The Cranbrook Academy of Art, M.F.A. Emphasis Painting
The Art Academy of Cincinnati, B.F.A. Magna Cum Laude
The Pennsylvania State University School of Architecture
(Studied Architecture and Architectural Design 1981-1982)
Bloomfield Hills, MI 1988
Cincinnati, OH 1986
State College, PA
N.A.M.I. Family Support Group Facilitator
Peer Support Specialist, completed training certified
Mesa, Arizona 2016
Phoenix, Arizona 2016
Milkweed Fine Arts, Phoenix, Arizona
Adjunct Faculty, South Mountain Community College, Phoenix, AZ
Adjunct Faculty, Estrella Mountain Community College, Avondale, AZ
Instructing: drawing, art history
Adjunct Faculty Member, Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ
Instructed drawing classes and art history courses
Visual Art Instructor, Brio Fine Arts Center, Scottsdale, AZ
Instructed adults conducting multi—media painting and figure drawing workshops
Assistant Professor of Art, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
Instructed as art appreciation, drawing, painting and foundation design
Assistant Professor of Art, Morehead State University, Morehead State, KY
Instructed studio classes in beginning and advanced drawing and the appreciation of the visual arts classes
Louisville Visual Arts Association Art Instructor, Louisville, KY
Instructed adults and children in drawing, painting, and art appreciation
YMCA Art Specialist, Child Care Enrichment Program, Louisville, KY
Conducted art classes to supplement existing ones for the Jefferson County Public School System.
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Red Magazine, Phoenix, AZ / Scottsdale’s Best, Umbrella Publishing Fullerton, CA
The South Mountain District News, Phoenix, AZ/ The Phoenix New Times, Phoenix, AZ
A Magazine, Ahwatukee AZ/ Phoenix Metropolitan, Phoenix AZ/ City AZ: Desert Living, Phoenix, AZ
Art Papers, Atlanta, GA/ Internet Surfer, Las Vegas, NV/ Echo Magazine, Phoenix AZ
The Little Rock Free Press, Little Rock, AR / Number, an Independent Journal, Memphis, TN
Leo, Lexington, KY/ Dialogue, Columbus, OH / The New Art Examiner, Chicago, IL
The Positioning of Art, Chandler Artists’ Guild, Chandler, AZ, 2007
Lecture, The Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ, 2004
Writers' Conference, Hot Springs, AR, 1994
Faculty Summer Grant UALR, Little Rock, AR, 1994
Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, New York, 1990
Arts Vision-presented by the Kentucky Arts Council, Frankfort, KY, 1990
Phoenix Award-The Phoenix Hill Neighborhood Association, Louisville, KY, 1990
The Cincinnati Bell Purchase Award, Cincinnati, OH, 1988
The Penn State African-American Scholars Program, State College, PA, 1980
Guest Lecturer for the J.B. Speed Museum of Art, Louisville, KY, 1990
Artist and Criticism: Regional vs. National Perspectives, Bowling Green, KY, 1990
Poles, solo exhibition, ASU Center for Behavioral Policy, Westward Ho, Phoenix, AZ
Between Two Poles, solo exhibition, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ
Feast Your Eyes, ASU Downtown Campus, Phoenix AZ
Darkness and Light, two-person exhibition, 9 the Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Two Visionaries, two person exhibition, Phoenix, AZ
Zouk American Kitchen, Glendale, Arizona
The Gas Light Inn Art Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Glendale, AZ
The Herberger Theater, Juried Exhibition, Phoenix, AZ
Olney Gallery, Trinity Cathedral, Two Person Show, Phoenix, AZ
On Going, Lewis Interiors, Glendale, AZ
Solo Exhibition, Brio Fine Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
Group Exhibition, The Farm, South Mountain Village, Phoenix, AZ
Fusion Studio, Group Showing, Tempe, AZ
Lyrical Interpretations, Paulina Miller Studio Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Illusions – Fantasy exhibition, Phoenix, AZ
Under construction, Bear Icons Four, Washington D.C.
The Black and White Show: The Artery, Phoenix, AZ
Exodus solo show, ASU Downtown, Phoenix, AZ
11 East Ashland Gallery, “Summer Group Show” Phoenix, AZ
Three Person Show, Paulina Miller Studio Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Espresso Gold Bar Solo show, “Love Poems to Japan,” Tempe, AZ
Soho 121 Arts Club, Phoenix, AZ 2000 Artifact, Wingspan, Tucson, AZ
Images of Pima County, Sitwell Twiggs House, Tucson, AZ
Planet Earth Theater, Fund Raiser, Phoenix, AZ
Solo Exhibition, The Chroma Gallery, Little Rock, AR
Solo Exhibition, The University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR
Group Show: 7 deadly Sins, U.A.L.R., Little Rock, AR
Solo Show: Symbols Signs and Sentences, U.A.P.B., Pine Bluff, AR
Hendrix Invitational, Hendrix College, Conway, AR
UALR “Tarot Card Exhibition, The Pyramid Gallery, Little Rock, AR
Our Ancestral History, The Mahogany Gallery, North Little Rock, AR
Virtual Reality, Spirit Square, Charlotte, NC
Solo Show: The Brownsboro Gallery, Louisville, KY
Virtual Reality, Spirit Square, Charlotte, NC
Solo Exhibition, The Cinque Gallery, New York, NY
Mail Box Art, the Kentucky Arts and Crafts Foundation, Louisville, KY
Kuumba, The Third World Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Rising to the Surface: Socio Political Art, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
Muktano, Regional African-American Art, The University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
De Lemmon's D'Lemma, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
The Annual Morehead State University Faculty Exhibition, Morehead, KY
Ethnic Diversity, The Lexington Art League Lexington, KY
Nuovo Gallery, Louisville, KY
Ten Black Alumni, The Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
The Water Tower Annual," Curator Miriam Shapiro, Louisville, KY
A Cultural Exchange: 12 Russian Artists meet 18 Yvonne Rapp Gallery Artists"
The Headley-Whitney Museum of Lexington, Lexington, KY
A Matter of Painting, Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI
The Fiber Show," The Detroit Artists' Market Gallery, Detroit, MI
Focus 88, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
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Experience with: Freehand, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, Quark Express, Painter, Office 2007 Painter, Corel Draw X4, Mac Experience OS X Leopard, also have created blogs and content for assorted publications online as well as some photo editing.
Africa /Germany/South America/France/Lichtenstein/Various Caribbean Islands and Switzerland