Curriculum Vitae
Education and
Workshops
1974
Morehouse College – B.A., Political Science
2007
Tougaloo Art Colony, Tougaloo, MS
Literary Awards, Residencies, Grants
2009
Caversham Centre for Artists & Writers, International Residency Fellowship, Balgowan, South Africa, Fulton County Arts Council, Fulton County, GA
Published Poetry - Anthologies, Literary Journals, Books
2011
(forthcoming) African American Review - Nathan Grant, Editor - St. Louis University Press, St. Louis, MO
Reverie: Midwest African American Literature - 2011 Edition, Volume 5 - Randall Horton & Qiana Towns, Editors - Aquarius Press, Detroit, MI
Java Monkey Speaks: A Poetry Anthology, Volume 4 - Kodac Harrison & Collin Kelley, Co-Editors - Poetry Atlanta Press
Encounters: Poems About Race, Ethnicity and Identity – Poetry Anthology, Paula Cole Jones, Editor, Skinner House Books, Boston, MA
2010
Mythium Literary Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2, Crystal Wilkinson, Ron Davis, Co-Editors, Lexington, KY
Black Magnolias Literary Journal – Fall Edition - C. Liegh McInnis, Publisher, Jackson, MS
2009
Brickworks – Chapbook - The Caversham Press, Balgowan, South Africa
Kara Walker—NO/ Kara Walker—YES/ Kara Walker—? – Poem,"Art of War"– MidMarch Arts Press
2008
How We Love / Letters and Lessons for the Next Generation, Anthology, Published by Capital BookFest
Black Magnolias Literary Journal – Vol. 2, No. 4 - C. Liegh McInnis, Publisher, Jackson, MS
The Caribbean Writer – Volume 22 – Annual Anthology – University of the Virgin Islands Press
2007
CRUX: A conversation in words and images/South Africa to South USA – Anthology - Fulton County, GA, Publisher
Sisters Nineties Literary Magazine – April – St. Louis, MO – D. Morrowloving, Editor
2006
Sisters Nineties Literary Magazine - December – St. Louis, MO – D. Morrowloving, Editor
2005
Sisters Nineties Literary Magazine - December – St. Louis, MO – D. Morrowloving, Editor
No More Silent Cries – Anthology – Floyd Boykins, Publisher – St. Louis, MO
Restoration - a collection of poetry and prose – self published
2004
Smells I See - a collection of poetry and prose – self published
Sisters Nineties Literary Magazine - August – St. Louis, MO – D. Morrowloving, Editor
Sisters Nineties Literary Magazine - April – St. Louis, MO – D. Morrowloving, Editor
2003
Sisters Nineties Literary Magazine - December – St. Louis, MO – D. Morrowloving, Editor
Sisters Nineties Literary Magazine - August – St. Louis, MO – D. Morrowloving, Editor
Sisters Nineties Literary Magazine - April – St. Louis, MO – D. Morrowloving, Editor
1975
Neworld Magazine – Summer Volume - Inner City Cultural Center, Publisher – Los Angeles, CA
Teaching/Speaking/Community
2011
The Crayons Girls Draw With, Self-Development Group - Re-purposed Object Art Workshop - Kennedy Middle School, Atlanta, GA - December
2009
Art as Social Action – Community Art Project – Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
2008
Art as Social Action – Community Art Project – Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
2007
Art as Social Action – Community Art Project – Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
Sisters Nineties Literary Group – Writers Workshop – St. Louis, MO – February
2005
Sisters Nineties Literary Group – Writers Workshop – St. Louis, MO – June
2004
Thomas G. Pullen Middle School – 5th-8th Grade - Imani Cheers, Instr.- Capital Heights, MD - September 27
Sisters Nineties Literary Group – Writers Workshop – St. Louis, MO – September 18
Yari Yari Literary Group – D. Morrowloving, Founder – St. Louis, MO – July 20
Gems and Jewels – Kathy Nesbit, Admin. – Atlanta, GA - July 14
Benjamin S. Carr Honors Middle School – Atlanta, GA - March 3
Readings
2011
Java Monkey Coffeehouse, Decatur, GA – Featured Artist – September 18
2009
The Slavery Chronicles, Wood is Wonderful Gallery- Atlanta, GA – Featured Artist – June 26
2008
Java Monkey Coffeehouse, Decatur, GA – Featured Artist – August 3
2007
The Apex Museum – Slavery: Telling the Next Generation – Featured Artist - November 10
Auburn Avenue Research Library – The Black Man Film Festival – November 3
