2021 Distinguished Artist Award – Multi Media

Afaa M. Weaver

Afaa M. Weaver credits his literary accomplishments to his lifelong engagement with Chinese culture. In Taiwan in 2019, he received the 96th Medal from the Artists and Writers Association. He now lives with his wife Kristen Skedgell in upstate New York and is a member of the MFA faculty at Sarah Lawrence. At Simmons University, where he held the Alumnae Chair for twenty years, Weaver is now Professor Emeritus.
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