Dictionary of Art HistoriansNew York University and University of Arizona professor in art and art education. Conant served as First Lieutenant in the US Army Air Forces. His students included Jack Flam.
Conant was named Chair of the Art Department and Art Collection at New York University. He moved to the University of Arizona to become Head of the Department of Art. He received the prestigious 25th Anniversary Medal for Distinguished Service to Education in Art, bestowed upon him by Lady Bird Johnson at the White House. He pioneered one of the first children's television programs, "Fun to Learn about Art" on WBEN Buffalo.
[dissertation:] Aspects of the Administration of Art Education in a Teachers College. State University of New York, Buffalo, 1950.
[obituaries:] Arizona Daily Star Feb. 22, 2011.
- Howard Conant Collection 1972-1973, University of Arizona. http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/ccp/AzU-CCP_AG113.xml, AG 113.