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Willie Torbert Biography
Willie Torbert attended Pratt Institute, Medgar Evers College and has
publication credits with New York Newsday, Essence Magazine, Essence Art,
Sony Entertainment, Mosaic Literary Magazine, Trend Publication,
Amsterdam News Bayridge Press, and City Sun. He has exhibited his work in
New York, Atlanta,
Florida, Washington
D.C., and New Orleans. His prestigious listings
of Commissions include Essence Magazine, Bacardi Rum, Thelma Hill
Performing Arts, Harper Collins Publishers and Henry Street Settlement.
As an artist who is also an educator, Willie Torbert has taught within
the New York City Board of Education for ten years. During his work with
the New York Public School System, Willie exposed his students to many
facets of art through an array of mediums. When Willie moved away form
his teaching job to work on his art full time, he received an award of
citation for his dedication and work with the children of the borough of Brooklyn from Howard Golden, the Brooklyn Borough
President. The Nubian Women’s Art Circle recently honored Willie
for his outstanding contributions to the advancement of the art of the
African Diaspora.
Willie Torbert founded Zakiya
Art Gallery
in 1993. A gathering place for cultural events, art and jazz, Zakiya is a
jewel in the heart of the Bedford-Stuyvesant community.
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