Hunter's Horn by Harriette Simpson Arnow

Sutton's focus is community-based participatory research and design with a special emphasis on low-income and minority youth and other disenfranchised populations. in psychology from the City University of New York (CUNY).

In 1982, she received her MPhil and Ph.D. in 1973 and opened a private practice in 1976. She later studied architecture at Columbia University, where she was mentored by J. In 1967, Sutton enrolled in Parsons School of Design. She also performed at symphony orchestras, in Radio City Music Hall, on Broadway, and had over a thousand performances in Man of La Mancha. After earning a degree in 1963, Sutton worked as a professional musician in New York City, most notably for Sol Hurok Attractions and in the original cast of Man of La Mancha. Sutton was educated initially in music, studying French horn with Gunther Schuller first at the Manhattan School of Music in 1959 and latter at the Hartt College of Music at the University of Hartford, where she received a B.A. She was introduced to the French horn at her college prep high school where all students had to study one of the arts alongside their academic courses. Sutton began taking piano lessons at age 5 from the organist at her mother's church at a time when colored people were barred from going to the swimming pool, skating rink, and movie theater in her segregated Cincinnati neighborhood. Sharon Egretta Sutton was born on 1941 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She has also taught at Parsons School of Design, and Columbia University.

In 1984, she became the first African American woman to become a full professor in an accredited architectural degree program while teaching at the University of Michigan. She is a professor emerita at the University of Washington. Her work is focused on community-based participatory research and design. Sharon Egretta Sutton (born 1941), is an American architect, educator, visual artist, and author. Sharon Egretta Sutton in 2017 at the launch of her book, When Ivory Towers were Black at the book's launch at Columbia University

Hunter's Horn by Harriette Simpson Arnow