Southwest Arts Center, Atlanta, GA – Crux: South Africa to South USA, Reception – October 19
The Apex Museum – National Black Arts Festival – Featured Artist - July 21
2006
First Afrikan Presbyterian Church, Lithonia, GA – Featured Artist - Kwanzaa Celebration - December
2005
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA – Featured Poet – November 9
2004
Kwanzaa Celebration - St. Louis, MO - December
Kwanzaa House – Reading and Book Signing – Columbia, SC – September 11
Radio Interview – 620AM – Host, Don Ferguson – Columbia, SC – September 8
Schlafly Branch Library, St. Louis, MO – April 19
Benjamin S. Carr Honors Preparatory Middle School – Atlanta, GA - March 3
The LINKS, Inc. - Atlanta, GA - February 7
Artist Organizations and Affiliations
2011 – Present
African Americans for the Arts, Atlanta, GA – Board Member
2008 – 2010
African Americans for the Arts, Atlanta, GA – President, Board Member
2006 – 2007
African Americans for the Arts, Atlanta, GA – Board Member
2003 – 2007
Sisters Nineties Literary Group, St. Louis, MO
Visual Art Awards, Residencies, Grants
2010
Best of Show, Holidays Aglow, (K. Joy Peters, Guest Judge), Stuart McClean Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2009
Best of Show, Holidays Aglow, Mapenzi, (Michael Simanga, Guest Judge), Southwest Art Center, Fulton County, GA
Caversham Centre for Artists & Writers, International Residency Fellowship, Balgowan, South Africa, Fulton County Arts Council, Fulton County, GA
2007
Honorable Mention, Holidays Aglow, (Brian Hebert, Guest Judge), Southwest Art Center, Fulton County, GA
Selected Solo & Two Person Art Exhibitions
2011-2012
Love &...Hear Me Now!, Lamar Arts Center & Gallery, Barnesville, GA – December 23, 2011 - February 25, 2012
2011
CURRENTS, AFSC Georgia Peace Center Gallery, Atlanta, GA – November 5 - December 10
Selected Group Art Exhibitions
2012
Dialogue: Past, Present, Future, Fulton County Public Library, Atlanta, GA – February
2011-2012
Holidays Aglow, Stuart McClean Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA – December 9 - January 3
2011
Elevate / Art Above Underground, Office of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta, GA - August 26 - October 29
Fulton County Public Library, Atlanta, GA – February
“African Americans for the Arts, Recent Works” – Cultural Arts Council of Douglassville, Douglassville, GA – January 18 – February 28
2010
Morehouse Art Auction Fundraiser, Atlanta, GA – December 4
Holidays Aglow, Mapenzi, Stuart McClean Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA – December 3-17
"The Dream Continues", The National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture at Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL
“Nina: No Illusions, No Escape”, Nina Simone Legacy Project Invitational, Atlanta, GA – April 16-20
Exhibition of Caversham Prints, Southwest Arts Center Performance Theater Gallery - Atlanta, GA – January 23 – March 25
Fort Valley State University – Fort Valley, GA – Juried – January – February
2009
A Long Time Comin' : From Toil and Tears to Triumph,The National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African American Culture, Montgomery, AL
2008
Digital Arts Studio, Atlanta, GA – November – December
ArtWalk Harlem, Indigo Arms Guest House Gallery - New York, NY – October
AAFTA, Gallery One Eleven, Eatonton, GA – Juried – February
AAFTA, Fulton County Public Library, Atlanta, GA - Juried – February
2007-2008
Holidays Aglow, Southwest Art Center, Fulton County, GA – Juried – December – January
2007
Crossroads, Lucy Craft Laney Museum, Augusta, GA – Juried – September - November
Atlanta Jazz Festival Emerging Artists, Atlanta, GA – Juried – May
Fulton County Public Library, Atlanta, GA - Juried – February
2006-2007
Holidays Aglow, Southwest Art Center, Fulton County, GA – Juried – December – January
Selected Catalogues
2010
"The Dream Continues", The National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture at Alabama State University
2009
A Long Time Comin' : From Toil and Tears to Triumph, The National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture at Alabama State University
