nell Irvin Painter and Nell Painter

Book Overview

A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, this memoir of one woman's later in life career change is "a smart, funny and compelling case for going after your heart's desires, no matter your age" (Essence).

Following her retirement from Princeton University, celebrated historian Dr. Nell Irvin Painter surprised everyone in her life by returning to school--in her sixties--to earn a BFA and MFA in painting. In Old...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1640090614
• ISBN13: 9781640090613
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"