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
2026 Centerpoint, Mapping Detroit's Ceramic
Legacy, Detroit Historical Museum, Detroit MI
Juneteenth Exhibition, Covenant Baptist Church, W. Bloomfield, MI
2025. Bridges, Because of Them, Carr Center, Detroit MI
Emerg! Art Festival, Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Detroit MI
2024. Hot DAM!, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit MI
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
2026. Wasserman Projects, Panelist, Sharon Louden's Book Launch, "Last Artist Standing" Detroit MI
2020. Detroit Institute of Arts, Panelist, "Mainstreaming African American Art: Past and Present," Detroit MI
2020. Created YouTube Channel, "Detroit Black History around the Cultural Center"
2017. Detroit Institute of Arts, Panelist, Art of Rebellion: Black Art of the Civil Rights Movement" Detroit M
1987-1991 Detroit Institute of Arts. Secretary in the Modern Art Department and Program Assistant in the 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
19788. 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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