1974
Morehouse College – B.A., Political Science
2007
Tougaloo Art Colony, Tougaloo, MS
Literary Awards, Residencies, Grants
2009
Caversham Centre for Artists & Writers, International Residency Fellowship, Balgowan, South Africa, Fulton County Arts Council, Fulton County, GA
Published Poetry - Anthologies, Literary Journals, Books
2011
(forthcoming) African American Review - Nathan Grant, Editor - St. Louis University Press, St. Louis, MO
Reverie: Midwest African American Literature - 2011 Edition, Volume 5 - Randall Horton & Qiana Towns, Editors - Aquarius Press, Detroit, MI
Java Monkey Speaks: A Poetry Anthology, Volume 4 - Kodac Harrison & Collin Kelley, Co-Editors - Poetry Atlanta Press
Encounters: Poems About Race, Ethnicity and Identity – Poetry Anthology, Paula Cole Jones, Editor, Skinner House Books, Boston, MA
2010
Mythium Literary Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2, Crystal Wilkinson, Ron Davis, Co-Editors, Lexington, KY
Black Magnolias Literary Journal – Fall Edition - C. Liegh McInnis, Publisher, Jackson, MS
2009
Brickworks – Chapbook - The Caversham Press, Balgowan, South Africa
Kara Walker—NO/ Kara Walker—YES/ Kara Walker—? – Poem,"Art of War"– MidMarch Arts Press
2008
How We Love / Letters and Lessons for the Next Generation, Anthology, Published by Capital BookFest
Black Magnolias Literary Journal – Vol. 2, No. 4 - C. Liegh McInnis, Publisher, Jackson, MS
The Caribbean Writer – Volume 22 – Annual Anthology – University of the Virgin Islands Press
2007
CRUX: A conversation in words and images/South Africa to South USA – Anthology - Fulton County, GA, Publisher
Sisters Nineties Literary Magazine – April – St. Louis, MO – D. Morrowloving, Editor
2006
Sisters Nineties Literary Magazine - December – St. Louis, MO – D. Morrowloving, Editor
2005
Sisters Nineties Literary Magazine - December – St. Louis, MO – D. Morrowloving, Editor
No More Silent Cries – Anthology – Floyd Boykins, Publisher – St. Louis, MO
Restoration - a collection of poetry and prose – self published
2004
Smells I See - a collection of poetry and prose – self published
Sisters Nineties Literary Magazine - August – St. Louis, MO – D. Morrowloving, Editor
Sisters Nineties Literary Magazine - April – St. Louis, MO – D. Morrowloving, Editor
2003
Sisters Nineties Literary Magazine - December – St. Louis, MO – D. Morrowloving, Editor
Sisters Nineties Literary Magazine - August – St. Louis, MO – D. Morrowloving, Editor
Sisters Nineties Literary Magazine - April – St. Louis, MO – D. Morrowloving, Editor
1975
Neworld Magazine – Summer Volume - Inner City Cultural Center, Publisher – Los Angeles, CA
Teaching/Speaking/Community
2011
The Crayons Girls Draw With, Self-Development Group - Re-purposed Object Art Workshop - Kennedy Middle School, Atlanta, GA - December
2009
Art as Social Action – Community Art Project – Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
2008
Art as Social Action – Community Art Project – Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
2007
Art as Social Action – Community Art Project – Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
Sisters Nineties Literary Group – Writers Workshop – St. Louis, MO – February
2005
Sisters Nineties Literary Group – Writers Workshop – St. Louis, MO – June
2004
Thomas G. Pullen Middle School – 5th-8th Grade - Imani Cheers, Instr.- Capital Heights, MD - September 27
Sisters Nineties Literary Group – Writers Workshop – St. Louis, MO – September 18
Yari Yari Literary Group – D. Morrowloving, Founder – St. Louis, MO – July 20
Gems and Jewels – Kathy Nesbit, Admin. – Atlanta, GA - July 14
Benjamin S. Carr Honors Middle School – Atlanta, GA - March 3
Readings
2011
Java Monkey Coffeehouse, Decatur, GA – Featured Artist – September 18
2009
The Slavery Chronicles, Wood is Wonderful Gallery- Atlanta, GA – Featured Artist – June 26
2008
Java Monkey Coffeehouse, Decatur, GA – Featured Artist – August 3
2007
The Apex Museum – Slavery: Telling the Next Generation – Featured Artist - November 10
Auburn Avenue Research Library – The Black Man Film Festival – November 3
