Wildbank, Charles Bourke

Born deaf at Long Island, NY as Charles Bourke; he later added Wildbank from the name of his family's estate. Attended the Mill Neck Manor School for the Deaf 1950-1955, then mainstreamed. Attended the Yale University School of Music and Art and earned a BFA degree from the Pratt Institute, then an MA degree from Teacher's College at Columbia University. Taught deaf children briefly, but after 3 years returned to art full-time.