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                                                               CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

Kansas City Art Institute, coursework in painting, color theory, graphic design and photography

Kansas City, Missouri

University of Kansas, BS Business Administration/Marketing

Lawrence, Kansas

EXHIBITIONS

2024 Expressions of Strength, AAAC Group, The Box Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2024 Celebrating the Sisterhood, AAAC Group, Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Center, Kansas City, MO

2023 Now What, Group, Leedy-Volkous Art Center, Kansas City, MO

2023 Seized Moments, Group, Tomahawk Ridge Community Center, Overland Park, KS

2023 Celebration of Black Artists, AAAC Group, Black & Veatch, Leawood, KS

2022/2023 Redlined: Cities, Suburbs, Segregation, Group, Johnson County Museum, Overland Park, KS

2021/2022 Testimony, Group, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO

2021 Black & White, Group, Women's Caucus for Art, Washington, DC

2019 Her Art: Who Does She Think She Is?, InterUrban ArtHouse, Overland Park, KS

2018 Expressionistic Offerings: a collection of fabric and abstract works by Nedra Bonds, Ramona Davis and Sonie Joi Thompson-Ruffin

 

RESIDENCY

2018 Charlotte Street Foundation - African American Artists Collective

CURATORIAL WORK

2024 Celebrating the Sisterhood, Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Center, Kansas City, MO

2023 Celebration of Black Artists, Group, Black & Veatch, Leawood, KS

2021 Artists of Color for KC Youth: A Virtual Art Auction to benefit DramaTime KC and The KC Boys Choir/KC Girls Choir

2021 Brunch & Learn with Photojournalist Cheriss May, Virtual

2021 Arts & Healing Dealing with COVID 19, Racial Unrest & Stress

2018 Black History AAAC Group Show, Tomahawk Ridge Community Center, Overland Park, KS

2018 Depictions: People, Places and Things, The Black Archives of Kansas City

2017 Portraits: Unconventional Admiration, ArtsKC, Kansas City, MO

2016 Reflecting The Times: Artworks by Harold Smith, Stefan Jones and Jason Piggie at The Box Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2015 Harold Smith Artist Talk

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

Patrice's Culinary Collective - Board Member

KC Black Arts Network - Founder

KC Museum Foundation - Charter Board Member

One Percent for the Arts - Selection Committee

Art In the Loop - Selection Committee

Arts & Aging - Educational Collaboration

Women Who Lead In the Arts (UMKC) - Panelist

InterUrban ArtHouse - Consultant

The Black Archives of Mid America - Consultant

Former Board Member - Friends of Art Council at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art

MEMBERSHIPS

African American Artists Collective

Women’s Caucus for Art

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated

 

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