| ART |
Commissions
1986 Cover Artist, Howling Dog Literary Journal; "Celebration: The Wondrous Spirit of Wimmin"
1980-1982 Project Artist, "Walk Against Crime", ad campaign; City of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan
Collections
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
Exhibitions
*solo shows marked by asterisk
*2011 "Open Up", Black Sheep Coffee Brewery Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2010 Postcard Show, Eastbank Art Gallery Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2010 Postcard Show, Falls Park Horse Barn Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2010 Artists Against Torture, Johannson Charles Gallery Detroit, Michigan
2009 555 Gallery Detroit, Michigan
2008 Still Point Zen Buddhist Temple Detroit, Michigan
2008 Spirit of Detroit, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Michigan
2007 Kids Kicking Cancer, Jewish Community Center West Bloomfield, Michigan
2006 Artist Invitational, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2006 Plein Aire, Falls Park Horse Barn, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2005 Red Wall, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
*2005 "Living Heritage", Mundt Library - South Dakota State University, Madison, South Dakota
*2004 "Speaking in Tongues 2", Black Sheep Coffee Brewery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
*2004 "Speaking in Tongues", 5500 Cass Art Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
*2003 "An Evening of Poetry and Art", Falls Park Horse Barn, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2000 Fashion Design Show (Girlee Collective) Detroit Contemporary Art Gallery, Detroit, Mi
*2000 Paintings, Weavings, Gear Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida
*1999 Weavings, Gear Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida
1998 Paintings, Weavings, International Bazaar, Detroit, Michigan
1996 Clock Show, Focus Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
*1996 "Buffalo in a Snowstorm", Heidelberg Project fundraiser, (Heidelberg Project) Detroit, Mi
1995 Artists' Collective Group Show, Galleria Biegas, Detroit, Michigan
*1993 Prints, Oriana's Bookcafe, Black Hills, South Dakota
1991 Paintings, Weavings, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa
1990 Paintings, Weavings, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa
1987 Detroit Black Artists Group Show, Whitney Building, Detroit, Michigan
*1985 "New Paintings", Freezer Theatre Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
*1983 "New Paintings and Pastels", Miami Cafe, Detroit, Michigan
1975 Michigan Artists Show, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Michigan
Visiting Artist Lecture
1996 Heidelberg Project, Detroit, Michigan
| Exhibitions, etc. |
As a child artist in the late '60s, I had some training at the Gallery 7 Collective in Detroit; and then
later, also with Charles McGee, in the underground studios at the Detroit Institute of Arts. In the early
mid-70s, as a twelve yr. old street artist, I set up shop outside the D.I.A., selling poems and sketches
out front. One day an uptight, hippie-hating suburbanite stopped on the steps of the D.I.A., and
turned to glare nastily back at me, snarling, "Get a job!"
Innocently mystified, I replied with youthful sincerity, "Lady, this is my job."
At any rate, my little gig out front got my work into the D.I.A. An administrator stopped and bought
a couple of my pieces, which were then included in an exhibition of Michigan artists, thus making it
possible for this little hippie artist to say that her first show was at a major art museum.
later, also with Charles McGee, in the underground studios at the Detroit Institute of Arts. In the early
mid-70s, as a twelve yr. old street artist, I set up shop outside the D.I.A., selling poems and sketches
out front. One day an uptight, hippie-hating suburbanite stopped on the steps of the D.I.A., and
turned to glare nastily back at me, snarling, "Get a job!"
Innocently mystified, I replied with youthful sincerity, "Lady, this is my job."
At any rate, my little gig out front got my work into the D.I.A. An administrator stopped and bought
a couple of my pieces, which were then included in an exhibition of Michigan artists, thus making it
possible for this little hippie artist to say that her first show was at a major art museum.
