Artist: Tarleton Blackwell | Location: Manning, SC
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Artist: Tarleton Blackwell | Location: Manning, SC
Manning, SC
Tarleton Blackwell (b. 1956) is a native of Manning, South Carolina. He is a 1978 graduate of Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina. Blackwell received both the Master of Arts and the Master of Fine Arts degrees from the University of South Carolina. In 1990, he earned an Associate of Science degree in Funeral Service from Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service in Atlanta, Georgia and is both a nationally licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer. He is former manager, funeral director, and embalmer for Blackwell and Jenkins Funeral Home in Manning, South Carolina. From 2002 through 2006, Blackwell was the recipient of the Martha Beach Endowed Chair in Painting at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, where he was visiting Professor and Artist-In-Residence. He is former art instructor for Florence School District Two, Clarendon County School District Two, South Carolina State University, Williamsburg County Schools, The Columbia Museum of Art, and the The South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts.