Hal Glicksman
Hal Glicksman is an American curator of contemporary art, educator, and writer.
Family and education
Glicksman was born in Beverly Hills, California. He attended Beverly Hills High School between 1951–1955 and UCLA 1955–59. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art History in 1956.Career
Glicksman's career began when he worked as a preparator at Norton Simon Museum that was under the direction of the curator Walter Hopps. At the museum, Glicksman participated in formalizing a set of professional guidelines for preparators. While also employed at the museum, Glicksman worked on the Marcel Duchamp retrospective from 1963.Glicksman contributed to the planning and design of the Pasadena Art Museum at Carmelita Park.
Glicksman was a founding board member of the Computer Access Center. This organization makes computer technology for persons with disabilities. In 1983, Glicksman assumed the role of Director of Publications for Datamost. This was a startup company that published personal how-to books and computer games for personal computers. He has authored The Musical Atari and Games Apples Play.
Glicksman took on the role of the Associate Director of The Center for the Educational Applications of Brain Hemisphere Research in 1986 at California State University Long Beach. The Center was directed and managed by Betty Edwards. While working there, Glicksman produced workshops and lectures in the United States, Japan, and Europe.