Looking toward the future, Barbara Cox intends to continue drawing upon her love of the arts as she fosters the next generation of incredible artists.
BOULDER, CO, February 25, 2020 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Barbara Cox with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An accomplished listee, Barbara Cox celebrates many years of experience in her professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes she has accrued in her field. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
As a child, Ms. Cox's parents noticed that she harbored innate artistic talent and helped her to foster those skills. After relocating to the United States in 1963, she worked her way from the ground up, utilizing her artistic knowledge as a teacher in her own studio. In order to expand her horizons in regards to arts education, Ms. Cox completed a certificate in the field and began her career as an art instructor for Community Free School in the early 1970s.
Following this appointment, Ms. Cox held a similar role with the Boulder Fine Arts Center. From 1974 to 1985, she flourished at the University Memorial Center in Boulder as an instructor, coordinator and the director of the Arts & Crafts Center. Over the course of the next two decades, she gained valuable expertise in education as an art instructor with the City Recreation Center, the University of Colorado Boulder Continuing Education and the Lifelong Learning Center. Since 2008, Ms. Cox has excelled as a watercolor and drawing instructor for the North Recreation Center of Boulder.
In order to foster her artistic skills, Ms. Cox pursued an education at the Academy of Fine Arts, in Sculpture, in Munich, Germany, from which she graduated in 1963. Subsequently, she became a certified professional teacher in 1974 and obtained a Master of Arts in humanistic psychology from Norwich University in 1991. Throughout her career, Ms. Cox has been recognized for her exemplary artistic talents via the Hudson Gardens Sixth Annual Garden Sculpture Show in 2001, the National Juried Art Show of the Boulder Art Association in 2002, the 12th Annual Boulder Arts Association and Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea in 2003, the Cultural Center in Beijing in 2005 and the Lakewood Arts Council in 2006.
Due to her professional achievements, Ms. Cox was presented with the Training Management Program Arts and Crafts grant through the Western Art Foundation in 1976. More recently, she was selected for the Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as for inclusion into the 60th edition of Who's Who in America, and the 23rd and 27th editions of Who's Who of American Women. Looking toward the future, Ms. Cox intends to continue drawing upon her love of the arts as she fosters the next generation of incredible artists.
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