{"id":61073,"date":"2024-09-24T15:54:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T19:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/?p=61073"},"modified":"2024-09-27T13:36:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T17:36:56","slug":"david-owens-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/david-owens-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"David Owens-Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Executive Director of San Francisco Center for the Book<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-1x1-md\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/09\/David-Owens-Hill-600x600.png\" alt=\"David Owens-Hill\" class=\"wp-image-61075 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/09\/David-Owens-Hill-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/09\/David-Owens-Hill-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/09\/David-Owens-Hill-1000x1000.png 1000w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/09\/David-Owens-Hill-300x300.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/600;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Education:<\/strong><br>Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art with a concentration in graphic design, UNC Charlotte (2006)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David Owens-Hill was a first-generation college student when he came to UNC Charlotte. \u201cThe faculty met me where I was, and each of them inspired me in ways that my rural upbringing and education didn\u2019t prepare me for,\u201d he told Associate Professor of Art History Jim Frakes in an interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David arrived at a time that the graphic design program, under Eldred Hudson (now retired) was booming. \u201cEldred, more than anyone during my formative years, taught me to think big,&#8221; he told Frakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After graduating, David worked at the McColl Center in Charlotte and then for Queens University of Charlotte, where he had earned a master&#8217;s degree in communications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2012, he left Charlotte for San Francisco to become the Director of Creative Services at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. 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