Curriculim Vitae
EDUCATION
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1974, B.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art: majored in Painting and minored Illustration
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1977 Massachusetts Teacher Certificate in Art Education: all grade levels K-12; through Boston State College and Suffolk University
CREATIVE EXPERIENCES
WORKSHOPS
Conducted workshops for the following institutions:
2016 Watercolor workshops; Dudley Branch, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
1990-92 Museum of Afro American History; Boston, MA.
1988-89 University of Massachusetts, Boston campus; Boston, MA.
CONSULTATIONS, DEMONSTRATIONS and COLLABORATIONS
2021
Provided digital compositing services for the mural “NO STRINGS DETACHED" created by Paul Goodnight and Laurence "Larry" Pierce. Also, contributed numerous creative compositional elements to the final version of the mural. This was part of the Mentoring Murals project sponsored by NOW + THERE mural program, for Greater Grove Hall community and Main Streets initiative.
2019
Judging panel for Mural Masters Competition with The Community Art Center,
Cambridge MA
2012 -2019
Live painting demonstrations with SPARC the Art Mobile and CACP (Center for
Art and Community Partnerships) lead by Ekua Holmes from MassArt, at
various locations throughout Roxbury, MA; in conjunction w The
Makanda Project, John Kordalewski, Bandleader/Director
2017
Provided graphic design compositing services for ON THE SHOULDERS OF
GIANTS banner initiative for the Grove Hall community; designed by Laurence "Larry" Pierce
of AfricanWinterGallery, Dorchester MA
2014 - 2015
Created background drawings and spontaneous digital sketches for
“Drawn-In”, a 23 min. dance performance; in collaboration with
Dance Currents Inc, at Green Streets Studios, Cambridge, MA
Kathy Hassinger; Director
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Created background drawings and spontaneous digital sketches for
“Drawn-In”, a 7 minute work-in-progress and proof of concept dance performance;
in collaboration with Dance Currents Inc, at Green Streets Studios, Cambridge, MA
Kathy Hassinger; Director
2005-2016
Portrait drawing demonstrations for the
Roxbury Tenants of Harvard, community
festival, Brookline, MA
2005-10
Portrait drawing demonstrations for Meet Me Downtown:
LynnArts, Lynn Central Sq, Lynn MA
2005-2007
Portrait drawing demonstrations;
Copley Square Plaza, Boston, MA,
Sponsored by Boston Afro-American
Artists
Portrait drawing demonstrations;
Brigham Circle Plaza, Boston, MA;
Sponsored by Boston Afro-American
Artists
2001
Arts Central, Arts Festival; watercolor demonstration,
works in progress, Cambridge, MA; through Cambridge Arts Council
1997
Judging panel for Cambridge Carnival
International Inc.; Cambridge, MA.
Painting and drawing demonstration for the Mall at
Chestnut Hill; in conjunction with the Museum of
Afro-American History and One Vision Inc; Chestnut
Hill, MA
Watercolor demonstration in the Rose Garden at the Fenway,
for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and
the Museum of Afro-American History, Boston;
in conjunction with One Vision Inc, Boston, MA
1996
Director of Camp *MAAH Summer Art Camp program
at the Museum of Afro American History; Boston, MA.
*(Museum of Afro American History)
1990-94
Judging panel for the "On My Own Time" exhibition
series; sponsored by Tufts Associated Health Plan;
Waltham, MA.
1977-1979
Portrait drawing demonstrations for The Whole World Celebration with
Boston Afro American Artists, Commonwealth Peer Boston, MA
COMMISSIONS, PUBLIC ART
2018
Designed the fundraising campaign brochure for Community Arts Center,
Cambridge, MA
2013
Created the logo design for “BeLive: The Bill Robinson Show” Cambridge
Community Television Channel 9
2005
Brattle Book Shop, 9 West St., Boston, MA “Ishmael Reed”, author portrait
13” x 22” Acrylic on Panel (Stolen in 2006)
1995
Brattle Book Shop, 9 West St., Boston, MA “Isaac Asimov”, author portrait
4' x 4' Acrylic on Panel; recently uninstalled in 2019
1993
Judge Baker Children's' Center, and the Camille Cosby Center, Boston, MA;
Illustrations and graphics projects, funded through a grant
from NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health)
PUBLICATIONS
2016
Illustrated the children's book: MOMMY MAKE ME MANCAKES by
Tyamja; an ebook self-published through Amazon; Cambridge, MA
2009-2010
Illustrated the children's book: MY FAVORITE SHOES by Rochelle
O'Neal Thorpe; published by Wiggles Press, Cambridge, MA (printed edition
in English and Spanish.) In 2010 it became a free, Apple iTunes, StoryChimes, app
through Siena Entertainment
LARGE SCALE PROJECTS
1983
Mural in the offices of Bay Cove Human Services, Early Intervention Program; Dorchester, MA.
