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Teaching and Art Experience

1998 Panelist, Sawtooth Center for the Visual Arts.

Panelist-Visual Arts, North Carolina Commission, Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Children at Risk, North Carolina.

Artist in Education Grant, Fisher Model School, Virginia Commission.

1996 Panelist, Virginia Commission for the Arts (Roster).
1995 National Public Radio Committee Member, Winton Marsalis Project "Making the Music," Washington, DC.

Panel Member, Visual Artists Competition, Maryland State Commission for the Arts, Maryland.

Finalist, Community College Residency, Virginia Commission for the Arts, Clifton Forge, Virginia.

1994 Member, Partners in the Arts Governance Committee, Richmond Arts Council, Richmond, Virginia.

Three Dimensional Crafts Instructor, Hand Work Shop, Richmond, Virginia.

1992 Panel Member, Artist Roster, Virginia Arts Commission, Richmond, Virginia.

Set Designer, Black Jazz Theater of Richmond, Virginia.

1990 Consultant to design of National Testing System for Teachers of grades K-12. Educational Testing Service, Princeton, N.J.
1989 Board Member, Virginia Alliance Art Educators.
1988 Panelist, Artist in Education, Virginia Commission for the Arts.
1987 Artist in Education, Virginia Commission for the Arts. J.R. Tucker High School, Henrico County, Virginia.

Artist in Education, Virginia Commission for the arts. Petersburg, Virginia Public Schools, Petersburg, Virginia.

Panelist, Artist in Education, Virginia Commission for the Arts.

Panelist, Regional Grants, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland.

Arts on Tour, Virginia Commission for the Arts. National Endowment for the Arts.

1986 Artist in Education Residency Grant. Henrico County Public Schools, Virginia.
1985 Artist in Education Residency Grant, Virginia Commission for the Arts. Henrico County, Virginia.
1979-81 Drawing Instructor, Freshman Foundation, School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.
1978 Instructor, Visual Literacy, Richmond Public Schools, Richmond, Virginia.
1977 Manager and Instructor in Photography, Photoworks Community Gallery. Richmond, Virginia.
1975 Adjunct Professor, "From Slave Ship to Harlem, a Multifaceted Experience." New Mexico State University, Carlsbad Campus, Carlsbad, New Mexico.

Artist in the Schools, New Mexico Arts Commission. Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Project Director, College Program, Institute of American Indian Art. Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Consultant, "Unemployment and underemployment in the arts." Ford Foundation, New York, NY.

1973 Assistant to the President, Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, Rhode Island.

Consultant Reviewer of the "Artist in the Schools in Sixteen States." Education Department, National Endowment for the Arts. Washington, D.C.

Poetry Readings for Children in the Harlem Public Library. Academy of American Poets, New York, NY.

Instructor in Sculpture, Swain School of Art, New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Board Member, Afro Art Center, Providence Rhode Island.

1972 Special Committee (The Artist in the Schools National pilot), Rhode Island Council on the Arts, Providence, Rhode Island.

Instructor, "The History of the Black Artist 1920-1950, Black Studies Department, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

Consultant, Curriculum Design for Inner City Students, Art Department, Federal City College, Washington, D.C.

Assistant to the President, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island.

1969-72 Instructor, Sculpture Department, Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, Rhode Island.
1969 Assistant to the Dean, Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, Rhode Island.
1968 Consultant, Ford Foundation, New York, NY.

Project Director, Art Students League Summer Program at the Vermont Academy. Saxons River, Vermont.

1967 Director of Students, Sculpture School, Art Students League of New York, NY.
1964-66 Board of Control Member, Art Students League of New York, NY.
1964 Mounting and wax impregnation of important works of art (Dali, Monet, etc.). Shar-Sisto Restoration Inc. New York, NY.
1963 Craft Instructor in Wood, Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY.

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