Thank you all for your love and support in 2014. I pray that 2015 will be a year full of abundant blessings for all of you. Below are some photos of 2014 career highlights.
Closing Reception of LA Women art show, in which my Carlota painting was exhibited, Forest Lawn Museum, 5 Jan 2014
Meeting with my MFA thesis adviser, independent studies professor, artist Charles Gaines, at his studio, 5 Jan 2014
My new sculpture in the art show Rise: Love, Revolution & the Black Panther Party, ArtShare LA, 19 Jan 2014
Screening of a documentary film of which I’m the subject, Women of West Indies: Lili Bernard, at Pan African Film Festival, 8 Feb 2014 (left to right poet Tonya Ingram, me, Attorneys Pam Snowden and Isabelle Gunning)
I was a panelist in the 2014 CAA (College Art Association) Conference in Chicago, 14 Feb 2014
With Professor Paul Von Blum (who’s written published essays on my work) at a UCLA art show I was in, 14 Mar 2014
My work on exhibit in the Downtown LA Artwalk, 14 Mar 2014
Speaking in panel discussion for Black Panther Art Show with original Black Panthers, LA ArtShare, 20 Mar 2014
Meeting with heads of the Getty Research Institute, planning the BAILA: Black Artists in Los Angeles roundtable, 1 Apr 2014
Preparing for MFA Open Studios at Otis 12 April 2014
My installation for MFA Open Studios at Otis 13 April 2014
Getting my hair straightened with heat in preparation for my MFA Thesis Performance, 26 April 2014
The marquis on the Leimert Park Vision Theatre which was the venue for my Otis MFA Thesis Show, 27 April 2014
Playing 4 Square on my installation, Orishas through the Crossroads and the Gate, MFA Thesis Show, 27 April 2014
Roger Guenveur Smith performs his poetry at my MFA Thesis Show, 27 April 2014
Tonya Ingram performs spoken word at my MFA Thesis Show, 27 April 2014
My kids help me in my Brank performance at my MFA Thesis Show, 27 April 2014
Donning and Dismissal of the Conqueror’s Coiffure Ensemble Performance at my MFA Thesis Show, 27 April 2014
Curtain Call, Donning & Dismissal of Conqueror’s Coiffure ensemble performance, my MFA Thesis Show, 27 Apr 2014
BAILA Roundtable on Micro-Agressions of Racism in Academia which I organized for My MFA Thesis Show, 27 April 2014
My MFA Group Show Installation 11 May 2014
My MFA graduation from Otis College of Art & Design with my department head, artist Suzanne Lacy. I received two awards: Outstanding Contribution to the College and Class Marshall, 11 May 2014.
Receiving the Elizabeth Catlett Award from Morningside Park Chronical Owner Teka-Lark Flemming, 7 June 2014
At work 16 August 2014
My new Antebellum Appropriation painting (not really done yet) on exhibit at Walter Maciell Gallery in Culver City, CA, 18 August 2014
Paul & Ruth Von Blum and Suzanne Lacy came to my art show opening, 18 August 2014
I was a guest on the Blk Grrrl Show, host Teka-Lark Flemming, 20 Aug 2014
In a panel discussion on painting at art critic-gallery owner Mat Gleason’s Coagula Curatorial art gallery, 17 Aug 2014
At Kehinde Wiley’s art show opening, 8 Sep 2014
With (l to r) my former professor, artist Ulysses Jenkins, LACMA Chief Curator Franklin Sirmans, artist Zeal Harris and his Jessica Sirmans at Kehinde Wiley’s art show opening, 8 Sep 2014
Meeting with Getty Museum heads, planning the BAILA: Black Artists in Los Angeles Roundtable, 17 Sep 2014
With BAILA friends at California African American Museum (CAAM) Board meeting, 19 Sep 2014
With my old friend Joseph C. Phillips at CAAM Board meeting, 19 Sep 2014
BAILA Core meeting at Ben Caldwell’s Kaos Network, Leimert Park, Los Angeles, 30 Sep 2014
Guest lecturing at my kids’ grade school art class, 23 Sep 2014
Photo op with two of my painting at my solo show in Barnsdall Theatre for the International Society of Black Latinos Award Ceremony. I was an honoree and received an award. 4 Oct 2014
With fellow honoree, Dodgers Coach Manny Mota, Interntional Society of Black Latinos Award Ceremony, 4 Oct 2014
BET shoots me as the subject of a sizzle reel for a reality TV show they’re thinking of developing. The camera crew followed me all over for a couple of weeks. Here they filmed me giving a critique at Otis, Oct 2014
At painter Zeal Harris’ solo art show opening 8 Nov 2014
The Roundtable I organized for BAILA: Black Artists in Los Angeles with the Getty Museum and Getty research Institute, 4 Nov 2014
With legendary artists Samella Lewis and Artis Lane at the Getty-BAILA Roundtable, 4 Nov 2014
My solo art show at LACC, November and December 2014
My solo art show at LACC, November and December 2014
BAILA (Black Artists in Los Angeles) Core Meeting at my house, 16 Nov 2014
