domin antly ▁black ▁par och ial ▁school . ▁His ▁sister ▁Est ella ▁Con will ▁Maj oz o ▁is ▁an ▁author , ▁poet , ▁and ▁professor . ▁At ▁least ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁brothers , ▁G iles ▁Con will , ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁priest hood . ▁For ▁a ▁time , ▁in ▁his ▁late ▁te ens , ▁Con will ▁lived ▁in ▁a ▁monaster y ▁in ▁St . ▁Me in rad , ▁Indiana . ▁He ▁joined ▁the ▁Air ▁Force ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁where ▁he ▁served ▁three ▁years ▁until ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁when ▁he ▁en rolled ▁in ▁Howard ▁University ' s ▁Art ▁Department . ▁During ▁his ▁time ▁at ▁Howard , ▁Con will ▁worked ▁with ▁Sam ▁Gill iam , ▁Lo is ▁Mail ou ▁Jones , ▁and ▁Sk under ▁Bog h oss ian , ▁and ▁took ▁in ▁the ▁displays ▁of ▁traditional ▁African ▁art ▁exhib ited ▁in ▁Howard ' s ▁gallery . ▁It ▁was ▁here , ▁and ▁in ▁his ▁first ▁student ▁exhibition ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 1 , ▁that ▁Con will ▁started ▁making ▁works ▁with ▁can v ases ▁stretch ed ▁over ▁py ram id ▁shapes , ▁a ▁mot if ▁that ▁would ▁rec ur ▁throughout ▁his ▁art istic ▁career . ▁Con will ▁graduated ▁from ▁Howard ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁and ▁moved ▁with ▁his ▁wife , ▁fellow ▁Howard ▁art ▁school ▁gradu ate ▁Kin sh asha ▁Hol man ▁Con will , ▁to ▁California . ▁Houston ▁purs ued ▁his ▁master ' s ▁degree ▁from ▁University ▁of ▁Southern ▁California ▁and ▁Kin sh asha