Date/Time: Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009, 11:30AM – 1:30PM
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Chuck is the guest speaker for The 8th Annual African Heritage Celebration Luncheon. Chuck graduated from Phoenix’s Carver High School in 1948 at age 16. He credits his Art Teacher, internationally recognized Artist Dr. J. Eugene Grigsby Jr., as key to his design career. This event will also mark the celebration of Dr. Grigsby’s 91st birthday.
Charles “Chuck” Harrison is a designer, educator and speaker specializing in industrial design across multiple consumer products areas. The primary portion of his career was spent working for Sears Roebuck & Company, beginning as a freelancer, then as a staff designer and later as the head of the company’s design department. A prolific designer, Harrison’s work touched almost every area of household products from cribs to tractors and everything in between.
