Exhibition History

2012

ONE-WOMAN EXHIBITION

Out of the Box – Feature Artist: Reflections – Textile Thread Paintings – Ebony Stitchers Quilting Guild – Decatur, GA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

A New Legacy Revealed: African American Fiber Artist – International Quilt Festival – Houston, TX

Mermaids and Merwomen in Black Folklore: A Fiber Arts Exhibition – Charleston, SC

Race: Art Before Answers – San Francisco Public Library, Third Floor – San Francisco, CA

 2011

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 Women of the Uncommon Cloth Ormond Memorial Art Museum – Ormond Beach, FL

Illuminations Dia de los MuertosNow They are Angels, Mixed Media Dolls – SomArts Cultural Center –  San Francisco, CA

Fabrics of the World – Ebony Stitchers Quilting Guild – Decatur, GA

Inspirations . . . Approaches to Fibers – collaboration with Marion Coleman – Anna Edwards Gallery – San Leandro, CA

Sankofa Preserving Our Past – Designing Our Future – Quilts by the African American Quilt Guild of Oakland, CA

The Art of Living Black 15th Annual Bay Area Black Artist Exhibition – Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA

Rhythm of life – Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery – San Ramon Community Center –  San Ramon, CA

COMMISSION

A Journey Celebration: Honoring the Past – Living in the Present – Moving Towards the Future, three textile story quilts celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum – San Francisco, CA – Completion date:  May, 2011

15 Textile Commemorative Gifts c. 2011 – titled A Journey Celebration: Honoring the Past – Living in the Present – Moving Towards the Future, were given to the VIP’s & Special Guest who participated at the VOICES 2011 Conference and APIAHF’s 25th Anniversary event in Washington, DC – collaboration with Marion Coleman who completed the Honoring the Past textile gifts

1999 – 2012

AWARDS & HONORS

City of Oakland Cultural Funding Program – Individual Artist Project – 10 African American Traditional Quilting Workshops to create four historical story quilts about Northern California African American Woman involved in the Civil Rights Movement

Alliance for California Traditional Arts Development Program 2012travel stipend to visit Charleston, SC – View traditional African American quilting and the exhibition Mermaids and Merwomen in Black Folklore; visit the Slavery Market and other historical landmarks

Center for Cultural Innovation Investing in Artists Grant 2011 – Round VII Visual Arts, Crafts and Literary Arts – Artistic Equipment & Tools Category – purchase  professional sewing machine & quilting frame

Alliance for California Traditional Art’s Apprenticeship Program 2011 – Master Artist – Helen Anderson, Apprentice working together in the traditional art form of African American Quilting

3D Group AwardSyncopation IV – 2008 Juried All Media Exhibition – Palos Verdes Art Center – Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Selected for the Illuminations 2007 Calendar – Mixed Media Fiber Collage titled Sometime You Just Have to Play in a Red World featured for the month of November – Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center – Boston, MA

Juror’s Choice for Excellence in Design 2005“Cosmos Dance” – Professional Art Quilt Alliance South – Art Quilts Journeys; Page-Walker Arts & History Center – Cary, NC

Certificate of Appreciation 2003 – City of Oakland’s Public Art Program for recognition of the creation of “A Journey of Promise” murals for the African American Museum and Library of Oakland, CA

Degree of Participation2001 Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea – Fortezza da Basso – Florence, Italy

Telling Your Story WorkshopSummer Program at Home, Alameda, CA – received a Visual Art Project Grant 2001

Artist-in-Residence 1999 – Atlantic Center for the Arts – New Smyrna Beach, Fl – Residency #81 – Master Artist: Tadashi Kawamata; Japanese sculptor/installation artist – received a Grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

2010

INSTALLATION

Healing Altar to Aja, Lady of the ForestHonoring Revolution with Visions of Healing – SomArts Cultural Center –  San Francisco, CA

ONE-WOMAN EXHIBITION

Mixed Media Thread Paintings – Merced College Art Gallery – Merced, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

The Light of Los Muertos – The Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts Annex – Oakland, CA

Art Quilts – O’Hanlon Center Gallery – Mill Valley, CA

Illuminations at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center – Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care – Boston, MA

Once upon a time ….  National Heritage Quilt Show – McMinn County Living Heritage Museum – Athens, TN

PINNACLE: 2010 National Juried Art Competition – Foster Tanner Fine Arts Center – Tallahassee, FL