Southwest Arts Center, Atlanta, GA – Crux: South Africa to South USA, Reception – October 19
The Apex Museum – National Black Arts Festival – Featured Artist - July 21
2006
First Afrikan Presbyterian Church, Lithonia, GA – Featured Artist - Kwanzaa Celebration - December
2005
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA – Featured Poet – November 9
2004
Kwanzaa Celebration - St. Louis, MO - December
Kwanzaa House – Reading and Book Signing – Columbia, SC – September 11
Radio Interview – 620AM – Host, Don Ferguson – Columbia, SC – September 8
Schlafly Branch Library, St. Louis, MO – April 19
Benjamin S. Carr Honors Preparatory Middle School – Atlanta, GA - March 3
The LINKS, Inc. - Atlanta, GA - February 7
Artist Organizations and Affiliations
2011 – Present
African Americans for the Arts, Atlanta, GA – Board Member
2008 – 2010
African Americans for the Arts, Atlanta, GA – President, Board Member
2006 – 2007
African Americans for the Arts, Atlanta, GA – Board Member
2003 – 2007
Sisters Nineties Literary Group, St. Louis, MO
Visual Art Awards, Residencies, Grants
2010
Best of Show, Holidays Aglow, (K. Joy Peters, Guest Judge), Stuart McClean Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2009
Best of Show, Holidays Aglow, Mapenzi, (Michael Simanga, Guest Judge), Southwest Art Center, Fulton County, GA
Caversham Centre for Artists & Writers, International Residency Fellowship, Balgowan, South Africa, Fulton County Arts Council, Fulton County, GA
2007
Honorable Mention, Holidays Aglow, (Brian Hebert, Guest Judge), Southwest Art Center, Fulton County, GA
Selected Solo & Two Person Art Exhibitions
2011-2012
Love &...Hear Me Now!, Lamar Arts Center & Gallery, Barnesville, GA – December 23, 2011 - February 25, 2012
2011
CURRENTS, AFSC Georgia Peace Center Gallery, Atlanta, GA – November 5 - December 10
Selected Group Art Exhibitions
2012
Dialogue: Past, Present, Future, Fulton County Public Library, Atlanta, GA – February
2011-2012
Holidays Aglow, Stuart McClean Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA – December 9 - January 3
2011
Elevate / Art Above Underground, Office of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta, GA - August 26 - October 29
Fulton County Public Library, Atlanta, GA – February
“African Americans for the Arts, Recent Works” – Cultural Arts Council of Douglassville, Douglassville, GA – January 18 – February 28
2010
Morehouse Art Auction Fundraiser, Atlanta, GA – December 4
Holidays Aglow, Mapenzi, Stuart McClean Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA – December 3-17
"The Dream Continues", The National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture at Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL
“Nina: No Illusions, No Escape”, Nina Simone Legacy Project Invitational, Atlanta, GA – April 16-20
Exhibition of Caversham Prints, Southwest Arts Center Performance Theater Gallery - Atlanta, GA – January 23 – March 25
Fort Valley State University – Fort Valley, GA – Juried – January – February
2009
A Long Time Comin' : From Toil and Tears to Triumph,The National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African American Culture, Montgomery, AL
2008
Digital Arts Studio, Atlanta, GA – November – December
ArtWalk Harlem, Indigo Arms Guest House Gallery - New York, NY – October
AAFTA, Gallery One Eleven, Eatonton, GA – Juried – February
AAFTA, Fulton County Public Library, Atlanta, GA - Juried – February
2007-2008
Holidays Aglow, Southwest Art Center, Fulton County, GA – Juried – December – January
2007
Crossroads, Lucy Craft Laney Museum, Augusta, GA – Juried – September - November
Atlanta Jazz Festival Emerging Artists, Atlanta, GA – Juried – May
Fulton County Public Library, Atlanta, GA - Juried – February
2006-2007
Holidays Aglow, Southwest Art Center, Fulton County, GA – Juried – December – January
Selected Catalogues
2010
"The Dream Continues", The National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture at Alabama State University
2009
A Long Time Comin' : From Toil and Tears to Triumph, The National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture at Alabama State University
