Let's SEW Seams in September

Education 

· Certified National Storyteller, Mid-Continent Public Library   2021  

· Certificate of Completion in Mastering Public Speaking, Mid-Continent Public Library  2021 

· Certificate of Completion in Art and Crafts Business, Mid-Continent Public Library  2020  

· Certified International Tour Manager, International Guide Academy    2019  

· Bachelor of Science in Business Management, University of Phoenix   2013  

Art Studio 

· The Bunker Center for the Arts- Kansas City, MO  2019 - Current 

Solo Exhibitions

·  Red, Black and Green on Canvas, Black Archives of Mid-America, Kansas City, MO 2021

·  SCRAPS at Pierpont’s at Union Station, Kansas City, MO 2021

· Sapphire, Bunker Center for the Arts, Kansas City, MO  2021

·  Ida’s journey to save COLORED men in america, Black Archives Mid-America, 

    Kansas City, MO 2021

·  Peace of Me, Holsum Art Gallery, Kansas City, MO 2021

· Fashion and Fiber, Do Good, Kansas City, MO 2021

· Faces, Do Good Co., Kansas City, MO 2021

· Seams & Stories, The Sewing Labs, Kansas City, MO 2021

· Our Ancestor’s unFINISHED stories in america on the LINE, 

  The Black Archives and The Bunker Center for the Arts, Kansas City, MO 2019 - 2020 

Group Exhibition

· Rhythm and Reveal, Buttonwood, KCMO, 2022

· Change is God-Take Root Among the Stars: Black Abstraction in the Midwest

   Curator and Visual Artist Gregory J. Rose, Minnesota, MN 2022 

· Her Art / Their Art, Interurban Arthouse, Overland Park, KS 2022

· Abstract: heART for All, Buttonwood, Kansas City, MO 2022

· Art Exhibitions, Johnson County Public Library, Gardner, KS  2022

· The Essence of a Black Woman, Motor House | Blk Arthouse- Baltimore, MD  2021 

· Site One, The Erku Project, Kansas City, MO  2021

· 12 x 12, Interurban Arthouse, Overland Park, KS  2021

· Flat File and Digital File, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO   2021, 2022

· Stupid Cupid/Eros Unbound, Kansas City, MO  2021

· Tangled Roots, Interurban Arthouse, Overland Park, KS   2021

· Run run quiet, plug, Kansas City, MO   2021

· RACE, Museum at Prairefire, Overland Park, KS  2021

· Her Art as Life, University of Missouri Kansas City | Kansas City Community Church of Christ Kansas City, MO     2021

· Juneteenth, St. Louis Art Chamber, St Louis, Missouri  2021

Publications and Reviews

· Guildit  https://guildit.org/blog/ 2022

· Missouri Arts Council   https://www.facebook.com/missouriartscouncil 2022

· SCRAPS KC, February  2022

· core. issue 3. Dec. 2021. pp.11-17    2021

· The State Historical Society of Missouri; Winter 2021-2022 Missouri Time p.14 2021

· “The Life, I Love” National Best Seller, Co-Author pp. 31 -36 2020  

Workshops and Education

· Playing Dress Up, Fringe, Kansas City, MO 2022

Make’n HERstory, The Sewing Labs, Career Presentation, Kansas City, MO  2021 

· Seams and Stories, The Sewing Labs, art class and storytelling, Kansas City, MO 2021 

· Fiber and Fashion, Do Good Co. Art show and storytelling, Kansas City, MO 2021  

· Jazz Appreciation Month, Virtual Art and Jazz Presentation, Fort Wayne, IN 2021

· Jazz Storytelling, Australian Jazz Museum, Melbourne, AU 2015 

Collections

· Bunker Center for the Artist,  2019 – present 

· Grandma’s Dress Pattern on Display at Museum at Prairiefire, June 2021 – June 2022

· Black Archives of Mid-America, Kansas City  2019