Quilting Green – RePurpose, ReCycle & ReUse – An Artistic Expression of Fiber Artistry and Beadwork – Porter Sanford Performing Art and Community Center –  Decatur, Ga

Beyond Category: Visions of Jazz in Fiber International Textile Show – The University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica

Amazing Wonders: Quilts by African Americans of Northern California Region – Richmond Art Center –  Richmond, CA

2009

INSTALLATION

Prayer Altar for the Healing of Slavery in AmericaAltars for the Spirits/Offerings for the Living – SomArts Cultural Center  –  San Francisco, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Trunk Show & Sale – Sew Image – Oakland, CA

Amazing Wonders: Quilts by African Americans of Northern California Region – 40 Acres Art Gallery – Sacramento, CA

Simply Nina – African American Art & Culture Complex –  San Francisco, CA

PINNACLE: National Juried Art Competition” – Foster Tanner Fine Arts Center –  Tallahassee, FL

BREAK Rhythmized Textiles from the African Diaspora – PI Gallery – Kansas City, MO

40th Annual Textile Exhibition – Olive Hyde Art Gallery – Fremont, CA

2008

INSTALLATION

A Temple Dedicated to KeperahTime of Change – SomArts Cultural Center – San Francisco, CA  – collaboration with Kemit Amenophis

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Capturing Character – Yavapai College Art Gallery, Prescott Campus – Prescott, AZ

Juried All Media Exhibition – Palos Verdes Art Center –  Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

27th Annual Fabric of Legacies International Art Quilt Exhibition – Lincoln Center – Fort Collins, CO

Cultural Connections – Craft & Cultural Arts Gallery, State of California Office – Oakland, CA

The Art of Living Black 12th Annual Bay Area Black Artists Exhibition – Richmond Art Center –  Richmond, CA

Quilting African-American Women’s History: Our Challenges, Creativity and Champions – National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center of the Historical Society – Wilberforce, OH

Woman Band Together – Prescott Joseph Center for Community Enhancement, Inc. – Oakland, CA

The Cradle Project – collaboration with Virginia Benavidez – Albuquerque, NM

Sisters in Cloth – Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum – Golden, CO

2007

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Illuminations – 5th Anniversary Exhibition – Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center – Boston, MA

Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art  Store – Fort Lauderdale, FL

Atlanta Ave ArtWalk– Brooklyn, NY

2006

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Illuminations at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center – Boston, MA

Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round – Fuller Craft Museum – Brockton, MA

Atlanta Ave ArtWalk – Brooklyn, NY

2002 – 2003

PUBLIC ART PROJECTS

Commission Mural Project – A Journey of Promise for the African-American Museum and Library, collaboration with Daniel Galvez – City of Oakland’s Public Art Program – Oakland, CA – Completion date: October, 2003

2003 – 2005

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Art Quilts – Journeys – Professional Art Quilt Alliance-South – Page-Walker Arts & History Center – Cary, NC

A Page From My Book: Journal Quilts 2004 – Journal Quilt Project – International Quilt Festival – Houston, TX

Walls of Heritage/Walls of Pride: African American Murals – African American Museum and Library – Oakland, CA

Fiberworks . . . an explosion of color –  Collaboration of art quilts and fiber presented by Studio Art Quilt Associates of Northern California/Nevada – Doiron Gallery  –  Sacramento, CA

In Honor of the Logsplitter – Juried Exhibition – Spring Quilt Festival, Donald E. Stephens Convention – Rosemont, IL

1991 – 2010

INSTALLATIONS

Celebrating the Soul’s JourneyEntre La Y La MuerteSomArts Cultural Center –  San Francisco, CA – collaboration with Olaitan Callender-Scott

Spirit Boutique Ciudad de los Milagaros – SomArts Cultural Center –  San Francisco, CA

EveLaberinto de las Culturas – SomArts Cultural Center –  San Francisco, CA – collaboration with Kemit Amenophis

Guardians – INsideOUT – Artist-in-Residence, Atlantic Center for the Arts – New Smyrna Beach, FL

Isis, The HealerFragments of Flight – Bedford Gallery – Walnut Creek, CA

A Slow DeathRooms & Windows for the Dead III – Mission Cultural Center –  San Francisco, CA

The Destruction of Religion Four Directions, Women Honor Native Land, Pro Arts –  Oakland, CA

Tomb of Transformation Rooms For the Dead II – Mission Cultural Center – San Francisco, CA – collaboration with Kemit Amenophis

The Dream – African-American Historical & Cultural Society – San Francisco, CA