History

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EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

CALIFORNIA

AA/Graphic Design
San Jose City College
San Jose, CA

BA/Art History
Concentration: Art of Africa,
Oceana & the Americas
First Minor: African History
Second Minor: Photography
San Jose State University
San Jose, CA

MA/AAS
Major Area: African History
Minor Area: Art History
[Africa and the Diaspora]
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA

Graphic Arts Internship
Museum of African History
Smithsonian Institute
Washington, DC

Graphic Artist
Museum of Cultural History
[Now Fowler Museum of Cultural History, UCLA]
Los Angeles, CA

First PlaceColor
N C Seafood Festival Photography
Contest Carteret 2007

First Place Black & White
N C Seafood Festival Photography
Contest Carteret 2007

First Place [3D Mixed Media]
Art from the Heart 2002
Carteret Arts Council

Best of Show [Sculpture]
Art from the Heart 1994
Carteret Arts Council

Best of Show [Decorated Gourds]
National Gourd Society 1993
Decorated Gourds
Mt. Gilead, OH

Cape Lookout Anniversary
Juried Exhibit at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum 2009
Honorable Mention, Photography

NORTH CAROLINA

Program Coordinator
Carteret Arts Council
Morehead City, NC

Creative Director
Web Designer
Consumer Concepts
Morehead City, NC

Web Designer &
Graphic Artist
Conk Point Graphix
Morehead City, NC

Special Service Award
Crystal Coast Habitat for Humanity, June 2009

Distinguished Woman
in the Arts
Crystal Coast Council for
Women, November 2009