Curriculum Vitae

Grants and Fellowships
Recipient of Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo Grants for 1988 and 1989
Awarded Michigan State Council for the Arts, Creative Artists Grant 1984
Recipient of Faculty Fellowship and Grant for research in mixed media in Printmaking Techniques and The Art of Body Decoration 1978
Western Michigan University. Faculty Grant–in–aid 1976
Awarded Faculty Fellowship and Grant for research in mixed media for 1974
Film and Television
"Reggie", Gene Redden, with a grant from Western Michigan University in 1971. Produced by New Grounds, Albuquerque, NM, 2006
Appearance on WKZO, Kalamazoo TV program "Accent" for Public Library Exhibition of Black Cultural Week
"Conversation with Vinie Burrows", black actress, visiting artist videotaped at Western Michigan University, 1973
NBC Special Affairs Program (televised). "Your Part in Art", round-table discussion and exhibition
"Fade to Black", interview, Kalamazoo Television Station
Guest Lectures, Teaching and Panel Discussions
Substitute teacher of painting and drawing at the New School for Social Research, New York City. '60s
Guest Lecturer for the Board of Education of Endicott, New York
Drawing and printmaking at the Saturday Academy, New York City Board of Education, New York
Artist in residence, South Bronx Education Center, New York City, Board of Education, New York
Panelist, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois, 3/72
Lecturer, sponsored by the Michigan Stae Council of the Humanities and the Black Awareness Cultural Council of Battle Creek, "The Metaphysical World of Hughie Lee-Smith", 2/7/86
Slide show and lecture for the National Conference of Artists at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 10/19/86
Art Workshop and lecture, Central High School of Elkhart, Indiana
Lecture, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
Drawing and painting classes, Working Classroom, Albuquerque NM, mid '90s
Juror
Black Arts and Cultural Center, Fine Art Competition ’93, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI
Sixth Annual African World Festival, Detroit Michigan. 1988
New Initiatives for the Arts touring exhibition, Michigan Council for the Arts, 1988
Fest ’83, Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce, Grand Rapids, MI
Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IA, 1981
Battle Creek Civic Art Center All State Competition, 1980
Art Exhibition in Olivet, MI, sponsored by the Better Business Bureau, 1979
Student Exhibition, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, 1972