Bio for Eddie Bell
3419 Park South Station Boulevard
Charlotte, NC 28210-4466
980-335-0394 (H) 914-388-3625 (C)
Email: eddiebell@carolina.rr.com
Website: www.eddiebell.com
Education: Tennessee State University BS 1962
Michigan State University MA 1966
Employment:
State University of NY - System Administration (Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs). 1987-1994 (Retired October 1994)
State University of New York at New Paltz (Assistant Professor and Associate Dean of Admissions) 1967-1987
Eddie’s Photo World (Owner & Photographer)
EddieBell.com (Author/Poet/Motivational Speaker/Educational Consulting)
Howard University (Instructor) 1966-1967
United States Air Force (1st Lieutenant) 1962-1965
Residencies: Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL 1995 and 1996
Cal State San Bernardino (Poet-in-Residence) 2015
Publications:
Recrudescence: Poems in the Key of Black, AuthorHouse, March 2019
Pride Magazine: “Nellie Ashford; Charlotte Folk Artist Lands Giant Display at Charlotte Airport” (December 2018)
Our Children’s Keepers, A Guide to Pre-College Mentoring Programs (Release date: July 2013)
Eeny Meeny Miney Mo / Time to Lynch a Negro, Royal Fireworks Press 2009
“Festival of Tears” (Compact Disc), Eddie Bell, Artist & Producer 2008
Eddie Bell: En Francais, Selected and New Works, CRS Outloudbooks 2003
Capt’s Dreaming Chair, CRS Outloudbooks 2000
Pressing Toward the Mark, Taylor Publishing Co. 1998
Times Herald-Record, Middletown, NY (Freelance correspondent)
Appearances:
Friendship Day School, “Poetry in Motion,” April 24, 2018
Tennessee State Southeast Region Alumni Conference, Keynote Address, June 10, 2017
Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, Charlotte, NC, Poetry Performance
Cal State San Bernardino (poet-in-residence)
“On-Campus at SUNY New Paltz” television, Abigail Robin, Host
“The Woodstock Roundtable,” Doug Grunther, Host, WDST, Woodstock, NY
2009 Downtown Poetry Series (Springfed Arts: Metro Detroit Writers), Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg, NY
Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL
Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY
Unison Arts and Cultural Center, New Paltz, NY
Liberty Free Theater, Liberty, NY
Hudson Valley Poetry Festival, Rosendale, NY
First Coast Writers’ Festival, Jacksonville, FL
le Duc des Lombards (jazz club), Paris, France
Librairie Le temps des Cerises, Clermont-Ferrand, France
4th Annual Midwest Poets & Writers Conference, Detroit, MI
1st Annual Woodstock Poetry Festival, Woodstock, NY
“Tribute to Battered Women,” Cunneen-Hackett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
City College of New York Poetry in Performance Festivals, Aaro
The Poetry Project, St. Mark's Church
CRS Outloud Festivals, Grahamsville, NY
And many others…
Literary Affiliations:
Current
Arts Advisory Committee, Friendship Day School, Charlotte, NC
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
Voices of the Valley (Mid-Hudson Valley, NY)
Poets & Writers
Former
Charlotte Writers’ Club (Board member, 2013-2014)
The Poetry Project, St. Mark’s Church, NYC
Catskill Reading Society, Claryville, NY (Received Award of Merit, 2004)
Grants:
French Ministry of Culture
New York State Council on the Arts
New York State Foundation for the Arts
Tours: Southern Book Tour (NC; Fl; AL) 2009
Paris and Central France (2002, 2003, 2004)
Editorial Experience:
Assistant Editor Medicinal Purposes Literary Review, Queens, NY
AWP Writing Series Competition screener
Listing:
Poets & Writers, New York, NY, “A Directory of American Poets
and Fiction Writers”
Honors/Special Achievements:
Legacy Legend, Educational Opportunity Program, SUNY New Paltz
Trailblazer Award, First World First World Alumni, SUNY New Paltz
“Notable Names,” Pride Magazine, Charlotte, NC
Initiated the purchase of the first work of art by an African American artist added to the Permanent White House Art Collection (Sand Dunes at Sunset Atlantic City by Henry Ossawa Tanner).
Memberships:
National Museum of African American History & Culture
Harvey Gantt Center for African Art + Culture (Charlotte, NC)
State University of New York, New Paltz Hall of Fame
