Stephanie Pogue

Stephanie Elaine Pogue (1944–2002) was an American professor, printmaker, artist, and curator. Her artistic interests included the portrayal of women and the human figure.

Early life and education She was born in Shelby, North Carolina, but was raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey. In junior high school and high school, she was interested in art, ballet, and music. She attended Syracuse University, but felt isolated there as the only black student in a dorm of 250 people. While at Syracuse, she took a life-drawing class for non-majors. Progue continued her art education throughout her career, including studying privately with bookbinder George A. Baer in 1969, studying lithography with Mavis Pusey, studying at the Printmaking Workshop in New York during the summer of 1976, and studying art history at Vanderbilt University. She worked on the faculty of the Department of Art at Fisk University from 1968 to 1981. While at Fisk, she was influenced by then-Professor Emeritus Aaron Douglas. and was a member of the Chancellor's Commission on Ethnic Minority Issues. 1971: Contemporary Black Artists in America, Whitney Museum (New York, NY) 1976: Migraciones: Una Exhibición de Artistas Gráficos Afro-Americanos, La Tertulia Museum (Cali, Colombia) 1982: Clark College Woodruff Library (Atlanta, GA) 1983: International Print Exhibit, Taipei City Museum of Fine Arts (Taipei, Taiwan) 2008: Arabesque: The Art of Stephanie Pogue, Driskell Center, University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, MD) 2019: Connected: African-American Female Artists and North Carolina, North Carolina Central University (Durham, NC)