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EDUCATION

         2011   B.F.A., Painting and Printmaking, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

         2006- Present, Numerous workshops in painting, printmaking and sculpture

        1980-1982, Studied Guidance and Counseling, University of Detroit Mercy

        1973    B.S. Art Education, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017     The Human Figure,  Brown and Juanita C. Ford Art Gallery, Belleville MI       

2 013     Portraits by Rita Dickerson, Plymouth Congregational Church,  Detroit MI 

2012     Pieces of Me:  A Collection of Paintings and Prints, National Conference of Artists,                           Detroit

JURIED EXHIBITIONS

 2020  All Media Exhibition, Detroit artists Market, Detroit

2013   Garden Party and Art Sale, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit MI                                                                                                                                                          

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023       McGee:  Urban Synthesis, Design Studio 6, Detroit MI

               Brilliance:  Celebrating Heritage, National Conference of Artists, Detroit MI

2022       The Work of Our Hands, Scarab Club, Detroit MI

               Where We AT,  Irwin House Global Art Center and Gallery, Detroit MI

2021        Souls of Black Folks:   Bearing Our Truth, Scarab Club, Detroit MI

2020.      All Media Exhibition Detroit Artists Market.  Detroit MI

                20 Days 20 Artists,  Detroit Artists Market, Detroit MI

                Art Mile,  Scarab Club, Detroit MI

                Interaction, National Conference of Artists, Detroit MI

                Multifaceted Narratives, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit MI

                Grandmothers, Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Detroit MI

2019.      Gold Medal Exhibition, Scarab Club, Detroit MI

               Spring from the Box, Black Box Gallery, Dearborn MI

               Creative Visions of Three Artists,  Brown and Juanita C. Ford Art Gallery, Detroit 

2018      Gold Medal Exhibition, Scarab Club, Detroit MI

2017       Art of Rebellion:  Black Art of the Civil Rights Movement, Detroit Institute of Arts

              All Media Summer Exhibition, Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Detroit MI

             Three Detroit Artists, Art in Motion Ceramic Studio and Gallery, Detroit 

             Between the Lines: Interpreting African Symbolism in Textiles, Carr Center,  Detroit MI                        

2015     Black Girls Rock, Madison Building, Detroit MI

           September Show, Art in Motion, Detroit MI

           Black and White, National Conference of Artists, Detroit MI

           Art Party, National Conference of Artists, Detroit MI

 2014  Avec Plaisir, National Conference of Artists, Detroit MI

           Holiday Show,  National Conference of Artists, Detroit MI

 2013  The Detroit Show, National Conference of Artists, Detroit MI

        Generational Art , The Carr Center, Detroit MI

         Plein Air,  National Conference of Artists, Detroit MI

        Garden Party and Art Sale, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit MI

        Chris McCauley Invitational Show, Birmingham Bloomfheld Art Center

         Heritage, Metropolitan Church of Christ, Detroit MI

  2012  Los Muertos Los Dias, Colorado Springs, CO

        Hatchback 6, Hatch Gallery, Hamtramck, MI

        Garden Party and Art Sale, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit MI

        Faces, Grosse Pointe Art Center, Grosse Pointe, MI

        All Media Group Exhibition, Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Detroit MI

        Ink, National Conference of Artists, Detroit MI 

 2011   Inner Connections: Paintings, Drawings and Prints”, National Conference of Artists,  Detroit

           Art Party , National Conference of  Artists ,  Detroit MI

            Symbolic Language, Brown and Juanita C. Ford Art Gallery, Detroit MI

 2010     Gallery Crawl,  1917 Bistro Restaurant, Detroit M 

              Students of Fern Seikaly, Paramount Gallery, Ferndale, MI

              Art Party, National Conference of Artists, Detroit MI       

CO-CURATOR

2015   Point of View , National Conference of Artists, Detroit, MI

AWARDS

 2023  Kresge Artist Fellowship

2018, 2017, Honorable Mention, Scarab Club, Detroit MI

2011, W. T. Woodward Prize for Outstanding Work in Printmaking, Wayne State University

2009, First Place Michigan State Fair Amateur Print Competition

COMMISSIONS

2016  Quest Communities, Atlanta GA

COLLECTIONS

2019  Cynthia and Kenneth Prince, Atlanta GA

2016  Quest Communities, Atlanta GA

2012  Quest Communities, Atlanta GA

2011  Wayne State University Art Collection, Detroit MI

RELATED WORK AND  EXPERIENCE

2021 -  YouTube Channel, " Rita Dickerson Detroit Black History"

1987-1991, Detroit Institute of Arts.  Secretary  Modern Art  Department ;  Program Assistant in Education Department.  Scheduled docent and student tours 

1990, Detroit Historical Museum. Internship in Costume Department  Assistant to curator of Sleepwear exhibition

1989, Detroit Institute of Arts, Internship in Conservation Laboratory.  Examined and  identified lace collection                                  

1979-1981  Detroit Public Schools Substitute Teacher

Detroit Black History Tour Creator and Guide

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Detroit Institute of Arts. Wayne County member 

Detroit Artist Market, member

National Council of Artists, member

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, member 

National Museum of African American History and Culture, member

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, NY, member

        Detroit Fine Arts Breakfast Club, member

PHILANTHROPIC ENDEAVORS

       Established endowment fund for summer internship program at the Charles Wright Museum of African- American History

       Established scholarship endowment fund in the Department of African American Studies at Wayne State University 

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