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| Education The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) M.F.A., Sculpture, 2001 M.F.A. Project: Witness to Whiteness (puppet/music video installation) Project Advisor: Laurie Palmer The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Post Baccalaureate Certificate, Sculpture, 1999 University of Wisconsin-Madison M.A., Afro-American Studies (Art History), 1996 Master’s Thesis: The Image Text Composite in the Art of Faith Ringgold: Form and Narrative Thesis Advisor: Freida High W. Tesfagiorgis University of Wisconsin-Madison B.S., Fine Arts, Sculpture, 1993 International Study Abroad Ealing Community College, Ealing, England, fall 1989 Specialized Art Training Independent Study: Ghanaian Master Wood-carvers, Djam Vivie & Kwakou Gerai, WI, 1997 Haystack Mountain School of Craft, ME, 1996 Penland School of Craft, NC, 1995 Awards and Honors Invited guest, “Reinventing Revolution,” Ella Baker Center for Social Change, 2003 Graduate Fellowship (“Witness to Whiteness”), The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2001 Student Service Award, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2001 Leadership Award, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2001 Incentive Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2001 Recognition Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1998 Afro American Studies Graduate Travel Grant, University of Wisconsin -- Madison, 1998 Haystack Mountain School of Craft Scholarship, 1995 Advanced Opportunity Fellowship, University of Wisconsin -- Madison, 1994-1996 Penland School of Craft Scholarship, 1995 Study Abroad Scholarship, University of Wisconsin -- Platteville, 1989 Exhibitions/Screenings/Installations 2006 “QRC Art Exhibition,” Pomona College, Claremont, CA “Pure Painting,” Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL “Flaming,” Women’s Cancer Resource Center, Oakland, CA “Catch 22,” Pro Arts, Oakland, CA 2004 “Assata Shakur Exhibit,” Hot House, Chicago, IL 2003 “Creative Movements Festival: Exploring Cultural Work and Social Change,” Insight Arts, Chicago, IL “OMA Diversity Program,” (screening: “Witness to Whiteness,”) SAIC, Chicago, IL 2002 “Face Value,” (screening: “Witness to Whiteness”), White Columns, New York, NY “Interrogating Diversity,” Betty Rymer Gallery, SAIC, IL 2001 “From the Basement,” Base Space, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL “MFA Exhibition,” (video/installation: “Witness to Whiteness”), Gallery 2, SAIC, Chicago, IL “Youth Speak Out Exhibition,” Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH 2000 “Deciphering Moon Shadows,” (performance), Chicago Historical Society and Redmoon Theater, Chicago, IL “Rock, Paper, Puppet,” Gallery X, SAIC, Chicago, IL 1999 “Black Face Minstrelsy,” (installation), Base Space, SAIC, Chicago, IL “What Map?” Ceramic Gallery Space, SAIC, Chicago, IL 1998 “External Traditions,” Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI 1997 “Recent Works by Linda Mathis and Verlena Johnson,” Memorial High School Gallery, Madison, WI 1996 “Recent Works by Verlena Johnson,” Class of 1925 Gallery, University of Wisconsin- Madison, Madison, WI 1995 “Afro-American Studies Conference,” Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison, WI 1993 “Untitled Group Show,” Humanities Gallery, UW-Madison, Madison, WI 1992 “Sunday After Church,” (installation), Humanities Courtyard, UW-Madison, Madison, WI Publications CD cover art. “Big Jim” Johnson: Smoke Stack Lightnin, Trikk Bags Studio, 2006 “Phoebe, Age 7.” Our Family Coalition Newsletter, Volume 11, Issue 3, Summer (2006): 7 “The Adoption Game.” Our Family Coalition Newsletter, Volume 11, Issue 2, Spring (2006): 8 “Welcome, Verlena!” Our Family Coalition Newsletter, Volume 10, Issue 5, Winter (2006): 4 “Diversity in Art Education: A Question of Ethics,” Fnews, SAIC, Chicago, IL (2003) OMA Newsletter, SAIC, Chicago, IL (2001) 250 Years of Black Art, SAIC OMA website text, SAIC, Chicago, IL (2001) “The Critique Process: Racialized Assumptions Matter,” Fnews, SAIC, Chicago, IL (2001) “Political Correctness,” Fnews, SAIC, Chicago, IL (2001) Cover illustration. “Warrior Women #2.” Approaches to Teaching the Novels of Toni Morrison. New York: Modern Language Association. Nellie McKay and Katheryn Earle, eds., 1997 Inclusion of artwork, “Black Woman in White Face,” and “Sister Outsider: In Memory of Audre Lorde.” Prime, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 1993 Bibliography “Verlena Johnson,” in Dept (SAIC Sculpture Catalogue), SAIC, Chicago, IL, 2001 Permanent Collections (selected) White Columns, New York, NY - gallery collection Stanlie James, Madison, WI - private collection Nellie McKay, Madison, WI - private collection Freida High W. Tesfagiorgis, WI - private collection Art Teaching Experience (higher education) Fall 2003 Instructor, Representations of Blackness in Art & Visual Culture: Race, Gender and Sexuality The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Fall 2002 Instructor, African American Art History Columbia College, Chicago, IL Spring 2002 Instructor, African American Art History The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Fall 2001 Instructor, African American Art History Columbia College, Chicago, IL Spring 2001 Instructor, African American Art History Barat College, Chicago, IL Fall 2000 Instructor, African American Art History Columbia College, Chicago, IL Spring 2000 Instructor, African American Art History The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Art Teaching Experience (community-based) Summer 2006 Instructor, Puppet-making FAB Camp (Family Arts Bridge Camp), San Francisco, CA Summer 2002 Co-Instructor, Inside Out, post incarcerated youth arts & media analysis Insight Arts & Gallery 37, Chicago, IL Summer 2000 Teaching Assistant, Woodcarving Gallery 37, Chicago, IL Summer 2000 Instructor/Collaborator, Puppet-making Street-Level Youth Media, Chicago, IL Fall 1999 Art Instructor, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture Insight Arts, Chicago, IL Art Workshops and Presentations (selected) “Being Biracial: Creating Community and Challenging Notions of Blackness,” Chicago, IL, 2004 “Black Women Visual Artists,” Chicago, IL, 2003 “Video Soul: Images of Women in the Media,” Chicago, IL, 2002 “SAIC Graduation Commencement Ceremony Introduction of Faith Ringgold,” Chicago, IL, 2001 “250 Years of African American Art,” Chicago, IL, 2001 “On the Importance of Diversity,” SAIC Diversity Committee Panel Presenter, Chicago, IL, 2001 Visiting Artist, Edgewood High School Arts Day, Madison, WI, 1995 & 1996 Visiting Artist, Memorial High School Arts Day, Madison, WI, 1993 Visiting Artist, Rock Valley Correctional Programs, Inc., Beloit, WI, 1992 Related Arts Experience (selected) 2005 Affinity Community Services, Designed and Painted Mural 2004 Newhouse Programs & Architecture Competition, Juror 2003 Fieldwork: in Honor of National Women’s History Month, SAIC, Co-Curator & Catalogue Contributor 2001 The Women in the Director’s Chair International Film and Video Festival, Juror 1999 36th Annual Outdoor Art Festival, Watertown, WI, Juror |
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