Colette R. Veasey-Cullors
Baltimore, MD 21217
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www.coletteveasey-cullors.com
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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Full-time Faculty Baltimore, Maryland
1996-2008 Howard University Washington, DC
Associate Professor - Tenured
(Photography Area Coordinator)
1997-1999 Maryland Institute, College of Art Baltimore, Maryland
Instructor - Photography
(Instructor)
1992-1994 High School for the Performing Houston, Texas
and Visual Arts
Houston Independent School District
(Photography Teacher)
EDUCATION
1996 Maryland Institute, College of Art Baltimore, Maryland
MFA Photography
1992 University of Houston Houston, Texas
BFA Photography
AWARDS / GRANTS
2007 & 2004 Faculty Research Grant - Humanities
Howard University Washington, DC
2003 Golden Key International Honor Society
Outstanding Leadership and Service
Howard University Washington, DC
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2001 "Innovation, Arts Education and the Publicly
Educated inner City Youth"
Faculty Research Grant
Howard University Washington, DC
2000-02 "Visual History"
United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) Washington, DC &
Cape Town, S. Africa
2000 Fund For Academic Excellence Grant
Howard University Washington, DC
1999 Manhattan Arts International
Award of Excellence New York, NY
1995-1996 National Foundation for Advancement
in the Arts - Teacher Recognition Miami, Florida
1994-1996 Philip Morris / Maryland Institute,
College of Art - Fellowship Baltimore, MD
1994 Art Matters Inc.
Fellowship New York, NY
EXHIBITION RECORD
2011 Science, Poetry & the Photographic Image
Traveling Exhibition, opened at
Trois Gallery Atlanta, GA
August 30 October 9, 2011
Northlight Gallery
Arizona State University Tempe, AZ
2010 Mothers
W oman Made Gallery Chicago, IL
Black and White
The Center for Fine Art Photography Fort Collins, CO
The American Dream
New Orleans Photo Alliance New Orleans, LA
13th International Open
W oman Made Gallery Chicago, IL
2009 Photo Booth II
Artscape 09/Penn Station Baltimore, MD
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2009 Create A Dream
Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD
2008 Faculty Exhibition
Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD
"Visions & Voices "
Parish Gallery Washington, DC
2005 -2007 "Saturday Night/Sunday Morning",
Traveling Exhibition, opened at
African American Museum in Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA
2007/2006 September 15, 2006 January 31, 2007
Delta Blues Museum Clarksdale, MS
May 08 - June 30, 2006
Chattanooga African American Museum Chattanooga, TN
2006 January 31 - March 25, 2006
Forty Acres and a Mule Gallery Sacramento, CA
2005 October 14 - November 11, 2005
City Gallery East
City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs Atlanta, GA
2004 "Through the Gates:
Brown v. Board of Education"
California African American Museum Los Angeles, CA
* "Thoughts of One: Current Works by
Colette Veasey-Cullors"
Religious Art Gallery
Douglas Memorial (solo) Baltimore, Maryland
"Faculty Exhibition"
Howard University Washington, DC
2003 "Matters of the he(A)rt"
Sisterspace Gallery & Books Washington, DC
"Faculty Exhibition"
Howard University Washington, DC
2002 "Regarding Beauty"
Joyce Elaine Grant
Photography Exhibition
Texas Woman's University Denton, Texas
"5th International Open"
W oman Made Gallery Chicago, IL
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"Collective Improvisation"
Millennium Arts Center Washington, DC
2002 "Faculty Exhibition"
Howard University Washington, DC
2001 "15x15 Exhibition"
Maryland Institute, College of Art Baltimore, Maryland
"11th Annual New Image Exhibition"
New Image Gallery Harrisonburg, VA
"Faculty Exhibition"
Howard University Washington, DC
2000 Caring with Creativity
Turning Point Gallery Washington, DC
Fotofest - Artwired International
University of Houston Houston, Texas
Photography As Art
Sawtooth Center for Visual Art Winston-Salem, NC
"PhotoSession"
Philadelphia Ethical Society Philadelphia, PA
1999 National Photo Competition
Soho Photo Gallery New York, New York
Faculty Exhibition
Howard University Washington, DC
* Current Works by
1998
Colette Veasey-Cullors
The Arena Players (solo) Baltimore, Maryland
The Way We Live Now
W ashington Center for Photography Washington, DC
Global Collage
Internet & The Bank of The West
(Outdoor projected collage) San Francisco, CA
Faculty Exhibition
Howard University Washington, DC
1997 Faculty Exhibition
Maryland Institute, College of Art Baltimore, Maryland
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1997 International Photography &
Digital Image Exhibition
W ellington B. Art Gallery
Jenkins Fine Art Center Greenville, NC
* RESPONSE-ABILITY
School 33 Art Center (solo) Baltimore. Maryland
1996 Howard University s Artists:
Across Time, Across A River
Target Gallery Alexandria, Virginia
Photography With a Difference:
