American Art Collaborative

Painter; Washington, D.C. Birthdate also cited as 1911. Died 1987. Ida Fox was a poet. With his first wife, poet Ida Fox (1913-197?), and Helmuth Kern, Berkowitz co-founded the Washington Workshop Center for the Arts (1945-1956) and the short-lived Washington D.C.-based cooperative radio station WCFM (1949-1953). Many members of the Washington Color School taught at the Center, including Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, and Gene Davis. The Center, which offered courses in art, music, theatre and dance, was an important part of the cultural life of Washington, D.C. in the 1940s and 1950s.