1982
Mural at Bay Cove High School; Boston, MA.
1974
Mural at Newtowne Court Housing Project in the youth gym; Cambridge,
MA. (destroyed as a result of renovations)
MEDIA
2012
Guest artist on “BeLive: The Bill Robinson Show” with co-hosts Bill Robinson and Clifton “Chi” Ashe,
Cambridge Community Television Channel 9, August 16, 2012
1990
Guest artist on "Visions" with Natalie Christian; Channel 56; Telecast, November 18, 1990
1988
Guest artist on "Artist of the Week"; Boston Afro-American Artist, Inc. cable TV program, produce
through BNN-TV Channel 3; Boston, MA
SOLO EXHIBITS
1993 and 2001
Massachusetts Bay Community College; Felix Juliani Gallery; Wellesley, MA
1996, 1978, 2001
New Works, Cambridge Public Library; Cambridge, MA.
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GROUP EXHIBITS
2018 - 2020
Cambridge Arts Open Studios; at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education,
the Cambridgeside Mall, and through an online presence during the Covid-19 Pandemic and quarantine, in 2020, Cambridge, MA
2013
African American Artists: Passion for a Lifetime, Riverside Gallery; Cambridge, MA
1999, 2007-09
Exhibition and artist's talk at TJX Corporation, Framingham, MA; through One Vision Inc.
2006
Sompatt Pan-African Cultural Festival art exhibit, UMass Boston, Boston, MA
2005-2006
AfricanWinterGallery, Dorchester, MA for Roxbury Open Studios,
AfricanWinterGallery at Boston City Hall, Boston, MA
2005
Arts Central: work-in-progress and exhibition; through Cambridge Arts Council, Cambridge, MA
2003-2004
Boston Afro-American Artists, Inc. (BAAA) at the Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA
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1999
"Tales out of School", Arlington Center for the Arts, Arlington, MA
1996
"In the African-American Spirit"; Andover Newton Theological School, Newton, MA.
1979-93
Boston Globe Book Festival, BAAA exhibit, Boston, MA.
1991
AAMARP (African-American Master Artists-in-Residence Program) at Northeastern University,
in the Boston Mayor's Office, Boston, MA. (As an affiliate artist)
1990
Kuumba (creativity), Brandeis University; Waltham MA.,
1978-90 and 2004
Sunday in the Park: Boston Afro American Artists (BAAA) annual exhibition
and competition at Copley Square Plaza and Horatio Harris Park, Boston, MA
1989
The First Dozen, AAMARP **
Alchemie Gallery, Boston, MA
Community Arts Gallery at The University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
1988
AAMARP 88', Boston, MA **
1984
People and Their Environments, Museum of The National Center of Afro-American Artists
(MNCAA), Boston, MA
1983
Another Vision, Boston College, Boston, MA
1982
Art on the Town, Cambridge Arts Council exhibition series, Cambridge, MA
1981
East Meets West, Boston to Denver, exchange exhibition through The Artists' Representative, Boston, MA
1980
Young Black Artists Under 36, AAMARP at Northeastern University, Boston, MA
1979
4th Invitational Exhibition, *MNCAA, Boston, MA
1978
Pana-Vision, Community Arts Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, Lowell University, Lowell, MA
1977
3rd Invitational Exhibition, *MNCAA, Boston, MA
Three Generations, United South End Settlements (Harriet Tubman House), Boston, MA
1974
Third World Workshop, Jamaica Plain, MA
-Works included in private collections locally and nationally