Images of Diversity
The Duke Ellington School of Art Washington, DC
The Electronic Palette
The Baltimore Life Gallery Baltimore, Maryland
Secrecy
Artscape 96 Baltimore, Maryland
Graduate Thesis Exhibition
Maryland Institute, College of Art Baltimore, Maryland
1994 Project Row Houses: 1st Round
Project Row Houses Houston, Texas
Art and The Social Conscience +
Project Row Houses the Artists
Robert McClain & Co. Houston, Texas
1993 Blacks and Whites Together
Barnes- Blackman Gallery Houston, Texas
Day of the Dead
Lawndale Art and Performance Center Houston, Texas
The Passionate Eye
Barnes- Barnes Gallery Houston, Texas
Hair Ball
Lawndale Art and Performance Center Houston, Texas
1992 Gender: Fact or Fiction?
Laguna Gloria Museum Austin, Texas
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1992 Fresh Visions/New Voices: Emerging
African- American Artist In Texas,
Traveling Exhibition, opened at
The Glassell School of Art, The Museum
of Fine Arts Houston, Texas
January 18 - February 28, 1993
Galveston Arts Center Galveston, Texas
September 10 - October 30, 1993
Arlington Museum of Art Arlington, Texas
The Houston International Festival/
The Case For Art
Lawndale Art and Performance Center:
Houston Public Library Houston, Texas
Foto Fest
Barnes- Blackman Gallery Houston, Texas
Anti-Trust
Diverse Works Houston, Texas
1991 Forerunners and Newcomers: Revisited
Dishman Gallery Beaumont, Texas
Art + Soul = Jazz
Barnes- Blackman Gallery Houston, Texas
Annual Spring Student Show
University of Houston Houston, Texas
Upstarts and Old Farts
Peoples Art Store Galveston, Texas
Houston Collage Underground
Diverse Works Houston, Texas
1990 Five Photo Artist
Commerce Street Artist Warehouse Houston, Texas
Annual Spring Student Show
University of Houston Houston, Texas )
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Digital Developing Deals" NBC - Channel 4 News
Washington, D.C. - Expert Interview - May 16, 2005
"Black: A Celebration of A Culture" by Deborah Willis 2004
(Photographs) p. 26
"Digital Developing Deals" NBC - Channel 4 News
Washington, D.C. - Expert Interview - May 13, 2004
"African- American Sociopolitical Philosophy:
Imagining Black Communities" by Richard A. Jones 2004
(Front cover image & design by Colette Veasey-Cullors)
Millenium Arts Center; Special Event Details
www.milleniumartscenter.org/event_details.htm
Woman Made Gallery, News letter - Spring 2002
DCTV, Public Access Corporation of D.C. - Channel 25
Artist Interview - 2000
www.citypaper.com/2000-06-28/mobs.html
Baltimore City Paper; June 28 - July 4, 2000; Mobtown Beat,
Twilight Zoning
Howard University ORA News Brief; Volume 1, Issue 2
December 2000
Baltimore Sun March 1997
Baltimore City Paper March 19-26 1997
Vol. 21, No. 12
KOAN; Ken Oda s Art Newsletter October 1996
Maryland Institute, College of Art
Graduate School Catalog 1996-1998
Maryland Institute, College of Art
CD-ROM (Preview of Art) August 1996-1998
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KHOU TV 11
Emerging African American Art September 6, 1992
Austin American Statesman
Show Tries To Break Gender Barriers
Oleson, J.R. November 21,1992
Museum and Arts Houston
Fresh Visions/New Voices: Emerging
African-American Artists In Texas November 1992
Gibson, Janice and Zavaleta, Sandy p. 26, 27.
Houston Chronicle
Fresh Visions/New Voices
Johnson, Patricia C. Sept. 18,1992
The Houston Post
Exhibit Gives Proof Debt-Ridden
Gallery Deserves To Survive Sept. 10, 1991
Chadwick, Susan p. D-1, D-8.
Houston Defender
Passion For Jazz Apparent In Exhibit August 18, 1991
Marshall, Marilyn p. A-14.
The Houston Post
Collage Show Mixes Odd With Ordinary February 12, 1991
Chadwick, Susan p. D-1, D-8.
Houston Press
Political Pictures Nov. 22, 1990
Ferguson, Leslie p. 34.
Montrose Voice
Artist Deal With Social Issues In
Photo Exhibit November 9, 1990
Lauy, Lisetta p. 4.
CONFERENCES / PRESENTATIONS
2008 Cape Town, South Africa Presentation
The Bryn Mawr School Baltimore, Maryland
2004 Gender and Visuality Conference
University of the Western Cape Cape Town,
Artist Presentation South Africa
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1998 Society for Photographic Education
Mid- Atlantic Regional Conference (UMBC)
Artist Presentation Baltimore, MD
1996 Unlimited Boundaries: New Directions in Photography
Ellipse Art Center
Artist Talk Arlington, Virginia
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
2008 Digital Photography:
A Means of Representation
University of the Western Cape Cape Town,
South Africa
2008 & 2007 Reflections Program
Photography Judging
National PTA Washington, DC
2006 Reflections Program
Photography Judging
National PTA Washington, DC
2005 Investigating Where We Live
Photography Workshop - Education Dept.
National Building Museum Washington, DC
2004 Investigating Where We Live
Photography Workshop - Education Dept.
National Building Museum Washington, DC
RESEARCH / PROJECTS
"Visual History"
2000-2008
Collaborative project between
Colette Veasey-Cullors & Dr. Patricia Hayes
Howard University & U niversity of the Western Cape
Washington, DC &
Cape Town,
South Africa
2003-2004 South African Visiting Artist Project
ArtSouce South Africa, Ampersand Foundation &
Colette Veasey-Cullors / Howard University Washington, DC
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Downtown Baltimore Child Care, Inc.
(Board of Directors) Baltimore, MD
Maryland Institute College of Art
Alumni Advisory Board Baltimore, MD
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
National Museum of Women in the Arts
(Member) Washington, DC
The Society for Photographic Education
(Member) Cleveland, Ohio
College Art Association
(Member) New York, NY
Texas Fine Arts Association
(Member) Austin, Texas
References and Additional Information Available Upon Request