EXPERIENCE

AS AN ARTIST

 

• Videos  

       2015. Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park,        New Jersey.

       2009. Textile sculpture, “Upper East Side,” created        at Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York,            subject of a ”30 Seconds" video filmed in The              Museum of Modern Art by artist Thilo Hoffmann,

       who directed me and a staff person. Project              unreleased, archived at MoMA. Shown on this

       site with permission of MoMA.

       

• Commendations

       2013. “Page Turners,” Somerset County, NJ Libraries.

       2005. “Cherry Trees,” The National Cherry Blossom          Festival, Washington, DC.

       2005. “Big B," American Artist magazine. 

 

• Group shows  

       2016. "Love, Not War," New York Open Center, New        York.        

       2015. "Aminah's Daily Bread," ACA Galleries, New          York.           

       2004. WFAE-90.7 FM, “Radiovision,” Charlotte.

       2002. University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

       2001. Charlotte Observer Talent Night, Charlotte.

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• Solo shows

       2012. The Actors Fund Home, Englewood, NJ.

       2006. Cameron Park School, Hillsborough, NC.

 

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EXPERIENCE

AS A WRITER/EDITOR

    

•   1986-2002 Newspaper copy editor and book           reviewer,The Charlotte Observer.       

•   Other published articles   

      Redbook magazine.

       The Detroit Free Press.

 

 

EDUCATION

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• Post-degree, fine arts and art history

       Hunter College.

  The Robert Blackburn Printmaking

  Workshop, New York.

       The University of North Carolina, Charlotte. 

       Wayne State University, Detroit.

• French for anglophones 

       University of Montréal, Québec.

• Bachelor of arts, social science

• Post-degree, computer science

       Wayne State University, Detroit.

 

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